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Our Gratitude, Your Impact: The 2020 Helping Hand Initiative
June 19, 2020
Last month, we launched the Helping Hand initiative to raise funds for our charity, the Grand Almoner’s Fund. Read more
The Spirit of Help Alive & Well
June 12, 2020
Brother Robert J. Bateman, 33° shares his experience with The Grand Almoner's Fund. This blog is part of a series for the Helping Hand Initiative highlighting the work of the Grand Almoner’s Fund. Read more
Living Our Obligation: My First Experience with the Grand Almoner’s Fund
June 5, 2020
A Brother shares his personal experience soliciting The Grand Almoner's Fund for support. This blog is part of a series for the Helping Hand Initiative which highlights the work of the Grand Almoner’s Fund. Read more
Words of Thanks
May 29, 2020
A Brother expresses his gratitude for the assistance he received from the Grand Almoner's Fund. Read more
Wisconsin Scottish Rite Partners with Northwestern Mutual Foundation to Help Children and Families
May 27, 2020
The Trustees of Wisconsin Scottish Rite have partnered with Northwestern Mutual to fund the Children’s Wisconsin: Milwaukee Hospital personal protective equipment (PPE) respirator project. Read more
Massachusetts Masons In Action
May 24, 2020
What began as a project putting together personal safety kits (masks, hand sanitizer, etc.) for Brothers and their families transformed into a much larger undertaking for the Massachusetts Consistory. Read more
Times that Try Men’s Souls
May 22, 2020
"The lesson of the cable tow reminds us of the bond we share as Brothers, a bond that must remain strong in the darkest days." Scottish Rite Grand Almoner Peter J. Samiec, 33° describes the importance and impact of the Grand Almoner's Fund during the COVID-19 crisis. Read more
Helping a Brother in Blue
May 14, 2020
This story is part of a series for the Helping Hand initiative, a digital fundraising campaign for the Scottish Rite Grand Almoner’s Fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this campaign is to successfully raise $100,000. Read more
4 Ways to Make the Most of the Member Center
May 14, 2020
With our updated Member Center you’ll find that, in and outside of the Valley, there’s great joy and treasures to be found in belonging to the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Keep reading for some ways to make the most of your membership online through our Member Center. Read more
From Stonemason to Freemason: History and Origin of Modern Freemasonry
May 7, 2020
While no one knows with certainty when or how Freemasonry was formed, the most widely accepted theory among Masonic scholars traces our fraternity back to the stonemasons of the middle ages. Read more