Home's Grown Kids - Summer 2019

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Graduates Alex, Amos and Cyrose (l-r), on their first day at the children’s home.

Making Futures Brighter

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Together, Masonic Children’s Home staff and donors make the future brighter for children in need. These caring individuals understand that our youth deserve an opportunity to succeed and are helping to ensure their dreams are realized, one step at a time. This year, at the 96th annual Youth Appreciation Day, the children were celebrated for their achievements in academics, sports, volunteerism and other extra-curricular activities.

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Special congratulations went out to our three seniors Alex, Amos and Cyrose - who will be attending college in the fall, thanks to donor support and their own hard work. At the children’s home, youth are encouraged to discover their talents, learn from others and grow from their mistakes. For Alex, Amos and Cyrose, senior year was filled with nights of studying, sports practices, long evenings of working part-time jobs and countless other extra-curricular activities that got them out into the community and broadened their outlook on life.

ALEX Alex vividly remembers the drive from his Philadelphia home to the children’s home in 2010. “I was just a little city kid,” he recalls. “I didn’t want to leave to come to a small town, but I had no choice. I remember my ride here, looking at the cows like they were some strange

creatures because I had never seen one before.”

Over the next eight years at the children’s home, Alex built many relationships that he will carry with him as he moves on to his next journey. “Growing up here at first was rough, because it was when the foundation was starting to be built. It was the beginning of the path to me becoming a man. Without the people here, I know I wouldn’t be the same person I am today.”

As a student, Alex kept his grades up while participating in basketball, track and football. During his senior year, Alex served as one of the team captains for his football team. In total, he received five varsity letters during high school. Alex also spent time putting together events for the high school’s annual Mini-THON, a 24-hour dance marathon organized by students which raises money to fight against pediatric cancer. He also worked a parttime job and enrolled in advanced courses throughout his junior and senior years. The courses have prepared him to attend Shippensburg University in the fall, where he will play football and study sports psychology. His dream is to earn a master’s degree in the subject.

AMOS During high school, Amos took honors courses and dual enrolled at a local community college, all while working a

annual Mini-THON, a 24-hour dance marathon organized by students to raise money for families affected by pediatric cancer. During her senior year, Cyrose volunteered as an intern in a second grade class, working one-on-one with the children. She served as captain of the girls’ lacrosse team and scored more than 100 goals during her senior year. During one game, Cyrose scored 11 goals against the competing team, setting a school record. Cyrose will attend Kutztown University in the fall, where she will study psychology and criminology and play on the women’s lacrosse team. Cyrose says she will reflect on her six years at the children’s home fondly for the rest of her life.

“I really want to be a part of the process that helps somebody heal from an injury or debilitating accident and to see them gain as much function as possible, while perhaps becoming even stronger than they were before,” Amos says.

“Coming from Philadelphia gave me a lot of struggles, fears and frustrations, but living here has changed my life for the better,” Cyrose says. “I met some of the best people in my life, and my support system grew. I also grew more as an individual. Living with seven other girls who I didn’t know was very intimidating, but little did I know I would become best friends with them and create a bond that I could have with no others. I would like to thank everyone here for reminding me that the sky is the limit.”

Amos has lived at the children’s home since 2011 and has developed a close friendship with fellow graduate, Alex, as well as other young men in his cottage. “I’m so glad I got to spend my time here with these guys,” he says. “We can talk about anything and everything, and it’s going to be strange going to college and not seeing them every day. I want to thank the children’s home for giving kids like me a chance to get a great education and do the things we love. You do so much for us, as if we’re one of your own kids, and I want to thank you all so much for that.”

CYROSE During high school, Cyrose involved herself in the school’s Key Club for community volunteer service. Like Alex, she also spent time putting together events for the high school’s

These three seniors will hit bumps in the road, but their experience at the children’s home, as well as words of encouragement from their children’s home family, will give them joy and guidance for the rest of their life’s journeys.

