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 In 2000 The Mark Benevolent Fund provided £2 Million to supply all county branchs of St John Ambulance with new Crusader Ambulances at a cost of some £40,000 each. Both Gloucestershire and Herefordshire branches received one. Since that time the Province has continued to make donations to St John and at its Provincial Grand Lodge Meeting in May 2008, presented a body board to add to the equipment carried on the ambulance. The photograph shows the Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro.John Eley, the President of the General Board R.W.Bro.Michael Herbert, and the Deputy Provincial Grand Master W.Bro.John Gillo, at its presentation.