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< Andre pictured at his college graduation in 2018.
“I never really had a bedtime,” Andre recalled. “It seemed like none of my friends at school were operating on such a tight schedule.” Since he’s entered adulthood, Andre is grateful that the importance of a routine was ingrained in him at a young age.
“It’s important to get on a routine and to make it a productive routine,” Andre said. “I’m always thinking about what needs to be done and what time I have to do it.”
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Lessons Learned for a Lifetime
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ANDRE DUNBAR-SMITH, A 2014 CHILDREN’S HOME GRADUATE, VALUES SELF-REFLECTION. He’s constantly thinking of ways to improve his character, actions and motives in life. Andre credits the children’s home for this trait. “They teach you to look in the mirror at yourself and make yourself better,” Andre said. “You don’t have a mom and a dad, but you have a lot of
adults around you telling you how you can improve. It’s allowed me to transform myself many times.” At just 7 years old, Andre left the life he knew in center-city Harrisburg, including his mother, to come to the children’s home. The biggest adjustment he experienced after moving to his new home was having a routine.
After high school, Andre graduated from West Chester University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in political science, thanks to the support of generous donors. His 11 years at the children’s home sparked his interest for non-profit work after graduation. Andre moved to Philadelphia and now works for The Common Market, a nonprofit with a mission to provide communities and institutions with good food from sustainable family farms. His role in operations and distribution for the organization has opened his eyes to the lack of healthy foods available in impoverished areas of the country. “I help make sure the food gets to where it needs to go,” Andre said. “You can see how something as simple as healthy food impacts a community.”
Alumni success stories, such as Andre’s, are only possible with your support!
In Philadelphia and other major cities, the nearest grocery store is an average of four miles from a person’s home. If individuals don’t have easy access to transportation, they struggle to buy healthy foods. “I know at the children’s home, I always had a balanced meal prepared for me,” Andre said. “Whether I liked it, or not, it was there.” Andre believes the future of hydroponics (producing food in a controlled, soil-less setting) can help children who don’t have a similar escape. “Hydroponics can give areas that can’t sustain traditional farming methods a way to grow fresh produce year 'round,” Andre said. Andre’s interest in hydroponics and its potential benefit on public health has encouraged him to consider returning to school for a master’s degree in public policy.
Andre’s relationships with the children’s home staff who inspired him have continued and evolved. “Besides the friendships, the pool days, sports camps and playing in the backyard, I found my faith at the children’s home,” Andre said. “That foundation as a man of faith is going to stick with me for the rest of my life. [House parent] Mr. Gomes and I still talk and read scripture together every week.” Andre believes "he is who he is" because of the investment donors put into him.
“My future would have been different considering the neighborhood I was from and the economical state of my family,” he said. “I know the donors don’t get to meet every single kid or hear every success story, but I want them to know their willingness to help is what’s changed the trajectory of my life."
“Here you have a kid from inner city graduating from high school, then college in four years, then entering the workforce,” Andre said. “The donors should be proud of this. It’s a confirmation that they’re doing the right thing.” While some may hear Andre’s story and think he grew up at a disadvantage, Andre disagrees. His journey has allowed him to think deeply about what kind of man, husband and father he wants to be.
“I will always analyze myself, my actions and things I’ve done,” Andre said. “I want to teach my children to do the same one day. I want them to be kids and get dirty. I want them to get out and explore themselves and what’s around them.”
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“What we do is especially important in inner cities,” Andre said. “We give kids healthy options at school, and we also help alleviate ‘food deserts.’”
“The children’s home allowed me to be a kid,” Andre said. “They gave me a fruitful childhood because they were big on getting out there and exploring. I remember my house parents saying, ‘Be outside, don’t stay in this house.’ I’m still getting out there and exploring.”
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Andre’s job takes him back home, in a way, as the organization works with and buys products from farmers in Lancaster County.