When times got tough for our graduates, they knew they could count on you! Your support allowed Alex, Amos and Cyrose to participate in sports and advanced academics their senior year. They are well prepared to attend college in the fall. Thank you for helping each of our children reach their fullest potential!

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part-time job. He completed the Advanced Health Careers program at a local career and technology center, played on the high school’s football team and served as captain of the basketball team, helping to bring the team to the state playoffs. Amos’ advanced academics and newly developed leadership skills will serve him well as he attends West Chester University in the fall, where he will attain a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. Amos decided he wanted to become a physical therapist from his experience with physical therapy after suffering a sports-related injury. He was intrigued by the process and wants to help others heal from their injuries with the same techniques.

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Our seniors on their first day at the children’s home!

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The Drive to Keep Going Joanne Westafer’s childhood was like a fairytale, filled with long summer days outdoors and stretches of homegrown vegetables and roaming chickens in her backyard. It was a “happy, yet simple time” that she still remembers vividly today at age 88.

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Joanne’s father was a “busy-body” who devoted his time and energy to her and her two younger brothers. He hung hammocks and swings among the locust trees on their property and cooked the family big breakfasts as a weekend surprise. At all hours of the day and night, he worked tirelessly on the railroad to prevent his family from suffering, as many others did, from the effects of the Great Depression. There were only 500 houses in Joanne’s small town, and her parents, who were both very active in the community, knew just about everyone who lived inside them.

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Joanne says she gets her curiosity for other people and for how things work from her father. Although he only attended school until the fourth grade, he had a strong desire to learn. Any problem he faced, he had the patience to solve. He built their family home himself and even learned from his children.

“Each day after school, he made us sit down and tell him what we

learned,” Joanne recalls. “He read to us every night, even when we were old enough to read to him. I had great, easy-going parents. As long as you behaved yourself, you were okay.”

Tragically, Joanne’s world was turned upside down when her father was killed in a train wreck when she was just 14 years old. Eighteen months later, her mother died suddenly of a heart attack, leaving Joanne and her siblings, ages 12 and 4, orphaned.

“It was the day before Easter,” Joanne recalls. “We were preparing things when she suddenly got sick and had pain. I called the doctor, and they sent an ambulance. Then, I called up my uncle to see if he and my aunt could come get my brothers and me. They said, ‘No.’” What Joanne did next was remarkable for a young girl, just a glimpse into her new life, which would be filled with more responsibilities than a child should have to face.

“I packed up the boys, took our

ration books, bought bus tickets and showed up at their doorstep,” Joanne said. “I said, ‘Here we are.’”

When Joanne walked into the living room of her uncle’s home, she discovered her mother had died.

“I was stunned,” she said. “It’s like I was living in a book.”

For the next three months, Joanne and her brothers stayed at their uncle and aunt’s home in Harrisburg, which was very different from their own “country way” of living. In addition, her uncle was quite opposite of the male role model she was used to.

“In three months, he spoke to me once,” Joanne said.

Looking back, she realizes that her cousins were grown and her aunt and uncle weren’t looking for more children to raise. Fortunately, in an effort to find placement for the children, Joanne’s uncle and aunt found the children’s home and dropped them off in 1945.

Ripped away from everything she knew, Joanne was the oldest girl to have entered the children’s home at the time. She immediately decided to give it a chance, not only for her brothers, but also because she knew they didn’t have many other options. “I adjusted very quickly,” she said. “At the time, there were orphanages, which were terrible.”

“Once your initial fears wear off, it’s home,” Joanne recalls. “I feel that who I became was because of that place. They really looked after us.”

Joanne remembers noticing how well the other children were taken care of. In fact, her first roommate had braces, which to her, was unheard of.

The children’s home provided Joanne with much-needed glasses and regular dental checkups. Most importantly, “I always felt safe,” she said.

