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The need for charity in our society has never been greater! The Masonic Matching Charity Grants Program will match LODGE contributions to approved local charitable recipients. A new emphasis is being placed on LOCAL recipients, so that the community will see the work of the lodge. Clearly, it is a Masonic duty to be charitable, and by reaching out into our local community, the lodge can make this vital aspect of Freemasonry a well-known and esteemed quality.
Working with the Masonic Matching Charity Grants Program, each lodge will have the opportunity to contribute up to $5,000 from the lodge to community charitable causes, which will be matched up to a total of an additional $5,000. The program has been streamlined with less paperwork to make it easier to complete a match.
One major change is that if a lodge does not have $5,000 to give to charitable causes, it is permitted to raise the funds in a manner approved by the District Deputy Grand Master.
New to this year's program, a lodge also can complete a project in the community and be reimbursed for the project's expenses. To do that, a lodge must develop and submit a project description and cost estimate for prior approval by the Committee. The lodge must provide all the manpower to complete the project, and the Grand Lodge will reimburse the material costs, up to the established $5,000 limit.
A complete program kit has been prepared and distributed to Worshipful Masters and lodge Secretaries, explaining the program in detail. The complete text of the program kit, and all applications, are available on the web site of the Grand Lodge at <<www.pagrandlodge.org/mcg.>> The Masonic Charity Grants Committee administers the program and will assist in identifying appropriate causes.
For further information, contact the Masonic Matching Charity Grants Committee, 1244 Bainbridge Road, Elizabethtown, PA 17022, 1-(800)-266-8424 (PA only) or (717)-367-1536 or
Some more examples of how PA Masons and the Grand Lodge serve mankind.
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