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Masonic Youth Outreach Program

Have you heard about the new Masonic Youth Program recently launched by the Resource Center? We have an update for you related to the amazing experiences from our first year of programming! Our youth outreach stems from the roots of how the Masonic Home originated while enhancing the quality of life for our residents. Children are the future, and it is important to cultivate healthy relationships, and provide them with valuable life skills.

The Ohio Masonic Home Resource Center held intergenerational day camps at Browning Masonic Community and Western Reserve Masonic Community over the holidays! The kids and our residents had so much fun. Thirty youth spent the day doing activities, Christmas caroling, and spending time with our residents. Intergenerational youth camps promote socialization not only with our youth, but the residents that we have on campus as well. The smiles on the faces of our residents as the children caroled through the hallways, and delivered handmade blankets and gifts, was priceless.

The Ohio Masonic Home Resource Center provides information to families related to resources and services available. In some settings there are grandparents caring for their grandchildren and they may not be aware of options available to them. Our NW Ohio Liaison and Youth Coordinator is constantly working to ensure that information is readily available. The youth are able to communicate with residents, including Masons and Eastern Star members on our campuses which has led to inquiries from young people interested in joining Masonic youth programs, volunteer groups, and is valuable in building important relationships. If you are interested in more information related to the Masonic Youth Outreach Program please contact Raquel Flanigan at 419-260-0855. The Ohio Masonic Home Resource Center Widows’ Program

Lodges, we still need your widows' lists!

The Resource Center assists Masonic and Eastern Star widows and widowers through our Widow(ers) Program. Through this program we mail out a Widow’s/Widower’s Packet to any Mason or widow upon the death of their spouse. Included in this packet is information on important documentation to gather and numbers to call. Also included is information on grief and loss, local resources, and contact information for the Resource Center Liaison closest to the surviving spouse. We enclose pamphlets tailored to your specific situation and follow up with a phone call. This is another way to express our Masonic Obligation of caring for our widows. Since we have renewed our efforts, we have reached out to over 286 widows and widowers across the state of Ohio. If you have a recent widow/widower who may need the informational packet, please contact Samantha Loy at 937-504-4407 or 877-881-1623.

If you would like more information on services or programs available through the Ohio Masonic Home, or need more resources in your area, call us at 877- 881-1623. We are here to help.

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The Ohio Masonic Home Resource Center wishes a Happy Retirement to Becky Cason, Southwest Ohio Liaison. Becky has been with us for over ten years. Colleagues and clients will miss her very much.

Thank you, Becky!

The Ohio Masonic Home Foundation would like to recognize the following individuals, Masonic bodies, foundations, businesses and organizations for their support between October 1 and December 31, 2019.

T he O hio M asonic H o e F ounda ion The individuals listed, along with hundreds of other donors at the $100+ level, are now FOUNDING MEMBERS of the CIRCLE OF ROSES. Thank You!

Red Rose Circle $10,000 + Anonymous Charles E. Brister Trust Kenneth O. & Faye R. Buckholtz Trust Robert & Mary Davis Robert R. Kauffman Jeff & Peggy Lovelady Ohio Arts Council Vivian H. Schulze Trust Janet M. & Robert Wm. Smith Webster Sturdivant Trust The William E. Roth Family Trust

Pink Rose Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Frank & Marguerite Colburn Trust Bessie V. Hosler Trust Dorothy T. & Myron T. Seifert Trust Valley of Cincinnati, AASR Barbara P. Weaver

Lavender Rose Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous Nancy Bishop Orlando W. Davis Trust William T. & Ruth A. Gilmore Grand Commandery of Ohio, KT Medina Chapter #266, OES Howard M. Sheeler Trust Daisy Short Estate Valley of Dayton, AASR Harry D. Waddell Trust

Peach Rose Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Arabic Club Foundation George D. & B.J. Arters Trust David & Gwen Bennett Ross & Linda Black Charles J. Briggs Scott & Katrina Buchanan David & Mary Ann Collins Grace L. Cone Trust Ronald & Elaine Connelly

Lawrence & Rosa Cornell Anonymous Robert V. DeVore Steven & Toni Duncan East Gate Lodge # 796, F&AM Sam & Shelly Ewing Thomas W. Garcher Grand Council of Ohio, R&SM Martin L. Hall Trust Jack & Charlene Hartzell Paul Haueisen John W. Barkley

Lodge #621, F&AM Betty M. Jones Jean L. Lee Donald & Theda Losasso Sherilyn L. Moon Donald & Virginia Muncy Trust Gary & Shirley Nicholson Betty H. Oberle Trust Steve & Lori Petitjean Joan F. Primm Anonymous William & Carolyn Tabor Gary & Pamela Williams

Orange Rose Circle $500 - $999 Doug & Nanci Allen Angel Funding Consulting LLC Pauline Baker Richard & Dana Beatty William & JoAnn Bodle Gregory Bowlus Wilbur M. Cohen Lehr & Marcia Dircks Wilbur E. Engle Enoch T Carson

Lodge #598, F&AM Franklin Lodge #14, F&AM Golden Gate Lodge #245, F&AM Gene A. Good Steven & Jane Anne Grindle Steven Hardwick Richard & Waltraud Herr Highland Lodge #38, F&AM Michael D. Kalbfleisch David M. Lewis

10 WINTER 2020 Oakley Lodge #668, F&AM Terry & Cheryl Posey Donald B. Prather Rubicon Lodge #237, F&AM Sebring Lodge #626, F&AM Harold & Josephine Shank Trust Harold G. Shrive Trust University Lodge #631, F&AM Gary E. Watters JoAnn Whitacre Robert E. White Estate Frank R. Williams Trust

Yellow Rose Circle $250 - $499 William G. Windnagel 11th Masonic District Association Matthew Baldwin David & Susan Black Bloomingburg Lodge #449, F&AM Warren & Verna Bulman Camden Lodge #159, F&AM Clinton Lodge #47, F&AM Emmett Conway Jay & Gina Dettorre Englewood Lodge #743, F&AM Fayette Lodge #107, F&AM Forest City Lodge #388, F&AM Guernsey Lodge #66, F&AM H. Mac Harned Homeworth Lodge #499, F&AM Alan W. Jones Leesburg Lodge #78, F&AM Lima Lodge #205, F&AM Mason Lodge #678, F&AM Anonymous Robert E. Olsson Parkside Lodge #736, F&AM Jesse R. Pertee Michael D. Stern David & Joyce Subleski Anonymous Weyer Lodge #541, F&AM Randall A. Wiley Willoughby Lodge #302, F&AM Wilmington Lodge #52, F&AM