Each day, the cook in each building rang a gong at 6 a.m., and the children did their morning chores before breakfast. Then, as a group, they walked to school in town. At lunchtime, Joanne remembers walking home for a quick bite to eat, then completing other small chores like washing tea towels. Evenings consisted of dinnertime and studying that was supervised by her matron (what is now referred to as a house parent), Miss Bashore. Thanks to the dedicated study time, all the girls had excellent grades, and report cards were hung inside the front door of the building.

Joanne fondly remembers the meals served at the children’s home and describes herself as one of the “biggest eaters” in the group.

“We ate like horses,” she said.

At that time, all the food the children ate was grown or butchered on the property. She remembers sitting around big, round tables with the other children and eating freshly-baked

Joanne did wish there was one thing provided to her at the children’s home, and that was grief support.

While today’s children are offered therapeutic sessions with a staff social worker, Joanne didn’t have the same luxury to help her properly grieve.

After completing her schooling through the children’s home, Joanne decided to attend college at nearby Millersville University. Her degree was paid for by the children’s home and a trust fund set up by her father.

Joanne bravely chose to major in biology, which not only challenged her mentally, but also challenged the status quo of that time. She was one of the only females in the major.

During the summers, Joanne returned to the children’s home and worked in one of the dining rooms on campus.

After graduation, she married a young man, her late husband Jack, who she knew from high school, and had three children. Later, after studying to become a certified reading specialist, Joanne taught in the Elizabethtown Area School District, where current children’s home residents attend school, for 28 years.

After retirement, she and Jack welcomed three grandsons. Jack carefully listened when Joanne spoke about her past, and the two financially supported the children’s home with whatever they could give at the time for all 60 years of their marriage.

Joanne came home once again to Masonic Village with Jack in 1999.

As a child, one of her biggest chores was to clean the railings of the stairwell, along with its 12 flights of stairs, in the girls’ building. That building was converted into resident apartments after the children’s home moved to its current location in the 1990s. “When I came to live here, one of the first things I did was look in that building to see if the stairwell was still clean,” Joanne said. “It was. I can’t imagine a place that is better for the children and for the elderly than this.”

Joanne and Jack enjoyed several years of carefree living in their cottage before Jack passed away suddenly. Soon after, Joanne lost one of her brothers to Alzheimer’s.

When reflecting on how she has processed the losses she has experienced since childhood, Joanne says she simply had the drive to keep going.

“You have to keep going and to make the most of every day you can,” Joanne says. “When those things happen, you just accept it.

You have to keep living. I know that if I kept carrying on after my husband died, he would say, ‘What’s wrong with you?’”

Joanne says her life events have made her “bull-headed,” but to anyone who meets her, it’s clear the tragedies she’s overcome have made her an inspiration.

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angel food cake with fruit from the orchard as a special treat on Sundays.

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“My uncle never let us back in the house again,” Joanne recalls.

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Taking a Unique Path to Success George Kahler never knew his parents well. His mother passed away from bone cancer when he was just two years old, and his father died of a heart attack three years later. George was the youngest of five children.

An “Average Guy” with a Desire to Help

His brother, Ray, was closest in age and only nine years old when their father passed away, but their older siblings - Trudy, Ed and Dave - were all older than 21 and out of the house.

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After losing their father, George’s older siblings took care of the two younger boys until they could find another arrangement. Less than a year later, George’s older siblings decided to put him and his brother into the Masonic Children’s Home, so they could remain together and receive the care they needed.

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George didn’t find the change very difficult as a 6-year-old, but he didn’t know anyone other than his brother, and he needed to get used to living in a new place. George roomed with three other boys, who he said helped him adjust to his new home, and he had coaches, teachers, friends’ parents and house parents who acted as parental figures. Outside of “the home,” George and Ray’s oldest brother, Dave, took on the role of

the father figure in their lives.

Growing up in the children’s home, George said he had a lot of new experiences and trips with the other children who lived there.