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Adjusting to Change IT’S A CHALLENGE TO STEP outside of your comfort zone - to leave everything you know behind. When Jebbeh was only 10 years old, she did just that. Spending her early childhood years in center-city Philadelphia with her mother and two older sisters, Jebbeh didn’t know a life outside of her crowded school and hectic home environment. “My life before coming here was kind of hard,” Jebbeh recalled. Little did she know the courageous and caring person she’d grow to be in just two years’ time. Jebbeh recently celebrated her 12th birthday at the children’s home with her friends and house parents piling around as she opened cards.
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“My life has changed for the better by coming here,” she said.
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The biggest change she’s seen in herself is her ability to challenge herself with her school work. Now that Jebbeh attends the local school district, which offers a smaller studentto-teacher ratio, her teachers work with children’s home staff to create class schedules and educational opportunities that challenge her. “My school is harder now,” Jebbeh says. “They are more strict and give me more due dates. In Philly,
you didn’t really get challenged. School was always easy for me.”
said. “They always try to find a way to help you, no matter what.”
Because of donors, each child at the children’s home has the opportunity to partake in individualized study sessions with on-staff tutors. Jebbeh excels in math because she “likes to problem solve,” but for subjects like science, she appreciates the extra help from her tutors.
Jebbeh also has another support system available to her at the children’s home - someone who means the world to her – her 15-year-old sister, Joy. Though they reside in different cottages, they are only one phone call or short walk away.
“They’re helpful when you’re struggling with something,” Jebbeh
“I love my sister,” Jebbeh says. “I like that she always sticks up for me and is always helping me.”
"To everyone who allows us to be here, I want to say 'Thank you.' You're making my life better." The children’s home values the importance of keeping siblings together, and because of generous donors, is often able to provide them with a home at the same time. Both Jebbeh and her sister have been involved in sports since coming to the children’s home, an opportunity which Jebbeh doesn’t take for granted.
“I was so excited to start gymnastics,” she recalled. “I used to watch it on the Olympics growing up. There weren’t any places where I could take gymnastics where I grew up, and my mom couldn't take me.” Jebbeh plans on using her aptitude, determination and interest in school to become a teacher or school counselor. Inspired by one of her cousins, Jebbeh has an interest in specifically working with children who are on the autism spectrum.
Jebbeh pictured with her friends Tony and Paige.
Though she is young, Jebbeh's vast life experiences have encouraged her to listen to other people’s ideas and feelings while trying to see things from different viewpoints. “To everyone who allows us to be here, I want to say 'Thank you,'" Jebbeh said. “You’re making my life better."
Jebbeh crocheting a hat, a new hobby she's picked up since moving to the children's home two years ago.
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To anyone who knows Jebbeh, her future career choice is not a surprise. She’s always thinking of others. This year, Jebbeh was recognized at school for her great character. Her award states she always remembers to “seek first to understand, then to be understood."
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“She couldn’t get around really well,” Jebbeh recalled. “I always helped make her snacks and do other things for her.”
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< Donor Trudi Prath holding a photo of her late husband, John. She gives to carry on his legacy.
DURING HER CAREER as an ampoule operator for narcotics at McNeil Laboratories, Trudi Prath was famous for clearing the snow off of her coworkers’ cars in the winter. She has modeled her life on assisting others, which now include the children of the Masonic Children’s Home. “I enjoy helping future generations,” Trudi said, “watching kids thrive, enjoy their lives and become upstanding citizens.” Trudi’s passion for the children’s home also stems from her late husband’s desire to help children.
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Trudi’s husband, John, who was an active Mason for many decades, worked as a detective.
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A Life Spent Helping Others
“When children would get into serious trouble, he was the person they asked for,” Trudi said. John had the ability to coach troubled children and to communicate with them clearly and with passion and understanding. In their neighborhood, John was also the go-to person for all the children who needed help fixing their bikes and with other various tasks. For Trudi, investing in the children at the children’s home is her way of passing on John’s legacy.
“We had a beautiful marriage,” Trudi recalled. “We did a lot of traveling, and we loved our family.” She still laughs when she thinks of John’s response when someone would ask him to get together or help them with something. “I’ll have to ask the bride,” he’d say. The two had 64 years together and were proud of their four children, eight grandchildren, 11 greatgrandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. “We both just enjoyed kids and strongly believed in helping others,” Trudi said.
