Village Voice - Spring 2011

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Spring 2011 Vol. 21, No. 2

pp. 6 -7

Healing From Within In this Issue...

A Place for Prayer, Thought & Consolation . . . . . . . . . . p. 2 Sewickley Becomes Edenized! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 3 Staff Spotlight: Elaine Berkowitz, D.M.D.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4 A Fresh Look for the Masonic Village Farm Market. . . . p. 5 Drawing a Smile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 8 A Colorful Cover Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 8 Executive Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 8 Health Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 9 Village Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp. 10 - 11

Your Estate Plan - Advantages and Disadvantages of Living Trusts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12 For the Love of Angels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp. 13 - 16 Memorial Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pp. 17 - 18 Honorarium Gifts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19 Hospice Care Memorial Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19 Remembering a Founder and Friend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19 Autumn Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . back page A New Option for Today’s Donor. . . . . . . . . . . . . back page

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A message from

Spring 2011 The Village Voice is published four times per year.

The Masonic Villages, which include the Masonic Village at Dallas, the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, the Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill, the Masonic Village at Sewickley and the Masonic Village at Warminster, are owned and operated by the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania.

Members of: LeadingAge Pennsylvania Association of Non-profit Homes for Aging Kairos Health Systems Masonic Communities and Services Association

Admissions to the Masonic Villages are governed by the Committee on Masonic Homes, members of which are elected by the Grand Lodge. The Committee on Masonic Homes approves or disapproves applications for admission primarily on the basis of need. Decisions concerning admission, the provision of services and referrals of residents are not based upon the applicant’s race, color, religion, disability, ancestry, national origin, familial status, age, sex, limited English proficiency or any other protected status.

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Joseph E. Murphy, N.H.A., Chief Executive Officer

pring arrived slowly this year; however, the Masonic Villages wasted no time beginning or continuing work on projects to improve and enhance our buildings and services.

In Elizabethtown, site work on 38 new cottages east of Shrine Road began in March, with construction of the units to be complete by late December 2011. A total of 100 cottages could be constructed on the site, depending on demand. The Committee on Masonic Homes’ decision to proceed with this project was based on the facts that it meets our mission of service, we have a sufficient number of commitments and the construction bids came in very favorably.

Congratulations to staff and residents at the Masonic Village at Sewickley for becoming Eden Alternative® certified in December. Read more about their achievement on the following page. All the Masonic Villages which are eligible have completed Eden Alternative® certification, an important step in our continued dedication to providing person-centered care.

In late April, a “Report to the Community” for each of our three largest locations, Elizabethtown, Lafayette Hill and Sewickley, was distributed through local newspapers to 20,000 residents of neighboring areas. You can also

find these reports on our website on the About Us page, under Brochures & Publications. They feature information, testimonials and photographs of the many ways Masonic Villages contributes to the community.

The reports also highlight our residents’ contributions, including donations to Project Linus. Over the years, our talented residents have knitted hundreds of blankets and hats for children in hospitals and shelters and for others in need. In Elizabethtown, the local chapter of Project Linus is collecting blankets to donate to victims of disasters in Haiti, New Zealand and Japan.

Although we do not currently produce community reports for our Dallas and Warminster locations, residents there are active within their respective communities. In Dallas, residents recently helped a local church feed hungry children. In Warminster, they celebrated the town’s 300th anniversary with local organizations and school students.

See photos of both activities on p. 10.

Being a good neighbor is always in season. Enjoy the sunshine and flowers in bloom, and seek out ways to help others in your community.

Sincerely,

The Masonic Villages is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Village Voice Staff Debra L. Davis

Editor/public relations coordinator, Elizabethtown

Editorial Board Louisa West

administrative assistant, Lafayette Hill

Karen Hammond

activities supervisor/concierge, Sewickley

Cynthia B. Hollinger

director of volunteer services, Elizabethtown

Trisha Lamb

activities director, Warminster

Linda Tressler

executive assistant, human resources, Elizabethtown

NEXT DEADLINE: Submissions for the Summer issue of the Village Voice are due May 26.

Suggestions and submissions for consideration can be sent to: Public Relations Department Masonic Village One Masonic Drive Elizabethtown, PA 17022 or e-mailed to pr@masonicvillagespa.org For more information, call (717) 367-1121, ext. 33529.

A Place for Prayer, Thought & Consolation R

esidents at the Masonic Village at Sewickley have a new place to pause and reflect personally and spiritually. On March 2, several staff, residents and stained glass designer Nicholas Parrendo gathered for a ceremony in the Retirement Living Clubhouse assembly room. The occasion marked the dedication and consecration of a new Prayer and Meditation Room recently completed in one of the apartment buildings.

“As we move on in our years, the physical, mental and emotional challenges we face increase,” Rev. Dr. Tim Reichard, director of pastoral care, said. “Having this space set aside gives people a place to go where they can connect with God through silence, prayer or meditation and reflection. In a quiet space surrounded by the religious items that have been a big part of their personal lives and history, residents feel a sense that God is there to give them comfort, reassurance, strength and clarity in the face of these challenges.”

The project began in June 2010 when a committee was formed to start the process of designing the room. Over the course of eight months, what was an empty room where residents typically parked their scooters, transformed into a beautiful space. Many thanks to the individuals who were involved in the creation and building of the room, as well as residents, family members and others within the Masonic organization who made monetary donations toward the project.

“To provide this kind of space to the residents who live here honors the fact that they are spiritual beings living a physical life; and by attending to their spiritual needs all other life areas are strengthened,” Rev. Tim said.

Also enhancing residents’ worship experiences are two chalice and paten sets used for communion. The William Slater II Master Masons Club donated a set for use during Sunday worship services in the retirement living area. Cindy Stefl, director of resident services, and her father, Don Stefl, donated a set in memory of mother and wife Eleanor, for use during Sunday worship services in the personal care and nursing care areas.

(L-R) Nicholas Parrendo (designer of the stained glass piece); residents Hilda Deibert, Betty Lou Jordan, John Haught, Don Brainerd and Marvin Weeden; Rev. Dr. Tim Reichard, director of pastoral care; and Eric Gross, executive director. Not pictured: Jane Binley, director of gift planning - west region.

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Sewickley Becomes Edenized!

n Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, the Masonic Village at Sewickley became a registered Eden Alternative® site. With this historic step, all of the Masonic Villages’ eligible communities – including Elizabethtown, Warminster and Lafayette Hill – have made public commitments through Eden Alternative® to create less institutionalized, more person-centered environments for residents and those who care for them. The Masonic Village at Dallas is not eligible to become Eden Alternative® certified because it does not offer on-site long term care services.

The Eden Alternative®, founded in 1991 by Dr. William Thomas, a Harvard-educated physician and board certified geriatrician, promotes active and caring surroundings which encourage self-worth, camaraderie and excitement for residents and employees. Formally adopting the Eden Alternative® philosophy was a logical and natural step for the Masonic Village at Sewickley, which has always valued these ideals.

“The whole climate is geared toward making Masonic Village as comfortable for residents as possible. The Eden Alternative® principles (the guidelines for implementing the philosophy) give people worth, dignity and a renewed sense of purpose. They gain ownership where they live through opportunities to be cared for and to care for others,” Rev. Dr. Tim Reichard, director of pastoral care and facilitator of the Eden Alternative® in Sewickley, said.

Rev. Tim has been collaborating with directors and staff at the Masonic Village since April 2008 to implement the Eden Alternative®. Directors, a majority of the supervisors and some staff attended a three-day training session about the Ten Principles of the Eden Alternative® to become Eden Associates. During a “soil-warming process,” directors met every other week to discuss the Masonic Village’s strengths and opportunities for growth.