He remembers trips to the shore, baseball games and amusement parks. His house parents took all the boys camping in the summer and to an indoor pool in the winter.

Some of George’s best memories from the children’s home, though, are of simply “hanging out” with all the other children. George said they would build forts, roller skate, go sledding, swim and just talk.

In addition to allowing him to live out his childhood, George

said the children’s home gave him many other opportunities.

“We had responsibilities like cleaning our rooms and a daily detail, but we also learned to take care of ourselves: making pizza, shopping for clothing, earning our allowance and doing our laundry,” George said.

George said the children’s home also taught him to be considerate of others, due to always having someone else around.

“There were many different people house parents and other children - who all had to learn to live with each other,” George said. “We had to get along with everyone, even when we didn’t want to, because we were never alone.”

After graduating from high school, George decided to attend Lock Haven University to major in health and physical education. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Army as a combat medic.

Since then, George went back to school for his elementary teaching certification and has been teaching at the Mifflinburg Middle School for the last 24 years.

Now, George is the president of the Masonic Homes Patton School Alumni Association and serves on the scholarship committee to help children graduating from the children’s home and alumni receive the money they need to get a good education.

George said he is not sure of his future plans as of yet, but will continue to teach for the time being, as he believes in the value of education. This year, the alumni association provided $11,000 in scholarships to deserving youth who, like him, are taking a unique path to success. In total, the association has awarded 208 scholarships, totaling more than $200,000 in support to those who will be responsible for America’s future.

Our alumni are giving back! A secondary education would not be achievable for our youth without our alumni association. This year, the association provided $11,000 in scholarships to deserving students so they can follow their dreams! Pictured are alumni (including George, far left) and scholarship committee members with Donna Shaffer, educational coordinator.

Futures are bright at the children’s home! Find highlights from

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the 96th annual Youth Appreciation Day and a new video featuring our kids and what they’re grateful for at Facebook.com/MasonicChildrensHome.

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Finding Her Place

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Noelia’s family was struggling with money, and Noelia was struggling in the Philadelphia school system, when they decided to contact the children’s home for help. Despite moving far from her home, Noelia, then eight years old, was already familiar with one aspect of her new environment: her two older brothers lived there.

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“Philadelphia wasn’t that great for schools and education. My experience in those schools wasn’t so great. I was getting picked on and came home a couple times having panic attacks,” Noelia said. “I’m just glad I came here.”

When Noelia first visited, she knew only her brothers, but she said that made her much more comfortable with the idea. After coming to live at the children’s home, she was happy to see her brothers often. They’ve since moved on to higher education and work.

Now, Noelia is an upcoming sophomore in high school and loves

living at the children’s home and attending Elizabethtown Area High School. Noelia has become good friends with many of the other girls who live at the children’s home and she loves listening to music and joking around with them. She says she is the “corny joke girl” of the group.

When she first came to the children’s home, Noelia said the other girls definitely made her feel at home and taught her how the structure of the home worked. Since then, Noelia has helped guide and give advice to other children who are facing the situations she once did.

“We’re all in a group, and we’re just having a great time,” she said. “We usually know how to turn a situation upside-down.”

Noelia is excelling in school, attaining a plaque this year for the highest grade point average in her age group at the children’s home. She plays softball and volunteers with school activities like Mini-THON, a dance marathon that benefits Four Diamonds, which fights

for a cure for pediatric cancer, and Pep Club. Noelia especially enjoys her photography and video production classes, as she hopes to one day work in those creative fields after graduating high school and college.

Her dream is to visit a movie set to see how a movie is produced. One day, she hopes to see her own name in a movie’s credits as a videographer.

Noelia said she wants to accomplish a lot in her life, but one of her more immediate goals is to be more open with people and to be able to talk to people more easily. This summer, she is going to Cuba to visit her aunt, uncle and cousins whom she’s never met before. She is very excited about meeting more of her family.

Despite her relatives, and now her brothers, living at a distance, she is glad she came and considers the children’s home her home.

