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The Masonic Angel Fund
Masons Helping Children in our Community |
The Masonic Angel Fund Since
1733 American Freemasons have provided benevolent assistance to their
neighbors. The Masonic Angel
Fund is a natural evolution of that centuries-old commitment to Masons
serving their fellow man. How Does the Masonic Angel Fund Help? The
Masonic Angel Fund provides modest assistance to children in need who do
not fit the criteria for the usual social service programs.
Such
assistance might be to provide a pair of eyeglasses, a coat, shoes, field
trip fees, a portion of after school program tuition, music lessons, art
instruction, summer camp. MAF
can fill virtually any need that will broaden a child’s educational
experience or self-esteem. |
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How Does It Work? Each
Masonic Angel Fund is sponsored by a local Masonic Lodge.
Working
closely with the school staff in their community, the Masons learn of a
child’s need through a nurse, counselor or administrator.
The Masons review the request and respond to the school within one
business day.
All
requests for Masonic Angel Fund assistance are anonymous – the Masons
never know who the child is. No
“paperwork” is required. The
school staff identifies and qualifies the needs of the child and then the
Masons take it from there. 100%
of the money raised in the name of the Masonic Angel Fund in your
community stays in your
community. The local Masonic
Lodge covers all expenses of the MAF from Lodge operating funds.
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What Guides the MAF? The
highlights of our guiding principles are: ¨
100% of the money raised in a community must be used
to help children in that
community ¨
School staff must screen all recipients – empowering
them to do their jobs, without bureaucratic constraints, acting always in
the child’s best interests ¨
Requests for Masonic Angel Fund benevolence must be
addressed in one business day (most MAF’s respond in a couple of hours!) ¨
When MAF cannot fund an unusually large request, the
local Masons use their professional and fraternal contacts to help the
school staff find alternative funding sources
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Why Do Masons Do This? We
love kids and value each one’s inherent right to reach his or her full
potential. Everyone
involved with the Masonic Angel Fund derives great satisfaction from
helping a family at a challenging time. We
believe that such charitable work furthers our tenets of brotherly love,
relief and truth. We
feel that such benevolence brings the community together and will bring
like-minded men together in our organization. What Does it Mean to Be a Mason? You’ve
just seen it! Masons
strive to practice their tenets in every hour of every day of their lives.
Whether it is through helping a child in need, offering video child
identification programs or providing a scholarship to a promising graduate
– Masons are for and about their community! To
learn more about the MAF please visit www.masonicangelfund.org
or call 508-255-8812 – or, better still, ask a Mason! |
Masonic
Angel Foundation, Inc.
Post Office Box 1389 The Masonic Angel Foundation, Inc. © 1998-2002 – All Rights Reserved
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As you will see below many constituent Masonic Angel Funds have created their own brochures and flyers to use in local fund raising and Masonic awareness programs. This section of the website is a "showcase" for some of the better pieces that the Foundation staff has received.
The publications showcased here are for idea-sharing and stimulation of the creative process. Please do not adapt any of this material without the permission of the Masonic Angel Foundation staff.
Note: All literature prepared for a local Masonic Angel Fund should be submitted to the Foundation staff via prior to its publication. Why? Because we try to keep the message consistent throughout the "MAF universe". The Foundation is fortunate to have at its disposal three or four excellent marketing professionals as well as graphic design and web-authoring experts. Helping develop professional-looking literature is part of the service the Foundation provides for for constituent Masonic Angel Funds.
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The Masonic Angel Fund
Masons Helping Children in our Community The Needham Masonic Angel Fund is a charitable service of Nehoiden Lodge A.F.& A.M. Founded 1927 |
The Masonic Angel Fund Since
1733 American Freemasons have provided benevolent assistance to their
neighbors. The Masonic Angel
Fund is a natural evolution of that centuries-old commitment to Masons
serving their fellow man. How Does the Masonic Angel Fund Help? The
Masonic Angel Fund provides modest assistance to children in need who do
not fit the criteria for the usual social service programs.
Such
assistance might be to provide a pair of eyeglasses, a coat, shoes, field
trip fees, a portion of after school program tuition, music lessons, art
instruction, summer camp. MAF
can fill virtually any need that will broaden a child’s educational
experience or self-esteem. |
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How Does It Work? Each
Masonic Angel Fund is sponsored by a local Masonic Lodge.
Working
closely with the school staff in their community, the Masons learn of a
child’s need through a nurse, counselor or administrator.
The Masons review the request and respond to the school within one
business day.
All
requests for Masonic Angel Fund assistance are anonymous – the Masons
never know who the child is. No
“paperwork” is required. The
school staff identifies and qualifies the needs of the child and then the
Masons take it from there. 100%
of the money raised in the name of the Masonic Angel Fund in your
community stays in your
community. The local Masonic
Lodge covers all expenses of the MAF from Lodge operating funds. |
What Guides the MAF? The
highlights of our guiding principles are: ¨
100% of
the money raised in a community must be used to help children in that community ¨
School
staff must screen all recipients – empowering them to do their jobs,
without bureaucratic constraints, acting always in the child’s best
interests ¨
Requests
for Masonic Angel Fund benevolence must be addressed in one business day
(most MAF’s respond in a couple of hours!) ¨
When MAF
cannot fund an unusually large request, the local Masons use their
professional and fraternal contacts to help the school staff find
alternative funding sources
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Why Do Masons Do This? We
love kids and value each one’s inherent right to reach his or her full
potential. Everyone
involved with the Masonic Angel Fund derives great satisfaction from
helping a family at a challenging time. We
believe that such charitable work furthers our tenets of brotherly love,
relief and truth. We
feel that such benevolence brings the community together and will bring
like-minded men together in our organization. What Does it Mean to Be a Mason? You’ve just seen
it! Masons
strive to practice their tenets in every hour of every day of their
lives. Whether it is
through helping a child in need, offering video child identification
programs or providing a scholarship to a promising graduate –
Masons are for and about their community! To
learn more about the MAF please visit www.masonicangelfund.org
or call 508-255-8812 – or, better still, ask a Mason! |
Needham Masonic Angel Fund Nehoiden
Lodge A.F.&A.M. 1101
Highland Ave. Needham, MA
02492 LOCAL TRUSTEES: Lawrence Trecartin
781-449-3049 Ltrec@attbi.com Derek Eaton 781-444-3146
Dekecan@aol.com Leonard McIntosh 781-444-0981GLMLenny@juno.com
Masonic
Angel Foundation, Inc.
Post
Office Box 1389 Masonic
Building 107 Main Street Orleans,
Massachusetts 02653-1389 Phone
508-255-8812 Fax
508-255-9520 info@masonicangelfund.org www.masonicangelfund.org The
Masonic Angel Foundation, Inc. is an
independent 501(c)(3) charitable foundation. ©
1998-2002 – All Rights Reserved |
