Freemasons, generous donation to Palliative Care services
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The generosity of Masonicare and the Coffs Harbour Freemasons has enabled two oxygen concentrators to be handed over to the local Palliative Care Service worth over $2,000 each.
Ronald McDonald House Newcastle receive $20,000
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District 41 Masonic Associations & Masonicare presented a cheque for $20,000 to Ronald McDonald House, Newcastle at a recent Charity dinner hosted by D41 Masonic Associations.
Burden lifted by $5,000 in Scholarships
Local students in need are benefitting from 10 new scholarships funded by the Central Coast Freemasons.
The Textbook Scholarships worth $500 each have been
Freemasons intervention provides a future for children with Autism
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How do you tell your child that they no longer have a school to go to? Well if there are Freemasons involved you can rest assured that that won't happen.
To the rescue!
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Surf Life Saving and Masonry share similar core values of service to the community and a thriving, long-term partnership between the lodges of the Central Coast and Surf Life Saving has developed.
Sir James Hardy
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Sir James Hardy OBE has had a remarkable and successful career in business, sport and Freemasonry. Able to mix and sit comfortably in any company, he developed that winning touch which made him welcome and well-liked in Australia and overseas.
Rudyard Kipling
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Some names automatically create visions of the English language and writers. Such a name is Rudyard Kipling who was one of the most popular English writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A mason’s finishing tools
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Freemasonry is described in our ritual as a Progressive Science, the study of three degrees intended to teach making good men better men, more useful to their family and the society in which they live.