“We discussed ways we could work more strongly as a team and communicate better, ways we could respect each others’ differences as people and leaders, and ways to stay focused on our most important goal – resident care,” Rev. Tim said. “It was a long two years and sometimes frustrating. It called people to change.”

It also called the Masonic Village at Sewickley as a whole to change.

Residents in the nursing and personal care areas used to choose their meals a week in advance, and all of the food came prepared and on a tray from the kitchen. With the Eden Alternative’s® inspiration, the dining rooms were renovated to include a country kitchen with steam tables. Because dietary services staff no longer plate the food in advance, the food quality has improved, and residents can enjoy the aroma of the cuisine as well as choices at the time of their meal.

“The way that our buildings are laid out has created some obstacles, but I think we’ve worked hard to overcome those challenges,” Tracy Leja, assistant executive director, said. Valley Care Masonic Center staff divided its two nursing floors into four “neighborhoods.” This creates a more family-like atmosphere and promotes friendships.

Staff work in only one neighborhood so they can build closer bonds with residents.

The nursing center is currently being remodeled and expanded to feature eight 16-bed neighborhoods, each with its own dining area and activity room, creating a more welcoming, homelike atmosphere. Improved privacy in individual rooms and larger shared community living areas will encourage relationship-building and epitomize respect.

“We want to really set ourselves apart as providing a much higher standard of care and delivery of services in comparison to others. We want to continue to build community and a sense of family,” Rev. Tim said.

The ladies and men wish to extend their The Eden Alternative® is especially important at an interpersonal level. “We look at situations and people thanks to all contributors and volunteers for individually and try to adjust to accommodate their individual needs,” Tracy said. If a resident has a favorite tea or a lovely and enjoyable Enchanted Evening. prefers a particular soap, staff will often purchase that item for the resident. In the case of a younger resident whose Top photo, Anne Phipps shows her corsage. mother passed away, staff drove him three hours to attend her funeral because no one else could take him.

Bottom photo, Jessie von Hofen with her “The Enchanted Evening might be the best example of the Eden Alternative® at the Masonic Village. It daughter-in-law, Sharon von Hofen, who encompasses staff from all different disciplines and residents from every area of campus,” Tracy said. On Jan. 29, helped style hair for the big event.

98 ladies residing in the Star Points personal care building and Valley Care Masonic Center attended a very special Victorian evening including an elegant meal and musical entertainment. Each lady chose from a selection of evening wear, manicures and jewelry. After being escorted to the dining room by Rainbow Girls and DeMolay boys, they were presented with a wrist corsage and a photo was taken. While the ladies were dining on surf and turf, 25 men from Star Points and Valley Care enjoyed a pizza and beer party in the personal care dining room. Several helpers from the William Slater II Master Masons Club and local Masonic lodges helped with the games for the men.

“I think one of our directors stated our goal best when he said, ‘In the future, we would like to see the residents, staff and family members all sitting down together for their meals,’” Tracy said.

Masonic Village’s Eden Alternative® journey is just starting with its registration. It celebrates a strong cultural movement made possible through continued efforts from a team of dedicated residents, staff of all levels and disciplines, volunteers and family members.

Below, the Eden soil-warming team: (l - r, front) Pete Countouris, director of food services; Lynn Harvey, director of environmental services/safety; Nancy Davis, assistant director of nursing; Ann Beck, activities director; (back) Kathleen McKevitt, director of human resources; Tracy Leja, assistant executive director; Dawn Marcello, director of nursing; Eric Gross, executive director; Pete Jubic, director of maintenance; Rev. Dr. Tim Reichard, director of pastoral care; and Cindy Stefl, director of resident services.

10 Paraphrased Eden Alternative® Principles: 1. Loneliness, helplessness and boredom traditionally account for the bulk of discontent among seniors.

2. Creating an atmosphere where life revolves around close and continuing contact with plants, animals and children creates purposeful lives.

3. Loving companionship is the antidote to loneliness, and everyone deserves access to it.

4. Creating opportunities to give as well as receive care is the antidote to helplessness.

5. Infusing variety and spontaneity into daily life is an antidote to boredom.

6. Doing meaningful things is essential to human health.

7. Medical treatment should be the servant of genuine human caring, never its master.

8. Giving residents and their loved ones the most decision-making authority possible shows honor and respect.

9. Growth should happen throughout life, so being an Eden Alternative® community is a never-ending process.

10. Wise leadership is essential.

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Staff Spotlight: Elaine Berkowitz, D.M.D.

Spreading S e d i w d l miles Wor E

laine Berkowitz, D.M.D., has many passions in life, but one of her biggest is seeing people smile. Whether it is helping residents of the Masonic Village at Sewickley enjoy their next meal, teaching children in an orphanage in Kosovo how to properly brush their teeth or sharing a joke with a fellow dentist, Elaine believes in the benefits of a smile.

She took her passion and talents worldwide when she joined the U.S. Army Reserves. Currently serving in Kosovo, she is on her third tour of duty.

“When I was younger, I met a gentleman everyone called ‘Colonel,’” Elaine said. “I didn’t know why people called him that – I thought it had something to do with Kentucky Fried Chicken.”

After doing some research, Elaine signed up for the Army Reserves and 37 years later, now as a lieutenant colonel, feels it was the best thing she ever did. Over the age of 60, she quickly applied for an extension when the military announced it was raising the maximum age to serve in the reserves to 68 for physicians, dentists and nurse anesthetists. She is surrounded by soldiers who, on average, are 20 years old. Both of her commanding officers are younger than her.

A typical day in Kosovo means waking up at 6 a.m. to the sound of a bugle, heading outside to the porch to visit the bathroom and shower, and then eating breakfast. From about 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., Elaine sees patients, teaches proper dental hygiene at private orphanages and instructs other dentists in continuing education. She teaches oral hygiene during a radio show and takes calls from listeners. In between these tasks, she also has to be prepared for mock drills and formations with the military.

“I’m busy all day. There is so much to do,” she said. “I don’t just wait for people who need their teeth cleaned.”

U.S. troops in Kosovo are serving as a peacekeeping force. They are in the process of helping the country become self-sufficient.

“Kosovo people are wonderful,” she said. “They love the U.S. Army.

Sometimes, they just grab you and kiss you. I do love these people.

Kosovo/Albanian food is delicious. I’ve eaten in many restaurants and private homes.”

While her time spent overseas is very rewarding, there are a few things she misses from home.

“I miss a good bed and my wonderful family and friends,” she said. “When I’m home, I usually get my hair and nails done, my teeth cleaned, and on my last leave, watched the Super Bowl ... all

the important things.”

Elaine spent several years as a dental assistant instructor before deciding to attend the University of Pittsburgh and become a dentist at age 38.

“I kept putting it on the back burner,” she said. “I knew I’d be frustrated if I didn’t become a dentist, so that’s what I did.”

She specializes in geriatrics and special needs patients, a path inspired by her close relationship with her grandfather, and time spent volunteering at the Jewish Home and the Home for Crippled Children.

When she is in the Pittsburgh area, Elaine spends much of her time visiting patients where it is convenient for them. “I go bed side,” she said. “Wherever they are, I can go. I’ve always liked working with the elderly, and I like to help people with disabilities.”

She visits four nursing homes, a few personal care facilities, a rehabilitation hospital and patients’ homes on a regular basis. She also works part-time at the Allegheny County Jail performing dental surgeries and other procedures.