Trudi’s decision to set up a CGA turned out to be a mutually beneficial proposition. She is able to ensure children in need receive the second chance at life that they deserve while providing a constant and reliable income stream to help her with monthly expenses. “It enables me to help others while helping myself,” Trudi said. As a supporter of the children’s home, she’s looking forward to attending next year’s Youth Appreciation Day. She is excited to hear from the children as they graduate from the program, and she will see first-hand how much her support impacts the children’s day-to-day lives. “I want the world to be a better place,” she said. If Trudi’s story inspires you to consider a CGA, complete and return the enclosed business reply envelope or call the Masonic Charities Office of Gift Planning at 1-800599-6454 to speak with a gift planner in your area who can answer your questions and provide you with a rate.
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CGAs provide you with: 1. Secure, partially tax-free fixed income for you (and possibly your loved one) for life. 2. An immediate charitable income tax deduction. 3. The opportunity to reduce capital gains tax on appreciated property. 4. A simple, no-fuss way to support our children and their futures!
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“It’s a great way to get income and support your favorite charity,” Trudi said. “I know I can count on my regular deposit, and the tax deduction was also helpful at tax time.”
There Are Many Reasons to Consider a Charitable Gift Annuity
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Trudi has decided to support the children’s home with a charitable gift annuity (CGA). A CGA is an agreement between a donor and their charity of choice whereby the donor transfers cash or property to the charity in exchange for a partial tax deduction and a lifetime stream of annual income from the charity.
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Thank You ALL GIFTS GIVEN OCT. 1 - DEC. 31, 2019 SCHOLAR DONORS
Janet Wahl
17th Masonic District School of Instruction
Edward Weisser
Alfred and Gloria Asheuer Edward and Patricia Bisbee Robert Canova Ann Edinger Margaret Hoffmann Jerusalem Lodge No. 506 John and Mary Keister Baird and Marion Krecker Paul Lesser John March Alan Marfin
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EDUCATOR DONORS Chandler Lodge No. 227 Harvey and Carol Gumto Robbie Hoffman Lodge No. 9 George and Elaine McLaughlin Willard and Lucille Snyder
AUTHOR DONORS Concordia Lodge No. 67
Lucille Meissner Meyersdale Lodge No. 554
James and Frances Stark
Donald and Lois Miller
Joyce Umbaugh
Martin and Shirley Ray
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Luther and Kimberly Zarfoss
Kelly Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
Richard and Diane Miller
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Harry and Peggy Wheeler
MENTOR DONORS
HONORARIUM GIFTS
HONOREE
DONOR
Adams Family Grandchildren William and Jean Adams All Living Masons
Craig VanDunk
Donna T. Banks
William Banks
Adam W. Bolinger
Ralph Bolinger
Carolyn Bosak
John and Barbara Kolchin
Charles Cagle
Ian Cagle
Gavin Carr
Liz Severino
Freda Derr and Dudley
Liz Severino
Zella Dervin
Larry and Zella Phelabaum
Barbara Dieterle
John and Barbara Kolchin
Lori and Tom Dixon
John and Barbara Kolchin
Raymond A. Dubbs
Wayne and Debra Dubbs
Earl W. Ebert, Jr.
