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Lodges Raise $18,000 and Place 13 A.E.D.s
Through the outstanding efforts of Mount Lebanon Lodge No. 226 and Mount Olivet Lodge No. 704, Lebanon, more than a dozen automated external defibrillators (A.E.D.) were placed with area fire and ambulance companies and in municipal buildings throughout Lebanon and Berks counties. The two lodges held a seafood and prime rib banquet as their main fund-raising project entitled Operation Jump Start and, along with lodge members' donations and local business banquet sponsorships, $18,000 was raised to place A.E.D.s throughout the two-county area. The program was such a success that plans are being made to make the seafood and prime rib banquet an annual event, possibly to help place more of these life saving units in their communities. Pictured at a press conference in front of the 13 A.E.D. units are (l-r): Roy Meyer, President, American Heart Association (A.H.A.), Lebanon Division; Joseph W. Dows, D.D.G.M., 60th Masonic District; Kathy Andrew, Division Director, A.H.A., Lebanon Division; Donald Ryland, W.M., Mount Olivet Lodge, and Operation Jump Start Chairman; Lorie Machara, Chairperson, A.H.A. Lebanon County Operation Heartbeat; and Thomas Bender, Committee Member, A.H.A. Lebanon County Operation Heartbeat. Editor's Note Deadline information received: Subsequent to the placement of 13 A.E.D.s, a second Operation Jump Start banquet was held this time including Williamson Lodge No. 307, Womelsdorf, of the 60th Masonic District that raised $16,000 for the placement of seven additional A.E.D.s throughout Lebanon and Berks counties.
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