One of the greatest pleasures of Elaine’s job is helping someone regain the ability to eat. “I love to eat,” she said. “I want to make people comfortable so they can eat the food they like.”

A few months before her first deployment to Kosovo in August 2010, she began seeing residents at the Masonic Village at Sewickley one day a month plus two or three half-days.

“I love it at Masonic Village,” Elaine said. “I’m so impressed with it.

I wasn’t going to commit to taking on another continuing care retirement community until one day while at Masonic Village, a housekeeper who doesn’t work directly with residents, came up to me and thanked me for seeing the residents. I really like the people there. Everyone is so friendly.”

She has lectured around the world about dentistry, including Bite Mark Identification and Forensic Dentistry. Her volunteer work spans the Ukraine and Israel with Jewish organizations, and Suriname, Paraguay, Ecuador and Peru with the U.S. Army.

She was home on leave for nine days in February and will return from her current tour in May. After just six months off, she’ll return to Kosovo in November. To keep residents at Masonic Village informed about her travels, she routinely provides updates for the in-house “Village Views” newsletter.

While she is home, when she’s not seeing patients, she likes to travel in her RV, fish, bicycle, attend the ballet and symphony, and do some volunteer work, which she’s been actively involved with since the age of 14. She may even sit down, but not for too long.

“I have to keep busy,” she said. “If I didn’t have to get up in the morning for anything, I’d lounge around all day and eat a box of bonbons.”

(Left) Dr. Berkowitz with a statue of Mother Teresa in Macedonia and (above) surrounded by memorabilia supporting her hometown team.

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A Fresh Look for the Masonic Village Farm Market

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s buying fresh, local produce is becoming increasingly important to consumers, the Masonic Village Farm Market is expanding to meet growing demands. On April 1, the farm market opened for its 101st season with a new look and new amenities for customers.

“With these renovations, I had three goals,” Tad Kuntz, orchard supervisor, said. “I wanted to increase aisle space, increase customer traffic flow and add a second cash register. We achieved all three.”

The increased aisle space comes from additional square footage. With the relocation of a neighboring maintenance office, the farm market now has 30 percent more floor space. A second door eases customer traffic flow, and both doors are automated. Two cash registers means less waiting, especially during busy times of the year, such as the holidays.

“Retail sales have increased an average of 10 percent per year for the past 20 years, and because of this, we needed to add space to handle the additional traffic,” Tad said. “We want to be able to continue to increase the products we offer and the number of customers we serve.”

Upgrades also consist of handicap-accessible bathrooms, new energy-efficient refrigerated cases and new heating and air conditioning.

Aesthetically, a new floor and fresh paint greet customers, and in the future, an employee’s artwork will grace the walls.

New products for the 2011 season include Miss Lucy’s Dog Treats, handmade by a local woman; grass-fed raw milk cheese from a small Pennsylvania farm; and a new line of sugar-free flavored syrups. One thing that will never change is the local produce the farm market sells.

“The number one priority for us is to keep it local, which I define as within 25 miles of Elizabethtown,” Tad said. “We label the source of all the fresh produce we offer, so you know exactly where it comes from.”

Starting this season, the farm market will be open year-round. Although orders could be shipped or placed for pick up at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown all year long, the farm market previously closed from Jan. 1 to March 31. Tad typically spent this “time off” trimming trees and learning about new apple varieties and advancements in pest management, which he will continue to do with the assistance of orchard staff.

Those Pesky Stink Bugs

One of the biggest pest problems in recent history, these brown, shield-shaped bugs are not just an annoyance, they are damaging crops and creating havoc for farmers. Stink bugs have no natural predator in the United States, and unlike some pests, they are able to survive through the winter. Farmers can control their eggs using organic dormant oil (used during the dormant apple-growing season), but this treatment does not affect nymphs or adults.

Another obstacle farmers face is that while most pests concentrate on one crop, brown marmorated stink bugs seem to eat everything: soy, corn, fruit, etc. If Tad is able to destroy the stink bugs on an apple tree, they may still be living in nearby corn crops and quickly re-populate.

The only advantage of the bugs’ unbiased appetite is that researchers from several fields of study, and therefore more research dollars, are focused on curbing the critters.

Tad didn’t learn as much as hoped at a Pennsylvania State Horticultural meeting in February; however, Penn State University researchers have some ideas and are working diligently to come up with a plan.

“Everyone’s working on it,” Tad said. “There are no answers yet.

They are still going to cause damage this year.”

At the Grand Re-opening of the Farm Market on April 1, (left) resident John Gregson makes his first purchase of the year from Rachel Joiner, orchard worker/ sales associate.

Right, Tad Kuntz, orchard supervisor.

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Healing From Within Thanks to a grant the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown recently received, more staff and volunteers will be trained in a noninvasive therapy known as Healing Touch, enabling more people to experience healing from within.

“The word ‘fear’ was not in Pauline Edward’s vocabulary. She worked at [New Jersey’s] Steel Pier on the aquaplane team, standing on the shoulders of teammates and performing for live audiences,” her obituary reads. “When she was auditioning, she kept moving to the back of the line so that she could learn how to do the stunts before it was her turn.”

Already an accomplished teacher, tennis and basketball player and golfer, after her husband’s death in 1993, Pauline took up ballroom dancing.

At the age of 80, she won five national trophies in competitions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island.

This past July, Pauline’s daughter, Paula Kressley, received a phone call from hospice staff at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown. Pauline’s health was deteriorating quickly and they were unsure how much longer she would live. Despite living nearly 3,000 miles away in Mt. Shasta, Calif., Paula did not hesitate to pack her bags and fly to Pennsylvania.

When Paula arrived, she saw the same determined and loving woman, 98 years of age, lying in a bed. She was unable to speak, but Paula could sense something was preventing her from transitioning.

Working with the Masonic Village hospice chaplain and a Healing Touch practitioner, it was determined her mother’s care should transition from medically-geared to a psycho-spiritual concentration. Healing Touch therapy was suggested, and Paula, having a background in complementary and alternative approaches, eagerly agreed.

Jackie Page, R.N., Masonic Village hospice care volunteer and Healing Touch certified practitioner/ instructor, visited Pauline. She went through the process of scanning Pauline, meaning she hovered her hands over Pauline’s body to get a sense of her energy fields. Once Jackie felt energy “push” back (similar to a tingling sensation), she concentrated her hands over that area of Pauline’s body. Paula soon witnessed a state of diminished restlessness in her mother, and felt she was at peace.

“Throughout the next few days I was able to be on the Lafayette [neighborhood] with my mother ... the chaplain was able to weave my esoteric interests and spirituality together with more traditional religious practices to provide me with a comforting sanctuary from which I could experience the passing

of my mother,” Paula said.

Pauline passed away July 20. Several months later, Paula graciously reflects on the peaceful closure her mother experienced prior to her death.

“Choosing hospice was the best thing for my mom,” she said. “Her passage, after we figured out what was holding her back, was quite easy and beautiful. Lifting burdens before we die is crucial.

All the energetic work we do to release trauma makes transition easier.”

WHAT IS HEALING TOUCH? Healing Touch is a noninvasive therapy in which practitioners consciously use their hearts and hands to clear, energize and balance the human and environmental energy fields, supporting and facilitating physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. It should be used in conjunction with – not instead of – traditional medical care. The goal of Healing Touch is to restore balance and harmony in the energy system, placing the recipient in a position to self heal. Healing Touch is used to: • Reduce pain • Accelerate postoperative recovery and mobility • Decrease anxiety, tension and stress • Provide symptom relief during chemotherapy and radiation therapy • Ease the dying process “It’s about relaxation, cutting off the body’s need for ‘fight or flight,’” Jackie said. “When the body relaxes, more oxygen goes into the cells.

