East Lancashire Masonic Charity
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01/01/09 - MBE for David Geldard
13/12/08 - Christmas Outing - Dick Whittington
16/10/08 - 100 Years Young
20/09/08 - Comforts Fund Outings 2008
31/08/08 - Young Peoples Outings
17/06/08 - Grants made to Comm Fund
13/06/08 - 2008 Annual Holiday
13/06/08 - Bridge Street Ladies
04/02/08 - Scouts at Sandal Holme Barn
12/10/07 - Bridge St. Ladies Present Cheque
12/08/07 - £10,000 for Bowley Scouts
19/07/07 - The Bridge Street Ladies
28/06/07 - Maundy Money
27/06/07 - ELMC 2007 Annual Holiday
27/06/07 - Spring Party
20/06/07 - Bolton Masonic Gift Evening
17/06/07 - Website layout changes made
25/05/07 - Report of the ELMC AGM for 2007
22/05/07 - Thanks from the Ladies
05/04/07 - Mark Davis Everest Expedition
01/04/07 - A Masonic Triple-Whammy
20/02/07 - Photos added
13/02/07 - Hewlett Court, the inside story
05/02/07 - Starlight Express Trip
31/01/07 - Bridge Street Ladies enter Run
25/01/07 - The Comforts Fund
23/01/07 - Officers of the ELMC
22/01/07 - Christmas Outing
22/01/07 - Young Peoples Committee
25/12/06 - The Springhill Hospice Project
09/12/06 - Bolton Lads and Girls Club
06/12/06 - The Community Fund Takes-Off
10/10/06 - Gala Dinner a Huge Success
26/09/06 - Community Fund Form
16/05/06 - The Community Fund Committee
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Board of Directors and Trustees
Committee Of Benevolence
Comforts' Fund Committee
Young People's Committee
Community Fund Committee
ELMC Residential Home - Hewlett Court
100 Years Young
Mrs Rita Rimmington celebrated her 100th Birthday on Monday 13th October 2008. Rita is a widow of the Lodge of New Hope, which closed in 2007. Rita now lives at Priestnall Court Residential Care Home in Stockport. Her family, friends and the home arranged a wonderful celebratory party for her on the day, during which she received a visit from the Mayor of Stockport and a number of the brethren from the former Lodge of New Hope.
WBro Michael Nicholson, PProvGSwdB, the Salford Deputy Chairman and District Almoner, is shown presenting a card from the District together with a beautiful basket of flowers from the East Lancashire Masonic Charity.
Widows of closed Lodges (there are 300 such widows) come under the care of the ELMC and receive gifts on birthdays and at Christmas. Some pastoral support is provided by the District but Julie Ward, the ELMC Welfare Officer, keeps in touch with many such widows, especially those who become ELMC Beneficiaries.
The Benevolence Committee of the ELMC currently provides support to 532 Beneficiaries [106 widows, 24 Brethren, 28 Married Couples, 5 spinsters, 71 Young people and 298 Widows of Closed Lodges], and this is all managed with donations from the brethren and Lodges of East Lancashire.
Sadly Mrs. Rimmington's died on 8 November 2008. The death notice will appear in the Daily Telegraph. The Funeral is to be at Stockport Crematorium, Rowan Chapel, Buxton Road, Heaviley, Stockport, SK2 6LS 480 5221 at 11.30am 29 November 2008 Her son has requested family flowers only with donations to ELMC. |