“This is my main home. It’s comfortable,” Noelia said. “I’m around an area I know. I don’t feel strange. I don’t feel in danger. I’m able to relax.”

Thank You ALL GIFTS GIVEN DEC. 1, 2018 - APRIL 30, 2019

HONORARIUM GIFTS HONOREE

DONOR

Kelly Ann Brown

Richard and Louise Brown

David K. Burrier

David Burrier

SCHOLAR DONORS

Verizon Foundation

Sandee Cohn

The Kolchins

17th Masonic District School of Instruction

Waymart Lodge No. 542

Noah Courtright

Ralph Bolinger

Peggy Wheeler

Zella Dervin

Larry and Zella Phelabaum

EDUCATOR DONORS

Joseph Donmoyer

The Kolchins

Raymond A. Dubbs

Wayne and Debra Dubbs

Joe Freyman

Michael Cimerola

Pam Freyman

Michael Cimerola

Our Grandchildren

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John A. Kolchin

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William Brady

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Grey Lions of Elizabethtown AIG

Concordia Lodge No. 67

Jerusalem Lodge No. 506

Joseph E. Murphy

John and Barbara Kolchin

William and Susan Davis

Lodge No. 9

Mr. and Mrs. William Norris

Mark and Nancy Deputy

Ann Edinger

Joan Terwilliger

Our Parents

Patsy and Robert Bowman

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Alan D. Saylor

William Huston

Kenneth Schnabel

St. Peters Catholic Church

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AUTHOR DONORS

James A. and Doralice P. Hinton, CRUT

Christenson Investment Partners

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Robbie Hoffman James and Frances Stark Robert and Joyce Umbaugh

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Larry and Judy Balthaser

Paul Lesser

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Richard D. Ackerman

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Edward M. Arnold, Jr.

Lucille Meissner

Jack Llewellyn

Donald and Lois Miller

James Artman

Lois Artman

Larry and Connie Morris

Alfred Asheuer

Alfred and Gloria Asheuer

Frank Reid

Ralph K. Austin

Kirk Hinkley

NEW CENTENNIAL SOCIETY MEMBERS

Elsa Anna Bach

Robert Chianese

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Larry C. and Judy K. Balthaser

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Cheston Berlin

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Mary Cline

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WISH LIST DONORS

Errol Q. Bond

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Russell Bower

Stuart and Barbara Brown

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Athelstan-Lamberton Lodge No. 482

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Alfred and Gloria Asheuer

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Thank You

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MEMORIAL GIFTS

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MEMORIAL

DONOR

Miriam Brand

John and Barbara Kolchin

Daniel B. Breneman

Patsy Breneman

Edward G. Bryant, III

Ethel Bryant

Ida Bueki

Philip and Kristen Bueki

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Michael and Barbara Cathcart

Donald W. Chalfant

Ruth Chalfant

Linda Cherris

Ann Finkbeiner

Patricia A. Clare

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Charles and Mary Class

Rich and Susan Kirk

Philip B. Cline

Mary Cline

Edward Coryell

Grace Harkins

Carl J. Cott

Grace Cott

Carol Crain

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Donald and Irma Davidson

William and Nancy Davidson

Hamilton P. Decker

Clyde Erskine, Jr.

Wayne Dolbow

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Lucille C. Dowell

Ronald Dowell

Manon Duck

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Bob Edge

Patricia Edge

Paul L. Edinger, Jr.

Ann Edinger

Joseph Elizeus

Joel and Margaret Elizeus

Craig A. Ellis

Mari Ellis

James T. English

Margery English

Clyde R. Erskine, Sr.

Clyde Erskine, Jr.

Donald E. Eshelman

Norma Eshelman

Mathias M. Fath

Richard and Louise Brown

Christopher W. B. Fellows

Robert and Lois Fellows

Mary E. Flurie

Ralph Dyer

Erin Frederick

Sharon Pallotta

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Bill Gassman, Sr.