Carol Ebert
Shirley Kaupp
Richard Vaux-Ivanhoe Lodge No. 384
Marybeth Flumerfelt
John and Barbara Kolchin
Jack Llewellyn
Russell Hilton Foore
Hilton and Ruth Anne Foore
"Cooper" Heinze
Larry and Carol Wolford
Mike and Judy Rutter
George and Carrie Lyter
Mimi Johnson
John and Barbara Kolchin
Karren Scott
Samuel and Joyce Reed
Charlie Johnston
Ronald Hendricks
Shafer Family Charitable Trust Foundation
WISH LIST CONTRIBUTORS
Peter Kern
Liz Severino
William A. Klosz
Ryan McGoldrick
Richard Sheesley
Grace Adkins
Frederick Koehler
Warren and Helen Heidelbaugh
John A. Kolchin
John and Barbara Kolchin
Matthew Silfies
Concordia Lodge No. 67
William Myers
James and Dorothy Rouke
Southampton-Radiant Star Lodge No. 806
Wayne and Nancylee Garafola
Mr. and Mrs. William Norris
Mark and Nancy Deputy
Perkiomen Lodge No. 595
Horst and Joyce Pape
Ronald and Shirley Stoof Robert and Roberta Vaiden
Lodge No. 9 Brian and Kristin Maxwell Ronald and Judy McKnight Zembo Shriners
Dr. & Mrs. John Prater & Family John and Barbara Kolchin Susan M. Prater
John and Barbara Kolchin
William "Pete" Ramsey
Liz Severino
Dr. Liz Severino
Joseph and Mary Leshay
Leonard Shirk
Joseph and Betty McGown
The Smiths
John and Barbara Kolchin
Sherri Sutter
Dolores Shafer
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ternan
Bill and Carla Fishel
T. R. Patton School Class, 1960 John and Joanne Gullifer A. Preston Van Deursen
The "Special Singles" Women's Group
Yvette VanDunk
Craig VanDunk
Georgiana Vines
James and Lois Gerstenlauer
Dorothy L. Webster
George and Loretta Boettger
David Whitenack
Liz Severino
Nancy Witters
Ronald and Nancy Witters
"Rosie" & Graham Yancolowitz John and Barbara Kolchin
Liz Severino
Kayleigh Zipser
Steven and Dolores Daly
DONOR
Fred M. Alexander
Jerry Alexander
All Deceased Masons
Craig VanDunk
Janice E. Bain
John Bain
Joan Bauer
James and Janet Newman
Robert H. Beattie, III
Joanne Beattie
Anne R. Berlin
Cheston Berlin
Errol Q. Bond
Dorrece LeBlanc
Leo Boyer
Paul O'Donnell
Daniel B. Breneman
Patricia Breneman
Larry A. Brion
Barbara Brion
Russ Brodbeck
Laura Brodbeck
Wallace Brower
Wallace and Barbara Brower
Floyd E. Brown
Virginia Brown
Vida and Harry Burchfield
John and Carol Bream
Leo L. Canova
Robert Canova
Linda Cherris
Ann Finkbeiner
Lois Cherry
Stuart and Barbara Brown
Robert Cinalli
John and Barbara Kolchin
Clark Family
William and Anna Marie Clark
Howard Walter Clontz
Donald and Polly Clontz
Seymour Cohen
Dorothy Cohen
Joan N. Crawford
James Crawford
Susan Dale
Jeffrey and Mildred Stuffle
Michael Danmeyer
Maureen Cornell
Donald and Irma Davidson
William and Nancy Davidson
Willis L. Davison, Jr.
Wilma Davison
Kent Dixon
John Weiser
Johnny and Josie Doorly
Brendan and Criona Doorly
Lucille C. Dowell
Ronald Dowell
Katherine M. Dubbs
Wayne and Debra Dubbs
Paul L. Edinger, Jr.
Ann Edinger
James T. English
Margery English
Christine Smeltz Erdman
James and Brenda Bomberger
Donald E. Eshelman
Norma Eshelman
Barbara B. Fine
Richard Fine
Robert Forney, Jr.
Stuart and Barbara Brown
Alfred and Ruth Franklin
Donald and Shirley Franklin
Wesley E. Franklin
Carole Franklin
Lamar James Frey
James and Jill Frey
John Fuss
Stuart and Barbara Brown
Paul F. Gaynor
Marilyn Gaynor
Edward M. Goodhart
Thelma Goodhart
Barrett G. Greenlee
Sara Greenlee
Samuel Grossman
Geneva Grossman
Donald W. Guttshall
Needa Guttshall
Joan Hall
William Hall
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MEMORIAL GIFTS
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William P. Hannum, Sr.
