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The Festive Board Commemorative Gavel presented to the Lodge by the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master of the Masonic Province of Worcestershire, Richard H Goddard on behalf of the Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys on 13th April 2011.
The Lodge raised £15,000 for the Charity and were designated the title of Patrons of the Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys. The Gavel recognises the Lodge Patron Status achieved

The Provincial Grand Master of Worcestershire, the Right Worshipful Brother Richard Goddard, attended the Lodge Installation of our new Worshipful master, Steven Eagle, on 13/4/2011. At the end of the evening the worshipful Master presented him with a cheque for £15,000 for Worcestershire Province Charity Appeal 2011 which is to Fund the Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys.
This money was raised by Lodge Brethren over the Last 4 years and the picture shows the Worshipful Master presenting the cheque with (on the left) Wor Bro Howard Wilson, Provincial Charity Steward and the Appeal Chairman, and (on the right) Wor Bro Dennis Nock our Lodge Charity Steward, who oversaw the Appeal collection within the Lodge.

The Lodge White Table meeting on 10th March 2010 raised £305 for Mary Stevens Hospice in the Charity Box collection.
The Photograph shows the WM, Wor Bro Ken Jones, handing over the cheque to Janet Jones, the Hospice Fundraising Development Manager, in the presence of our Charity Steward, Wor Bro Dennis Nock.

The Lodge has contributed £2,700 to the Hospice Funds over the last few years.The Hospice needs donations in excess of £2,000,000 every year to maintain the excellent care to seriously or terminally ill people of the area. The Masonic Grand Charity also sends funds to every Hospice in the UK on an annual basis.