IN THEIR MEMORY Peter Dickinson writes: On the 13th November last year, on the morning of their Installation Meeting, members of the Kingsgate Lodge No.4882 planted a tree in memory of all those who had passed away during the COVID pandemic, including Lodge members J T Baker and C W Barber. Appropriately the sapling was an acacia. The tree was planted at The Garden Gate Project, a Charity on the Broadstairs/Margate border, which uses gardening to help those with mental health problems. The Kingsgate Lodge has long been a supporter of this local Charity and in return is able to hold its annual summer barbecue there. Those at the planting ceremony included members of the Lodge and other local Lodges, their wives and the widows of those who had died. Each person present was invited to state the names of those no longer with us, while adding soil to the base of the tree. Later in the day at the Installation Meeting The Lodge raised £233 and donated it to the Garden Gate Project. They in their turn would take care of the tree, so that at each barbeque everyone will be able to admire its growth and remember absent friends and brethren. Pictured right is the sapling tied to its support post, and below Trevor Greves [R] presenting the cheque to Tim Clarke, the Charity's Joint Manager.
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