Shirley Hannum
William O. Harris
Joanne Harris
Daniel Harrity
Joseph and Virginia Harrity
Trent J. Hebert
Ronald Miller
Fredrick H. Hoffmann
Margaret Hoffmann
Melvin M. Hollenbach
Dale Hollenbach
Charles W. Houts
David and DeWayne Houts
Michael J. Jenkins
Marjorie Jenkins
Albert Jochen, Sr.
Al Jochen
Albert Johnson
Mathew and Jessica Templin
Dale R. Jones
Carol Jones
Gene R. Kalbach
Carol Kalbach
Paul and Marian Kauffman
Paula Kauffman
Edward M. Kazanjian
Florence Kazanjian
William E. Keller
Andrew and Doris Zelez
Nelson Kile
Madge Kile
Lilliam Kingsbury
Brian and Kristin Maxwell
Alan Krecker
Baird and Marion Krecker
David Krout
Daniel and Robin Hoff
Doris M. Lambert
Robert and Doris Lambert
Joseph M. LaTorre
Donald LaTorre
Larry G. Lawver
Barbara Lawver
Charles and Noreen Leah
Scott and Mary Leah
Jerry Lemon, Jr.
Dwight and Brenda Nichols
David F. Lewis
Dave and Robin Lewis
Gerald M. Loevner
Sandy Loevner
Charles Lowe
Margaret Lowe
Richard Lower
Stuart and Barbara Brown
John D. Lucas
Jane Lucas
B. Kenneth & Katherine Lyons John and Sally Sinclair Angeline MacIntire
Stuart and Barbara Brown
Rowland B. Mahany
Richard Mahany
Watson Maier
Adelaide Maier
Zbigniew Marciniak
Robert Zupanovich
James Marks
Robert Marks
Harry W. Matthias
Lois Matthias
Richard L. McCombs
Edwin and Carol McCombs
Karl E. McFadden
Dorothy McFadden
Timothy O. Meckley
Carol Meckley
William and Anne Merritts
Peter Merritts
Raymond A. Metcalfe
Robert and Rose Lee Metcalfe
George Metroka, Jr.
Katherine Appleton
Kenneth and Doris Beane
Shirley Lou Thomas
Marvin L. Millhouse
Judith Millhouse
Charles Moll
Paul and Nancy Williams
W. G. Mowry
Daniel and Jean Rose
Arthur and Margaret Nagel, Sr. Arthur Nagel Alex Nagy
Thomas Nagy
Vel Naylor
Randall Gotwalt
Robert Nelson
Loretta Nelson
James C. Nickle
Samuel and Laura McElheny
John R. Oatman
Patricia Oatman
William O'Brien
Curt and Lynda Winters
Wayne W. Ohl
Wayne and Sally Ohl
Daniel Padezanin
Richard and Judith McEwen
Parents
Donald and Tina Simington
Richard M. Pavicic
Joan Pavicic
Kathy A. Peifer
Kenneth Peifer
David M. Phillips
Daniel and Mary Ann Phillips
David W. Phillips
Karren Scott
Thomas K. Pilston
Ronna Pilston
Albert Pirolli
William and Anna Marie Clark
Emerson Blaine Pletcher
Nellie Pletcher
William R. Quenzer, Sr.
Gary Quenzer
Viola Raetz
Stuart and Barbara Brown
Clifford E. Rambo, Jr.
Richard and Barbara Rambo
Clifford E. Rambo, Sr.
Richard and Barbara Rambo
Alexander Jesse Reeder
Jackie Hull-Reeder
Carl H. Remley, Sr.
David and Nancy Remley
David A. Rice
Nancy Rice
Thomas F. Ringler
Iris Ringler
Julius Rondez
Edgar and Rebecca Flores
Janet Rowat
John Angeny, IV
Harold Rudy, Jr.
Elinor Rudy
Daniel Sadvary
Duane Sadvary
Joseph "Leo" Sandora
David and Karen Sandora
Bill and Elsie Scullion
Dennis and Susan Scullion
Lewis Shearer
Jacqueline Shearer
Lynn T. Sherman
Beth Sherman
Barbara Shields
Chris Reynolds
Richard C. "Dick" Shirk
Zackary and Stephanie Halabura
Jodie Kitchens
Lebanon County Republican Committee
Charles E. Small
Janet Small
Arthur and Violet Smith
Kenneth and Charlotte Renninger
Richard D. Smith, Sr.
