Masonic Hurricane Relief

To the Masters and Secretaries of the Subordinate Lodges
From: Walton Clapp, Grand Secretary
Subject: Disaster Relief

We have received numbers of phone calls and emails from lodges seeking information about contributing to the disaster in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. The Masonic Service Association just last week mailed an appeal for Florida for the two previous hurricanes that blasted the panhandle area. We expect an additional appeal for the disaster caused by hurricane Katrina to be forthcoming.

If you want to make a contribution to assist our brethren in the states that have suffered this devastation, you should make your checks payable to:
The Masonic Service Association, 8120 Fenton Street, Silver Springs, MD 20910-4785.
Please mark your check "Hurricane Relief."

All donations collected through the Masonic Service Association will be sent to the affected Gulf Coast states through the respective Grand Lodges for distribution. The Grand Lodge of North Carolina is making a contribution from the charity fund.

Please take this opportunity to make a contribution. Our Grand Lodge has benefited from a similar appeals when we have suffered from these storms. It is now our time to make a contribution. Please include information of this appeal in your next newsletters to your members as well as on your web sites and in your meetings.

The Philalethes Society has set up a secure website on behalf of the Masonic Service Association for those preferring to use credit cards to make donations. Please note that the billing on your credit card statement will read The Philalethes Society. All money received via this site will be transferred to the Masonic Service Association of North America Relief Appeal for distribution.
The address for the site is: http://freemasonry.org

Thank you very much for your help.