Mary Gassman

Ruth Getz

Thomas Getz

James Gould

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Grace Harkins

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George and Anne Harrington

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Joan Hassinger

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John and Genevieve Hendry

Kirk S. Hinkley, Sr.

Kirk Hinkley

Leora K. Hoffman

Paula Kauffman

Melvin M. Hollenbach

Dale Hollenbach

Dale Hornberger

Stuart and Barbara Brown

John S. Jackson

Sally Jackson

William M. Jackson

Mary Jackson

Harry R. Johnson

Ronald and Shirley Stoof

Virgil Johnston

Joel and Margaret Elizeus

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Louise Jones

Charles K. Jones

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Darrell G. Jones

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Lovell Kahley

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Paula Kauffman

Joseph Ryan Kenney

Joseph and Frances Kenney

Nick Klein

Barbara Longenecker

Alan Philip Krecker

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Jane Kurtz

J. Andrew Wenrich

Morton Lader

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Barbara Lawver

Anna Layfield

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Robert Lewis

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Florabelle Lichty

John Liken

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Sherman Long

Tarrie and Donna Fickes

William “Bill” Mackrides

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Richard F. Maffett, Sr.

Elizabeth Maffett

William Magill

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Harry E. Malone

Jean Malone

Horace Mann

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Anna Dean Marvel

Garrett and Catherine Marvel

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Alfred and Gloria Asheuer

Norma R. Mason

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Robert and Marilyn Forney

Bryan and Eileen Hill

Patricia D. McCool

Chris and Joan Reynolds

Barbara Shields

William L. McKee

Barbara McKee

Timothy O. Meckley

Carol Meckley

George P. Meissner

Lucille Meissner

Edward E. Mellon

Richard and Ethel Postlethwatie

William and Anne Merritts

Peter Merritts

Raymond A. Metcalfe

Robert Metcalfe

Vincent Morgan

Grace Morgan

Florence Morrow

Andrew and Doris Zelez

W. G. Mowry

Daniel Rose

Richard “Dick” Naylor

Clyde and Janey Andrews

Gary Aughenbaugh

Irvin and Diane Naylor

James Stambaugh

Franklin Wheat

James C. Nickle

Samuel and Laura McElheny

Bill Northey

Judy Scharf

James Rodisch

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Daniel Padezanin

Mark and Casey Florida

Anne Sarett

Jules and Patricia Garfunkel

Richard and Judith McEwen

Marian Schoen

Kevin Kerr

Jerry Paradis

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Lewis I. Shearer

Jacqueline Shearer

Sylvia Parks

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Marvin E. Simmons

Joseph and Betty McGown

Mr. and Mrs. J. Nyce Patterson Rick and Fay Patterson

Frederick F. Stange

Carol Stange

Kathy A. Peifer

Kenneth Peifer

Jim Stark, Jr.

James and Frances Stark

Beatrice K. Phillips

Ronald and Margaret Lewis

Rayford and Edna Stewart

Francis and Linda Quail

Tim, Carole, Joey and Billy Lowe

Dorothy S. Stout

E. Francis Crist

Wendy and Richard Turnbell

Theodore and Barbara Foose

Beth Weems

Edward Hardwick

Albert Pirolli

William and Anna Clark

Marilyn M. Hardwick

Jean Pomeroy

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Merly Henry and Joy Bounds

Andre Previn

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Shirley Thomas

C. E. Rambo, Jr.

Richard and Barbara Rambo

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C. E. Rambo, Sr.