Georgia Smith
Martin C. Snyder
Leocadia Snyder
Arthur St. Clair
Jim Robb
Arnold Stackhouse
Stuart and Barbara Brown
Philip P. Stacy, Jr.
Richard Stacy
Frederick F. Stange, Jr.
Carol Stange
Richard L. Stewart
Harold and Jennie Allison
John C. Stoll
Robert Stoll
William and Dorothy Stout
Kenn and Jeannie Ludwig
Julian L. Sturgis, Jr.
William Strimple
J.T. Sullivan
Lois Reynolds
Emery G. Thurston
Jean Thurston Weiss
Paddy and Maureen Toomey Brendan and Criona Doorly Louise Tumolo
Stuart and Barbara Brown
Geraldine Vaughan
Stuart and Barbara Brown
William J. Vodenichar
Betty Vodenichar
John Walizer
Stuart and Barbara Brown
Robert R. Walker
Rebecca Walker
Elizabeth Weamer
Stuart and Barbara Brown
Patricia J. Weckerly
Ivan Weckerly
Marianne C. Whelan
Lois Reynolds
Ralph Wiley
Daniel and Robin Hoff
Donald E. Williams
Debra Williams
David A. Wilson
Daniel and Jean Rose
Dennis E. Winkowski
Keith and Hope Winkowski
Elizabeth Winstanley
Stuart and Barbara Brown
Walter Witters
Ronald and Nancy Witters
Arthur S. Wolfe
Patricia Wolfe
Jeffrey L. Wolfe
Patricia Wolfe
Duane Woolworth
Joan Woolworth
Roy E. and Emma M. Worthy John and Kim Troup Fred Wuestner
Alan and Elsie Saylor
J. Myles and Margaret Yorty Bashore Yorty Jim and Helen Young
David and Jane Staplin
Financial information about Masonic Village can be obtained by contacting us at 1-800-599-6454. In addition, Masonic Charities is required to file financial information with several states. Colorado: Colorado residents may obtain copies of registration and financial documents from the office of the Secretary of State. (303) 894-2680, http://www.sos.state.co.us/. Florida: SC No. 00774, A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE, WITHIN THE STATE, 1-800-HELP-FLA. Georgia: full and fair description of the programs and activities of Masonic Charities and its financial statement are available upon request at the address indicated above. Illinois: Contracts and reports regarding Masonic Charities are on file with the Illinois Attorney General. Maryland: For the cost of postage and copying, documents and information filed under the Maryland charitable organizations laws can be obtained from the Secretary of State, Charitable Division, State House, Annapolis, MD 21401, (800) 825-4510. Michigan: MICS No. 11796 Mississippi: The official registration and financial information of Masonic Charities may be obtained from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office by calling 1-888-236-6167. New Jersey: INFORMATION FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCERNING THIS CHARITABLE SOLICITATION AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY THE CHARITY DURING THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD THAT WERE DEDICATED TO THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY CALLING (973) 504-6215 AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/ocp.htm#charity. REGISTRATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT. New York: A copy of the latest annual report can be obtained from the organization or from the Office of the Attorney General by writing the Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. North Carolina: Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 1-888-830-4989. Pennsylvania: The official registration and financial information of Masonic Charities may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Virginia: Financial statements are available from the State Office of Consumer Affairs, P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, VA, 23218. Washington: The notice of soliciation required by the Charitable Solicitation Act is on file with the Washington Secretary of State, and information relating to financial affairs of Masonic Charities is available from the Secretary of State, and the toll-free number for Washington residents: 1-800-332-4483. West Virginia: West Virginia residents may obtain a summary of the registration and financial documents from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Charleston, WV 25305. REGISTRATION IN THE ABOVE STATES DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION OF MASONIC CHARITIES BY THE STATE.
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