Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons

Mark Masonry and Charitable Giving Every newly-admitted Freemason is immediately told that he is expected to exercise Charity, not just to his brethren but to anyone in need of comfort and support.  Freemasonry is a major charitable donor;  in the United Kingdom its Grand Charity is second only to the National Lottery in its donations to Charities at home and abroad. Mark Masons' charity is exercised through a national Mark Fund of Benevolence, by a Benevolent Fund for the Province and by individual Mark Lodges. No funds are generated from the general public - all come from member's own resources and through private fund-raising efforts; Details of recent donations to local recipients are set out below. Severn Area Rescue Association Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Hereford Scanner Osteoporosis Donations To Hospitals St. Johns Ambulances Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Mark Master Masons have presented a range of equipment to the Accident and Emergency department of the Hereford Hospital (pictured left) They have also donated a spec- ially-equipped cot to South- mead Hospital's Neo-Natal Unit in response to their Tiny Lives Campaign. The illustration on show in the Unit (right) features the Mark Provincial badge (bottom row - third from left)