Endorphins kick in and the body knows how to heal itself. Most people forget what it’s really like to let all problems go.”

“The success of this therapy is seen when a resident who is uneasy, suddenly calms down after a session,” said Timothy Nickel, hospice chaplain.

“Pain affects other parts of our psyche – spiritually, emotionally and psychologically. Healing Touch provides general relaxation, trauma release and spiritual release – releases you didn’t know you were holding.”

Healing Touch can be given anywhere, from a chair in an individual’s home to a bed in a hospital room. After the practitioner assesses the person’s energy system, the session may last anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes, based on a person’s needs and the methods being used. Healing Touch is not a massage, and practitioners may or may not touch recipients, depending on their comfort level.

According to Jackie, recipients of Healing Touch may feel their body levitate or some people fall

asleep and awake feeling as if they had the best sleep of their lives. They often report pain relief after one session.

In order to become more familiar with what his hospice patients were experiencing, Dr. George Simms, hospice medical director and Masonic Village resident, received Healing Touch from Tammy Nickel, Masonic Village hospice volunteer and Healing Touch apprentice practitioner.

“By the end of the session, I felt completely relaxed and lighter,” he said. “ I remember thinking on the drive home, ‘It would be wonderful to live life like this all the time.’ It’s not tactile like physical therapy – something else is going on. It releases energies that are dammed up.”

Jackie has used it to help veterans experiencing post traumatic stress disorder. Practitioners have provided Healing Touch to firefighters and police officers helping with rescue efforts after Sept.

11, and have used it on children in Romanian orphanages.

Janet Mentgen, R.N., B.S.N., developed Healing Touch from her study and experience with other healers, and through courses she offered in nursing continuing education at a Denver community college in the 1980s. It became a certified program of the American Holistic Nurses’ Association in 1990 and, due to its tremendous growth, an international organization in 1996.

IS IT CONSIDERED A COMPLEMENTARY OR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE? Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices and products generally not considered part of conventional or Western medicine, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Thorough clinical trials for many CAM therapies are often lacking; therefore, their safety and effectiveness is uncertain. Healing Touch has been studied at length and scientific evidence validates its effects.

Hospitals, universities, colleges, professional organizations and private foundations have supported and/or funded Healing Touch research.

This list includes Stanford University, the Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota, the “International Journal of Behavioral Medicine” and the Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado.

“As a physician, I was trained to be skeptical of things like energies,” said Dr. Simms, who is also professor emeritus of family and community

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Regulates immune system Relaxes body Releases endorphins Relaxes muscles Increases circulation Elevates oxygen

7. Absorbs nutrients 8. Builds enzymes 9. Regulates hormones 10. Releases toxins 11. Fosters healthy cell growth 12. Promotes healing

medicine at Penn State College of Medicine and served as medical director of Pinnacle Health hospice for 10 years. “There are a lot of things Western medicine is good at treating, but there are a lot of things it is not good at treating. It is great at doing coronary artery grafts, but not at relieving back pain or depression. There is room for both modalities. Healing Touch is not a substitute for medical care, it is a complement.”

Technologically advanced equipment that can measure energy field (biofield) activity include the superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), which measures biofields produced by physiological processes. Other technology that measures electrical conduction in the body are the electrocardiogram (EKG), which measures the electrical conduction of the heart; the electroencephalogram (EEG), which measures the electrical activity of the brain; and the Pulse Electromagnetic Field (PEMF), which mimics natural electrical activities of the body and is used to “jump start” bone and soft tissue repair in the body.

Healing Touch practitioners create a pulse frequency with their hands similar to that of the PEMF, ranging from 0.3 Hz to 30 Hz. • 2 Hz = nerve regeneration is possible • 7 Hz = bone growth occurs • 10 Hz = ligaments heal • Between 15 and 20 Hz = decrease in skin cell loss, stimulation of capillary formation and proliferation of cells that aid in healing wounds • 25 Hz = nerve growth “It’s science and spirit coming together,” Jackie said. “It’s as ancient as laying your hands on someone and as modern as quantum physics.”

WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A HEALING TOUCH PRACTITIONER? Jackie worked as an English teacher for 18 years when she found her true calling. During a trip to the western part of the country, she felt divinely-guided to become a nurse. She and her husband moved to Wyoming, and she enrolled in school and earned her nursing degree. Through her work as a nurse, she discovered Healing Touch, and has since been educating and training people across the country about the practice.

Jackie Page demonstrates Healing Touch on her husband, Earl, who is also a Healing Touch practitioner.

“It’s as ancient as laying your hands on someone and as modern as quantum physics.” ~ Jackie Page, Healing Touch Instructor and Practitioner “I feel blessed to be able to combine my teaching and nursing skills through Healing Touch,” she said.

A medical background is not required to become a practitioner. There are five levels of training, but individuals who have completed Level 1 are qualified to perform Healing Touch.

Certified Healing Touch practitioners and instructors must complete all five levels of the rigorous training and certification program, including an exam. All practitioners must abide by a code of ethics and standard of practice.

Jackie has experienced the full gamut of Healing Touch, using it to help with the birth of her grandson and on her father prior to his passing. Her father’s illness brought her to Elizabethtown, and her mother moved into Masonic Village after his death.

Jackie was so impressed with the care and treatment her mother received and the Masonic Village’s community service, she became a volunteer.

HOW WILL HEALING TOUCH BE USED AT THE MASONIC VILLAGES? Jackie has conducted Healing Touch training classes at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown for employees and the public for the past four years.

When Masonic Village began offering its own hospice program in 2010, Jackie, Tammy and Tim volunteered to provide Healing Touch to patients.

To date, close to 95 percent of families of hospice patients have accepted Healing Touch, and more practitioners are needed to keep up with the demand. The Masonic Life Center also offers Healing Touch as part of its services.

Individuals receiving hospice care tend to be open to anything which reduces pain, according to Dr. Simms. “Our patients trust us and know we’re interested only in helping them,” he said. “They trust us to do something they’ve never had done, and, in the case of Healing Touch, learn quickly that it works.”

He has observed that after receiving Healing Touch, virtually every patient has had a more

positive hospice experience. They feel more relaxed, have less pain and desire repeat sessions.

“The most important thing as a physician is finding ways to offer patients care and comfort,” he said. “Healing Touch doesn’t cure or change the natural course of a disease, but anything that helps patients is what I want. I’ve been deeply impressed with the benefits for patients and everyone who opens themselves up to it. It’s not just for hospice patients. Anyone can be helped by it.”

The Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation recently awarded Masonic Village at Elizabethtown a $3,000 grant which will be used to cover about 2/3 of the cost of Level 1 training for 24 nursing and hospice staff and volunteers. Participants will cover the remaining cost, giving them a vested interest in the program. They will be asked to commit 12 hours of volunteer service to the hospice program.

Hospice services will offer a pilot Healing Touch program with the intention of expanding it into nursing and dementia care levels, and eventually, all service levels including the Masonic Children’s Home.

The goal for staff is to provide them with tools to better interact with the residents receiving hospice and their families. Family members will benefit from the program as they see their loved ones experiencing a peaceful death. The ultimate objective is to move more toward person-centered care through the use of Healing Touch and less toward medical-centered care.

Future plans include holding a monthly clinic for residents to receive Healing Touch therapy free of charge, and offering it at the Masonic Villages’ other communities in Dallas, Lafayette Hill, Sewickley and Warminster.

