Masons Helping Others
While Masonry is essentially a fraternal
order the members of Belleview Lodge and all Masons and appellate orders have a
record of outstanding philanthropic service to our local communities and world
wide charities. In
addition to local charities many Masons belong to appellate bodies like the
Scottish Rite and Shrine Club that support the well know Shrine Burn and
orthopedic centers and the Scottish Rite Hearing impaired treatment and research
facilities.
The Shrine supports 19 orthopedic units and three burn institutes across the
United States helping thousands of children each year, absolutely free of
charge. Other Masonic bodies support their own
statewide and national foundations for research, teaching, and treatment for
rehabilitation services for children with learning or speech disorders, cancer,
visual problems, and need of dental restoration. Altogether, the budgets for these
community services exceed two million dollars per day, which Masons support
without regard to the Masonic affiliation of their recipients. With this spirit
of working together to serve mankind, brotherhood works well, indeed.
Locally Belleview Lodge supports many important youth oriented
activities.
These include:
Belleview Lodge holds an annual Child ID program in April. In 2007 we IDed almost 200 children at the Lodge. For more information about this program please click - Child ID 08
$2000.00 Scholarship per year awarded to two deserving high school seniors
from Belleview and Lake Weir high schools.
Sponsorship of a Belleview Dixie Youth League T-ball team.
Meetings of Boy Scott Organizations.
Christmas Party for Kids.
Support of The Masonic Home in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The Brothers of Belleview Lodge assist the local community as the need arises and whenever called upon to do so.
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