Roe Fulkerson Lodge Number 299

My visit to Roe Fulkerson lodge (one of many Masonic lodges throughout the world) was one for a good cause which was for a fundraiser in which they had held a Thanksgiving family style dinner with the proceeds going to many charitable organizations.
Masons (Freemasons) are members of the largest and oldest fraternity in the world, and even though almost everyone has a father or grandfather or uncle who was a Mason, many people aren’t quite certain just who Masons are.
The word «lodge» means both a group of Masons meeting in some place and the room or building in which they meet.
Masonry teaches that each person has a responsibility to make things better in the world. Most individuals won’t be the ones to find a cure for cancer, or eliminate poverty, or help create world peace, but every man and woman and child can do something to help others and to make things a little better. Masonry is deeply involved with helping people — it spends more than $ 1.4 million dollars every day in the United States, just to make life a little easier. And the great majority of that help goes to people who are not Masons. Some of these charities are vast projects, like the Crippled Children’s Hospitals and Burns Institutes built by the Shriners. Also, Scottish Rite Masons maintain a nationwide network of over 100 Childhood Language Disorders Clinics, Centers, and Programs. Each helps children afflicted by such conditions as aphasia, dyslexia, stuttering, and related learning or speech disorders. Some services are less noticeable, like helping a widow pay her electric bill or buying coats and shoes for disadvantaged children. And there’s just about anything you can think of in-​between. But with projects large or small, the Masons of a lodge try to help make the world a better place. The lodge gives them a way to combine with others to do even more good.
All in all this was a successful event with a great turnout and I got to contribute toward these many donations making every day just a little better for someone in need. Not to mention I got to meet many interesting people/​Masons and have a great time as my family came along while stuffing my face with lots of Thanksgiving turkey.