HOW CAN I BECOME A VOLUNTEER? “To practice Healing Touch, all you need is your hands and a compassionate heart,” Jackie said.

“Everyone knows how to do this, you just have to remember how.”

Staff will interview and screen Healing Touch hospice volunteers to determine their fit with the program, and volunteers must take the Healing Touch Level 1 course, maintain confidentiality and properly document sessions. Hospice staff will supervise volunteers to ensure the highest quality care to Masonic Village residents.

Anyone in Elizabethtown interested in volunteering may contact Timothy Nickel, hospice chaplain, at 367-1121, ext. 33362.

“Healing Touch has the enormous potential to help people,” Dr. Simms said. “It can’t help everyone – nothing helps everyone – but it is a valuable modality and deserves serious discussion.”

“I appreciate [Masonic Village’s] progressive thinking that allows for the new teachings of science to blend with old traditions of nursing care and then manifest in the form of Healing Touch and spiritual intention,” Paula said. “I deeply appreciate the hospice philosophy that comes alive under the banner of the Masonic Village.”

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Drawing a Smile

stelle Cohen’s husband, Ralph, died in 2010 after a year as a patient in the Valley Care Masonic Center, the nursing facility at the Masonic Village at Sewickley. Estelle wished to express her appreciation for the excellent care he received.

She volunteered to draw portraits of the Valley Care residents in pen and ink and watercolor, and discovered how much they enjoyed being models. Each person had about 15 minutes of exclusive attention while Estelle drew their picture and talked to them. It was good for the artist to study those interesting faces, and to hear their stories.

Estelle studied at the Art Institute of Chicago School of Art from age 9 to 17, and majored in studio arts at Milwaukee-Downer College (which merged with Lawrence College in 1968). She worked as an interior designer in Pittsburgh until her retirement in 1991.

Ralph and Estelle moved to the Masonic Village in 2005, having been impressed by the beautiful campus, attractive housing and the concept of the continuum of care. They enjoyed living in their retirement living villa until Ralph’s illness made it necessary for him to live in the nursing facility.

“I’m happy to be 86 years old and living in a safe, pleasant place,” Estelle said.

She has completed about 30 resident portraits and plans to do many more.

Executive Exposure

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nce completed, renovations to the Valley Care Masonic Center will provide a beautiful, spacious new home for residents. Reaching this pinnacle requires a little dust and a bit of patience from residents and staff. It has also inspired a creative solution.

When construction blocked several windows in the Staunton Wing, the memory support neighborhood, one resident (who wishes to remain anonymous) had the bright idea to paint a temporary mural. With the recruitment of two volunteers (Lindsay Zipparo and Ally Pijar, shown above), a 32-foot mural was designed and placed over the windows. The mural adds some cheer to the area and to all who pass by it.

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ric Gross, executive director, arrived at the Masonic Village at Sewickley in July 2009. He looked at the bare walls of his new office and thought there would be nothing better to fill them with than artwork created

by Masonic Village residents. The very active art group on campus easily provided him with about nine pieces, which he rotates with new ones every six months, giving each resident artist a chance in the spotlight.

Given the number of visitors Eric receives in a week, dozens of people are exposed to the masterpieces. The art group, comprised of about 30 members, meets weekly.

Anyone can join, and there is no experience necessary.

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by John Mast, M.D., C.M.D, associate medical director, Masonic Village at Elizabethtown

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Glaucoma: The Silent Thief

laucoma is called the “silent thief of sight” because people usually do not have any pain or symptoms from glaucoma until it has stolen a significant amount of their peripheral vision. Glaucoma is the name for a group of eye diseases that are a common cause of blindness. All types of glaucoma can lead to damage to the optic nerve, and this vision loss does not come back.

More than half of the 2.5 million Americans who are blind have some vision loss from glaucoma, and it is the second leading cause of blindness. Two million Americans have been diagnosed with glaucoma. About another two million Americans have glaucoma but do not know it.

With glaucoma, problems with flow of fluid (called aqueous humor) can lead to increased pressure in the eye. The aqueous humor nourishes the eye, and is produced behind the iris and needs to flow out through a small area called the trabecular network. If the aqueous humor cannot flow out as fast as it is made, it leads to increased eye pressure. In addition, if too much aqueous humor is produced, it can also cause increased eye pressure. This increased pressure can cause damage to the optic nerve.

The elevated pressure of aqueous humor affects the eye at its weakest point. Think of the eye as a balloon that is being filled with more and more air. It stretches at the weakest point, which is behind the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye.

The optic nerve is made of more than a million nerve fibers, bringing vision signals from the retina to the brain. As the pressure increases on this nerve, it causes some of these nerve fibers to die and degenerate slowly. This is why glaucoma can cause blindness.

How are we screened for glaucoma? The short answer to this question is simple: schedule an eye checkup at least every two years even if you are not having vision problems. The long answer to this question is more complicated.

Screening for glaucoma is complex because glaucoma itself is the name for a group of diseases that do not look the same early in the course of the disease.

The tonometer is the main tool for glaucoma screening. One type of tonometer is a small pen that puffs air at your eye, and is able to measure the pressure inside by measuring how your eye responds to the little puff.

Another type of tonometer is used after your eye is numbed while you’re in a slit lamp microscope with your chin resting on a support to keep your head steady. As you’re thinking about the bright light that is going to come, your doctor moves a small plastic prism forward until it barely touches your cornea to measure your intraocular pressure. The tonometers can measure your intraocular pressure rapidly and without pain.

Normally, intraocular pressure should be below 21. If your intraocular

pressure is higher than 30, your risk for glaucoma is 40 times greater than someone who has a measurement of 15.

The tonometer is not always accurate. If your corneal thickness is thin, you may have pressures in your eye that are higher than the readings given by the tonometer. If your corneal thickness is thicker than average, you can have an intraocular pressure that is lower than the readings given by the tonometer. A device called the pachymeter measures the corneal thickness.

The pachymeter is another probe placed gently next to your eye when you are in the slit lamp, trying to hold your eye still.

The readings the tonometer gives are important, but have limitations.

Up to 70 percent of individuals with elevated intraocular pressure won’t ever get glaucoma. If tonometry alone is used, 50 percent of glaucoma cases will be missed.

Direct observation is the most important way your eye doctor checks for glaucoma. This is first done by dilating your eyes. The eye doctor then uses an ophthalmoscope to look directly at your optic nerve. The color and appearance of the optic nerve indicate if you have glaucoma damage, and how much damage has been done.

When your eye doctor is concerned about loss of vision, he may order a visual field test. Your peripheral vision is affected first with glaucoma. If your visual fields are narrowing over time, it means that you are starting to lose nerve fibers in your optic nerve, from the increased fluid pressure.

In computerized visual field testing, you put your chin on a stand to keep it still and look forward. Flashes of light will appear at the periphery of your vision and you hit a buzzer whenever you notice one. After you are finished with the test, the computer analyzes the information for the doctor to interpret. Repeated visual field tests can measure loss of vision with glaucoma over time.

There is a painful, uncommon cause of glaucoma. This is called acute angle closure glaucoma, and happens when the trabecular network is abruptly blocked and cannot release the aqueous humor. Eye pain, blurry vision, halos around lights, nausea and vomiting are all symptoms of acute angle closure glaucoma. This condition cannot wait until the next day. It requires an immediate check so it can be urgently treated before blindness occurs.

Treatments for glaucoma can include glaucoma surgery or eye drops.

Eye drops are complicated to use: they need to be taken on a regular schedule, and if you are putting in more than one drop or more than one type of eye drop, you need to wait five minutes before you use your next eye drop. Improper or careless use of eye drops are major reasons for blindness caused by glaucoma.