Richard and Barbara Rambo

Alexander Jesse Reeder

Jackie Hull-Reeder

Preston and Brenda L. Van Deursen

Constance Joan Reynolds

Jerry and Sally Beil

Whitey and Arlene Von Nieda

Michael and Terri-Jo Ciocca

Eleanor Wolf

Barbara Daulerio

Henry Gene Sulkowski

Margaret Sulkowski

Danny and Jenny D’Costa

Jay Tarnopolski

Philip and Kristen Bueki

Christine Dewees

M. Joan Thomas

Donald and Joanne Bower

Leah Dunst

Thomas A. Thorne

Janet Stritzinger

Margery English

Emery Thurston

Jean Thurston Weiss

Kathryn Fermani

John William Valiton

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Ross and Susan Frantz

Bernard F. Van Meter

Mary Ann Van Meter

Carol Gehlhaus

Arno Voigtlaender

Andrew and Doris Zelez

Kenneth Gehlhaus

Robert Walker

Rebecca Walker

Bill Hart

Alfred L. Walters

Jennie Walters

Marlene Holter

Neda Mae Wert

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Marjory Johnson

Sandra E. Wheeler

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Maris and Tammi Kukainis

Bob and Evelyn Wheeler

D. Jane Maloney

Jennie Williams

Paul Williams

Bill and Dot Murphy

David A. Wilson

Daniel Rose

Eleanor Rankin

John E. Winter

Jim and Bobbi Shertzer

Chris Reynolds

Earl and Florence Wolf

Stewart Wolf

J. Reynolds

Roy and Emma Worthy

John and Kim Troup

Lois Reynolds

Jeanne Zellers

Stuart and Barbara Brown

Paul and Paulette Reynolds

Karl Zerfing

Teddy and Virginia Matter

Jean Reynolds-Provencal

Bill and Kathy Sexauer

Barb Shields

Katherine Speers

Lindsay and Stuart Tozer

George and Rose Mary Vermeire

Bob and Cathy Zeberlein

Kyle Zeberlein

Robert and Joan Zeberlein

Robert Richmond, Sr.

John and Nancy Angeny

Howard F. Rissmiller

Bonita Rissmiller

Ernest E. Ritter

Clair and Janice Ritter

Financial information about Masonic Village can be obtained by contacting us at 1-800-599-6454. In addition, Masonic Charities is required to file financial information with several states. Colorado: Colorado residents may obtain copies of registration and financial documents from the office of the Secretary of State. (303) 894-2680, http://www.sos.state.co.us/. Florida: SC No. 00774, A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE, WITHIN THE STATE, 1-800-HELP-FLA. Georgia: full and fair description of the programs and activities of Masonic Charities and its financial statement are available upon request at the address indicated above. Illinois: Contracts and reports regarding Masonic Charities are on file with the Illinois Attorney General. Maryland: For the cost of postage and copying, documents and information filed under the Maryland charitable organizations laws can be obtained from the Secretary of State, Charitable Division, State House, Annapolis, MD 21401, (800) 825-4510. Michigan: MICS No. 11796 Mississippi: The official registration and financial information of Masonic Charities may be obtained from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office by calling 1-888-236-6167. New Jersey: INFORMATION FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCERNING THIS CHARITABLE SOLICITATION AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY THE CHARITY DURING THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD THAT WERE DEDICATED TO THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY CALLING (973) 504-6215 AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/ocp.htm#charity.

REGISTRATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT. New York: A copy of the latest annual report can be obtained from the organization or from the Office of the Attorney General by writing the Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. North Carolina: Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 1-888-830-4989. Pennsylvania: The official registration and financial information of Masonic Charities may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999.

Virginia: Financial statements are available from the State Office of Consumer Affairs, P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, VA, 23218.

Washington: The notice of soliciation required by the Charitable Solicitation Act is on file with the Washington Secretary of State, and information relating to financial affairs of Masonic Charities is available from the Secretary of State, and the toll-free number for Washington residents: 1-800-332-4483. West Virginia: West Virginia residents may obtain a summary of the registration and financial documents from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Charleston, WV 25305. REGISTRATION IN THE ABOVE STATES DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION OF MASONIC CHARITIES BY THE STATE.

SUMMER 2019

Curtis and Lynda Winters

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