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News
Myanmar
(Burma) Cyclone
Following the cyclone in
Burma on May 3rd 2008, the President
of the
Grand Charity
has announced an emergency grant of £20,000
will be made to help victims.
Relief efforts in the
regions devastated
by
Cyclone Nargis are being examined, in
order to identify the best way to ensure our
support reaches the victims.
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£530 for Macmillan Nurses
W. Bros Mick Dennis and Alan Verney are seen here
presenting the remainder of the money raised from the
Ladies Festival to Carla Poole, Hertfordshire Community
Fundraiser for
Macmillan Cancer Support.
The presentation took place on 22nd April 2008 at the
Hertfordshire fundraising office based in Welwyn.
Macmillan improves the lives of people
affected by cancer. They help
with all the things that sufferers
both want and
need, from specialist health
care and information, to
practical, emotional and financial support.
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Donation to Keetch Cottage Childrens Hospice
On
16th April 2008 W. Bro Mick Dennis presented a cheque on behalf of East
Hertfordshire Lodge for £530 to
Keetch Cottage Children's Hospice.
The hospice supports families from across Hertfordshire
and Bedfordshire who
are caring for a child or young person diagnosed with a life
limiting condition. Such illnesses sadly
prevent most of these young people from reaching adulthood. The staff
offer medical and social care, emotional support and friendship
to the whole family, throughout the child's illness and after their
death, for as long as it is needed. This
valuable care is provided free of
charge to families in need, regardless
of race, religion or culture.
Pictured with Mick
is Janice O'Neill -
Community Fundraiser and Stephanie Bullen
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Installation March 13th 2008
W. Bro Alan Verney
was installed as Master of East Hertfordshire Lodge by outgoing Master W
Bro Mick Dennis. It was the culmination of a very successful and
enjoyable year for both Mick and the Lodge and we look forward to an
equally happy time with Alan at the helm.
To mark the occasion,
photographs were taken of both Mick and Alan with the officers and
members of the lodge. Click on the thumbnail images below to see
the full size pictures...
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W. Bro Mick Dennis Master 2007-2008 |
W. Bro Alan Verney Master 2008-2009 |
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Ladies Festival
2008 A total of 64
guests, comprising Lodge members and friends
with their Ladies, once more descended on
the Mirimar Hotel in Bournemouth
on the weekend of February 22nd - 24th
where W. Bro Mick Dennis presided over
what proved to be a wonderful ladies
weekend.
The Miramar commands a prime location
situated on the sea front at East Cliff. The
food and accommodation provided are of a
very high standard and as usual W. Bro
Alan Verney did a marvellous job in both
organising the weekend and in his role as Master of Ceremonies.
Th e weekend kicked
off on the Friday evening with a race night which
was an outstanding success
as not only being
entertaining but also productive in
serving to boost the money raised for charity .
The Banquet on Saturday
Evening was most enjoyable, with
speeches relevant, entertaining and enlightening .
The dinner was duly rounded
off with dancing to a live band .
Altogether the race night on the
Friday with the raffle and silent auction
on the Saturday resulted in a total amount
raised for charity of £1060 .00.
This is to be divided between
Keetch Cottage Children's Hospice
and The
Macmillan Nurses.
Both charities which were chosen by the Lady
President , Mrs Pauline Dennis.
A selection of the photographs from the
weekend can be found
here.
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East Herts Lodge Donates
£550 to the Isabel Hospice
Following on from our successful Ladies Weekend in February, W
Bros Ron Barlow and Mick Dennis presented a cheque for £550 to
the Isabel Hospice based in Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire.
The
presentation was made on 26th April 2007 to Phillipa Grainger pictured
here with Ron and Mick. The Hospice provides invaluable assistance
throughout Eastern Hertfordshire to enhance the quality of life for
patients living with cancer and other life limiting illnesses.
Their services include Day Hospice care for up 60 patients each week,
two satellite day hospices, "Hospice at Home", a family support service
and a 16 bed In-patient Hospice and a Bereavement Service. This is
provided through a team of Community Nurse Specialists supported by a
fully trained team of volunteers.
To find
out more about the Isabel Hospice, go
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2009 Festival - East
Hertfordshire Lodge Achieves Grand Patronage Status
Due wholly to the
generosity of our members, East Hertfordshire Lodge has now achieved the
elite rank of Grand Patron of the 2009 Provincial Grand Lodge of
Hertfordshire festival.
The Certificate of Grand Patronage was
presented in open Lodge by Assistant Provincial Grand Master W. Bro Paul
Gower to our new Worshipful Master W. Bro Mick Dennis on the afternoon
of his installation into the chair on 8th March 2007.
On an
individual level, we are now pleased to note that many of our members
have achieved, Steward, Vice Patron and even Patron status, based upon
their charitable contributions leading up to the festival. To find
out more about this and what it means, go
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Ladies Weekend 2007
East Hertfordshire Lodge
Ladies Festival was hosted this year at the Hotel Miramar in Bournemouth
during the weekend of 9th -11th February 2007.
The event, organized by
Alan Verney on behalf of this years President W. Bro. Ron Barlow and his
Lady, Sue, was very well attended. So much so that the hotel was
filled to capacity requiring a further hotel to be utilized
to accommodate the overflow of guests. A great weekend ensued,
culminating in the Gala dinner on the Saturday night. All agreed
that the evening was a huge success and that they were very well looked
after by the Miramar management and staff. Excellent food, good
music and first class company ensured a memorable night, even leading to
the subject of next years event being discussed in various quarters
before the night was over!
A vast selection of
raffle prizes were generously donated which enabled the total money
raised for charitable giving to amount to a very respectable £1,100.
To see a selection of
photographs from the Ladies Festival click
here.
If any attendees wish
to add more pictures please send them to the webmaster (see the contacts
page for his email address). |
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Masonry Overseas
In
April 2006, two members
of East Hertfordshire Lodge were fortunate enough to be selected to take
part in the consecration of a new English speaking Lodge in Bulgaria
after having previously visited Sofia in July of the previous year to demonstrate the full
Emulation ritual comprising the 3 degrees and installation ceremony.
Read the full MQ
Magazine article
here.
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