Remember, everyone should schedule an eye checkup every two years. Glaucoma is treatable, but can go silently undetected.

Meet Dr. John Mast John Mast, M.D., C.M.D., grew up in Lancaster County and graduated from Goshen College and Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed family practice residency in 1999 at East Tennessee State University, where he served as chief resident. Dr. Mast has been serving at Norlanco Medical Associates and the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown since 1999, and he was named associate medical director at Masonic Village in January 2011. He completed training to become a certified medical director in 2008, and finished geriatric fellowship training at Lancaster General Hospital from 2008 to 2010. He serves as co-chair of the Pennsylvania Medical Directors Association annual symposium planning committee. He lives in Elizabethtown with his wife and four home-schooled children, attends Elizabethtown Mennonite Church and enjoys bicycling to work at the Masonic Village.

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Village In celebration of the town of Warminster’s 300th anniversary, Masonic Village residents put on their party hats for some special activities in January. Local schoolchildren came for a visit, and we welcomed two guest speakers from local historical organizations: Craven Hall (a colonial home) and the Johnsville Centrifuge Space Museum. Residents also participated in craft and cooking activities. It was a great way for residents to be involved in the celebration and learn about their local community. Top left photo: residents Diane Harrar, Ruth Abbott and Jane Hornberger learn about the history of Warminster.

Top right photo: Mummers entertain residents, including Carmen Ruggero. Middle right photo: activities intern Jolie Molloy helps residents Katherine Fell and Alice Boekenkamp with their pomander craft. Bottom right: Sara Barsky and a student from Willow Dale Elementary School learn how to write with a feather pen.

In Dallas, residents, including (l-r) Barbara Lodwick, Joan Samuel, Annie Bisher and Audrey McGough, participate in a monthly craft group.

Lafayette Hill resident Ellis Adams, president of Chestnut Hill High Twelve Club No. 50, presents a certificate of appreciation to guest speaker Renee Merion, Esq. Renee, assistant district attorney in Chester County, conducted a presentation on juvenile justice issues for women present at the quarterly meeting of the Pennsylvania Association of High Twelve Clubs. The meeting was held at Masonic Village in February, and High Twelve International President Mervin J. Harris was in attendance.

In anticipation of the Super Bowl, staff and residents in Sewickley held a pep rally to cheer on their Pittsburgh Steelers. Residents in the Star Points personal care building wrote a song as part of the festivities. Despite the Steelers’ loss in the big game, the camaraderie it created at Masonic Village made it a huge success!

Project Linus members from Lafayette Hill deliver blankets to the Shriners Hospital of Philadelphia. Back row: Shriners Hospital tour guide Stephanie Spangnola with Masonic Village residents Florence Jacob, Pat Trautmann, Marge Johnson, Marge English, Lois Reynolds, Joyce Richart and Sandy Shillenn. Front row: Barbara Shields, Pat Barker and Miriam Priest.

Residents in Dallas joined forces with the Back Pack Committee at Trinity Presbyterian Church to help hungry children in the local community. The Back Pack Program gives children a backpack full of food to take home for the weekend to ensure they have enough to eat until they return to school on Monday morning.

The program also provides gifts during the holiday season such as warm clothing. Residents raised more than $500 to donate to the program and volunteered to fill backpacks. Pictured above are Masonic Village residents, local parishioners and the pastor of the Trinity Presbyterian Church.

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Residents and staff in Elizabethtown’s Masonic Health Care Center and Freemasons Building set sail with the Fantasy Cruise Line for a week in February.

Throughout the week, residents played bingo for cruise-themed prizes, heard stories from local individuals who served as missionaries, and danced under the moon and stars at the captain’s dance. On Friday, each resident neighborhood represented an exotic port-of-call with information and samples of food and drink to share with one another. Residents had their “passports” validated at each stop as a memento of their high sea adventure. Top photo: Karen Hickernell, social worker, passes a tropical drink to Nancy Sanger.

Bottom photo, residents prepare to “embark.”

Happenings Students from Plymouth Whitemarsh High School visit weekly with residents in Lafayette Hill to play games. Left, Bruce Smith takes on a student in checkers.

The Men’s Chorus in Elizabethtown traded in their red bow ties for the day to wear R.W. Grand Master Thomas Sturgeon’s signature tie, which the Grand Master donated to each member of the chorus.

Residents in Elizabethtown adventured to Yellowstone National Park during a special dinner in March. The evening included a video tour, titled “Tails and Trails,” of the world’s first national park. Shown above, Lillian “Jo” Snyder, Mary Masters, “Brad” Bradford and Mary Mase, and left, Ruth Linnington showcases her handmade dress.

As part of a marketing event, residents in Lafayette Hill were treated to a History of Swing dance performance.

Shown counterclockwise from left are Mildred Prodorutti, Norman Corlett, Pat Trautmann, R. Jean and James Graveline, and Norman and Hope Day.

For Valentine’s Day in Lafayette Hill, residents enjoyed special entertainment, refreshments and one another’s company. Left, Gertrud Feil and Laura McBride, and right, Tom Guest and Frank Mayer.

At Warminster’s annual Penny Party, the Advisory Council raised $5,202 – the most successful party to date! The funds are used to purchase items at Masonic Village which improve the quality of residents’ lives. Left photo, Thelma Sware and right photo, Jane Radclife with her son, Dave, and Anne Maher, executive director, at the party.

Spring Training with the Phillie Phanatic The Phillie Phanatic stopped by to play a game of baseball with staff and residents in Elizabethtown. The Phanatic All-Stars defeated the Masonic All-Stars 9 to 6 in a friendly competition which included staff playing the infield and residents in the outfield. The Phanatic served as more of a floater, trying his hardest to interfere with the game while rubbing heads, shaking his belly and blowing kisses. Thanks to residents Walter and Nancy DePrefontaine for suggesting we invite this lovable green mascot to Masonic Village. Left photo: the Phanatic “greets” residents (l-r) Ruth and William Cody and Janet Geiser. Second photo from left*: resident Bill Hornberger with staff (l-r) Tracy Shissler, L.P.N.; Dawn Stokes, L.P.N.; Jeanne Lutz, L.P.N.; Jen Bender, L.P.N.; and Patricia Sheeler, nursing assistant clinical. Second photo from right*: the Phanatic at bat against Todd Pawuk, nursing supervisor/R.N. Right photo*: Nancy DePrefontaine, next to husband Walter, meets the Phanatic. *Photos by John Hornberger.

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Your Estate Plan (Fourth of a four-part series)

by Alvin H. Blitz, chief director of gift planning

Advantages and Disadvantages of Living Trusts D

o you need a Living Trust? This is one of the most controversial topics of estate planning. There are two types of Living Trusts.

(1) A “Revocable Living Trust” can be amended or terminated by the person setting up the trust at any time during his or her lifetime. (2) An “Irrevocable Trust” is used as a tax planning tool to remove assets out of one’s estate. This article will only address Revocable Living Trusts.

A Living Trust is a document that allows a trust to be created for the purpose of owning property. A Trustee must oversee it. You can be the Trustee of your own Living Trust and keep full control by including a clause which permits you to revoke the trust during your life.

Traditionally, people establish Living Trusts for these purposes: 1. Management of Assets During Lifetime. People who no longer desire or have the ability to manage their assets might establish a Living Trust. In this case, you place some or all of your assets in the trust and designate a Trustee, such as a financial institution, to manage them for you. Because the trust is revocable, if you are not satisfied with the individual or organization managing your assets, you can name a new Trustee or terminate the trust. If you become incapacitated, a Living Trust allows a Trustee other than yourself to manage the assets in the trust for your benefit.

2. Management of Assets After Death. Because a trust may continue after death, the Trustee will continue his or her duties. If you are the Trustee, you can name a successor to run the trust after your death.

3. Avoid Probate. Upon your death, assets which are not directly distributed to individuals through joint ownership or by designation will be distributed in accordance with your Will (if you have one).

Otherwise, they will be distributed in accordance with the probate laws in the state where you reside. In Pennsylvania, an estate’s personal representative may distribute assets promptly if liability for taxes and claims is not important. In many cases, the Trustee of the Living Trust is liable for taxes and claims against the trust, so distribution may be prompt or delayed depending on the extent of the estate. Therefore, many times you gain no advantage if the Living Trust’s purpose is to avoid probate in Pennsylvania. Many professionals advocating for Living Trusts argue that you can avoid the cost of probate by using a Living Trust. This is true, and may be beneficial in some states. In Pennsylvania; however, probate fees tend to be small, and the initial cost of establishing a Living Trust may outweigh the cost of probate at death.

4. Privacy. Unlike a Will, a Living Trust does not have to be filed with the Register of Wills as a public document, giving you more privacy. If you transfer real estate through the trust; however, you may need to file a copy of the trust in the Recorder of Deeds Office in the real estate’s county. Also, if the Trustee files an accounting to relieve him/herself of liability or confirm the division of assets, the trust document must be filed for public disclosure. Consequently, a Living Trust may not help you avoid public disclosure.

5. Avoid or Reduce Death Taxes. This is a common misnomer. Because a Living Trust is revocable, you are treated as the owner of the trust for income tax purposes during your lifetime. Assets in the trust at your death are treated as part of your estate for death tax purposes.

You do not avoid taxes by using a Living Trust.

6. Avoid Personal Representative Fees and Counsel Fees. A Living Trust may help you avoid personal representative fees under circumstances where the Trustee can handle all of your assets at your death. However, you must still pay a fee to the Trustee. As a result, if the trust continues for a long time after your death, the Trustee’s fees could be more than a personal representative would

charge to handle your estate and distribute your assets. Counsel fees may be reduced when using a Living Trust where there is no probate involved; however, when the trust is subject to taxes, legal counsel must get involved to prepare and file the necessary tax returns.

7. Avoid Appointment of a Guardian and/or Establishment of a Will.

Using a Trustee of a Living Trust may avoid the need for a guardian.

However, appointing a Financial Power of Attorney is still desirable, since most health care facilities require a Power of Attorney for admission. It is also beneficial to have a separate Will in place along with your trust to assure that any assets not transferred to the Living Trust at your death will be transferred through your Will.

The process of transferring assets to a Living Trust can be daunting, since you do not want to miss any assets. If you miss an asset, your Will must be probated, thereby resulting in additional fees.

ARE THERE REAL ADVANTAGES TO A LIVING TRUST? Pennsylvania residents do not need a Living Trust as urgently as people in other states where probate assets undergo court supervision and delayed distribution. Consider using a Living Trust in these circumstances: • Need for Professional Management. Designating a corporate fiduciary, such as a bank, as Trustee of your Living Trust will relieve you of management responsibility and the burden of paying bills and taxes. You may also want a Living Trust if you prefer to appoint a Trustee to handle your assets should you become ill, elderly or absent from the area.

• Ownership of Out-of-State Real Estate. If you have real estate in several states, placing your property in a Living Trust will consolidate it for management purposes and avoid the probate in each state where your real estate is located.

• Spendthrift Trust. Since the Trustee can limit family members to only accessing the assets for purposes you deem appropriate, a Living Trust can prevent family members from wasting assets.

• Avoiding Creditors. A Living Trust that becomes irrevocable at death may avoid the rights of creditors since the assets are not considered part of the deceased estate. Trusts can also prevent beneficiaries’ creditors from reaching assets except to the extent they are distributed to such beneficiary.

• Trust for Minors. Trusts can be a desirable way to hold assets for minors. The trust can also be established through your Will, so this should not be the sole reason for establishing a Living Trust.

• Tax Planning. With the change in the recent tax law raising the federal estate tax exemption to $5 million for each person and $10 million for each couple, the need for a Living Trust for estate tax planning has become somewhat limited. In fact, if your trust was established under the old tax law, consider having your attorney review it to see if it should be revised or even terminated.

Each person’s circumstance is different, and you should only determine whether a Living Trust is right for you after consulting your advisor.

Feel free to contact the Office of Gift Planning at (800) 599-6454 at any time if you would like further information regarding Living Trusts or any other estate planning vehicle. You can also fill out and return the enclosed business reply envelope.

Neither the author nor this organization is rendering legal or tax advisory advice service. For advice and assistance in specific cases, the services of an attorney or other professional advisor should be obtained.

The purpose of this article is to provide information of general purposes only.

Financial information about Masonic Charities 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 TOLLFREE, 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 solicitation 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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Thank you to all who contributed to the Masonic Charities 2010 Holiday Appeal, For the Love of Angels, in support of our Masonic Villages. Below are the names of those individuals and couples who have made contributions through March 5, 2011.

Anonymous Ellis C. L. Adams Robert K. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Adams Nancy W. Aiello Frank Alemany Valerie Ambrozates Marjorie J. Anderson Betty L. Anfanger Lisa T. Angleson Russell C. Ashby George and Betty Aurandt Franklin B. Austin, Jr. Manerva Awad Margaret L. Axsom Marie C. Backeris Mary E. Bahn Herbert D. Bailey, Jr. Lillian E. Banzhof Elizabeth S. Barker Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Barker, Sr. Robert and I. Sue Barnett Marilyn Barsky-Boccella Kathleen F. Bashista Susan L. Basile Carole C. Baxa Edward and Catherine Beaman Cathie Beamer Thomas R. Beamer Jean R. Beard Logan G. Bence Mary R. Berlage James M. Berry, Sr. Ruth K. Best Patricia L. Bixler Carolyn N. Black Gary H. Blank John and Karen Boehner Nancy Bogert Herbert M. Bohner Wilkerson and Isabelle Boone Walter J. Borsett Lee A. Bossert Gary and Donna Bowers Carole D. Bowman Henry and Jane Breneman Ronald H. Brenneman Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Briggs Deborah Brisset Julia E. Brown J. Kenneth and Pamela Brubaker D. Jane Bruton David and Avis Ann Bryan Barbara and Harris Bucklin Harold J. Bucks Marcella B. Burgess Elsie M. Byers Joann Cairns Michael Cairns and Jean Parmer Sheila Cairns David and Jane Cale James D. Carmichael Michael L. Cathcart Maureen Celusniak William and Harriet Chapman Donald F. Clark Doris M. Clark Doris P. Charles Nancy J. Cocklin A. Kathlene Coe Estelle Cohen Milton E. Coll Commonwealth Caterers, Inc. Keith and Betty Condran Oliver Condran, Jr. Mary K. Cook John D. Cooper Jack and Millie Jean Corliss

Ronald E. Crawford Kitty A. Crider Toby E. Croyle Constantina Crusade Phyllis Csaszar Walter C. Cuddy H. Lawrence and Wendy Culp, Jr. Lillian Cunningham Kenneth Curtiss Megan A. Cuthbertson Mary Jo Daly Helen G. Daniel Carolyn F. Daniels Catherine W. Dattola Debra Davis John P. and Laura Davis Mary L. Davis William C. and Susan Davis, Jr. Hilda Deibert Robert H. Deik, Jr. Glenn and Marian Delevan, Jr. Frederick and Jean Dent Chester A. and Barbara Derk, Jr. Francine N. Desmarais Louis J. Di Massa, Sr. Mary Grace Di Massa Jane B. Diem Marie G. Diem Raymond and Lynn Dietz Walter C. Ditzler Mary D. Diveley Fonda Dixon Jean E. Dixon Robert and Vicki Dolan John and Ida Donis W. Wilson and Karen Dorward Denise S. Dougherty Toni L. Drabant Diane M. Drake Robert T. Dudley Kristen L. Dunn Samuel H. Dyke E. Claire Earle Wayne and Margaret Ebaugh Robert and Patricia Edge James H. Edsall Mark J. Edsall William C. Ehleiter, Jr. Benjamin H. Elwell Esther A. Enck Beth English Margery B. English Providence F. Eshelman Charleen M. Evaul Ted and Roberta Ewing Marc and Ann Falcinelli Ann C. Farnum Lillian S. Fausnacht Brenda Appelgren Ferich Richard L. Fernback Dwight W. Fetterhoff Joseph A. Fink Constance S. Firing Joseph M. Fisher Robert James Fletcher Shirley A. Fober Debra Foote Bob and Marilyn Forney Barry J. Founds Evelyn Fowler Woodrow W. Frank, Jr. Melissa A. Frankhouser Catherine M. Frasca William L. Frederick, Sr. A. Harvey Frey Grace Frishkorn Charles A. Garnes Bob and Marybeth Garraty Carol Gerace

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Carol Welconish Allen and Nancy Wenrich Bob and Catherine Wentz, Jr. Lynn R. Werner Thomas M. Werner Arthur and Dorothy Wert Carl and Neda Mae Wert Russell C. Wert John R. Wertz, Jr. Pamela Wilhelm Michael R. Willard Nelson M. Williams Suzanne R. Wojewodzki Kenneth N. Wolfe Carol A. Wolfinger Deanna M. Wood Clark W. Wooding John C. Worrell John P. and Margaret Yargats Mary L. Yeager Lois B. Young Shirley A. Young David and Jane Ziegler Barry L. Zimmerman George E. Zimmerman, Jr. Katherine L. Zinger L. Marie Fry David and Jane Cale Connie M. McKee Lena Fry Cindy Schnee Margaret Fuchs Susan L. Basile David and Suzanne Ganse Beth Ellen Kronlund Russell B. and Mary Gehris Marilyn E. Sheldon Robert Germann Patricia Bixler and Jesse Jeffrey Germann Mildred Germann Jack L. Gillmore Vicki L. Gillmore Ursula Gilson George I. Gilson, Jr. Mildred K. Ginther George E. Ginther Mr. and Mrs. A. Golden Arthur and Dorothy Wert Marta W. Goodison Clinton D. Goodison Martin E. Gotsch D. Jane Bruton Doris M. Gotsch Elizabeth J. Greenawalt Richard Greenawalt Ken Greenawalt Marian L. Greenawalt Donald E. Gregg Helen D. Gregg Vera Greiner Marion M. Greiner Harvey and Catharine Greiss Gary and Donna Bowers Harry F. Griffin Doris Griffin Harold and Jo Griffith Pamela G. Quin Jessie M. Griffiths Lewis J. Griffiths William Gross Catherine M. Frasca Delmar R. Grove Harold J. Bucks Barbara Gusovius Richard Gusovius Robert E. Hager, Sr. Robert E. and Jeanne Hager Mal and Bee Haubenstein Bob and Catherine Wentz, Jr. Nettie Heimbrook Phyllis Csaszar Mabel E. Heistand Ronald and Nancy Kimberlin James Henry Bobbie Jane Henry

Norman and Evelyn Henry Wanda Kauffman William A. Herd, Jr. Bonnie Schaumberg Wilbur R. Herr Doris A. Herr Herbert and Edna Hess Barbara E. Shields Paul W. Hess Paula K. Hess Joseph and Jean Hickson Barbara J. Schwartz Harold N. Hillegass Jean E. Hillegass Allen and Nancy Wenrich Mary Jean Hillegass Deane W. Hillegass LaVaughn Hinkle Donna M. Markette Clark S. Hoffman, Sr. Clark S. Hoffman, Jr. Bertha Hollinger J. Larry and Joanne Hollinger Ginny Holt H. Lawrence and Wendy Culp, Jr. Laura T. Horan James F. Horan, III Joan M. Hornafius James R. Hornafius David A. Horvath David Horvath Virginia O. Hotchkiss Robert M. Hotchkiss Dallas Hough Lucille Hough Rex D. Hough, Sr. Raymond C. Stevens Arthur E. and Mildred D. Huber Michael and Penny Huber Christine L. Hufnell George and Betty Aurandt Joanne F. Hummer Robert J. and Vicki L. Dolan Edith N. Hunsicker Ruth A. Hager Calvin E. Hutchison Carl K. Hutchison Carl and Elizabeth Jackle Donald and Barbara Jackle Janie Jackson Howard and Edith Kane, Jr. Charles and Charlotte Jarvis Larry and Barbara Snyder and Family Hazel M. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Briggs Kenneth Johnson Marjory W. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Johnston Wilkerson and Isabelle Boone Evelyn L. Jolley Sharen A. McVeagh James Kane Dorothy B. Kane Robert and Marian McGinnis Mary Helen Kane Howard and Edith Kane, Jr. Ruby J. Keely Walter P. Keely, Jr. Walter P. Keely, Sr. Pauline H. Grove Walter P. Keely, Jr. Cynthia Keesey Robinson David and Juanita Keesey Claude E. Kehler, Jr. William and Susan Shildt James B. Kell Erma Lois Kell William (Bill) Kelley Kathryn E. Kelley Charles Max Kinch Blanche I. Kinch Catherine E. Kinloch Carol L. McGinn Ronald R. Klemkosky Mary Anne Klemkosky

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Marie Manter Lloyd E. Manter Kenneth and Pauline March Barbara J. Parker Pauline L. March Denise S. Dougherty Anthony C. Markette Donna M. Markette Geneva Massic Debra Davis Walter Masters Carol Welconish Benedict J. Mauro Marilyn J Mauro John and Marion McCallion Phyllis J. Warnick Eunice C. McClain Diane M. Drake Charleen M. Evaul Joseph W. McCleary Ruth H. McCleary Irene McCool John R. McCool Jay E. and Joann McElravy Marianne F. Kramer Lucinda H. McIntire H. Edward Soyster John Meienberg Alyce W. Meienberg Philip and Adele Mendelsohn Larry and Judy Marcus Leona Merrow Sandra L. Nokovich Harold S. Merwin Thomas and Rosemary Merwin Robert A. Meyer Austin E. and Mary McGrath, Jr. Earl R. Mezoff Margaret M. Holman Patricia M. Magoon Ada M. Miller Sandra L. Wanner Mary E. Miller Jolene B. McGovern Sherman N. Miller Rhoda S. Miller John W. Milroy, Sr. John W. Milroy, Jr. Elizabeth L. Moody Marshall B. Moody, Jr. Lois A. Moore Gail V. Miller Lee Ray Moore Lori L. Rhodes Margaret R. Morgan Kevin and Lynne Seachrist Ellwood R. Morris Lynn R. Werner Marian Moulinier G. Edward and Rowena Morelock Al Muehlman Catherine M. Frasca Moses Collins Murphey Janice T. Murphy Harold R. Murphy Joseph E. and Barbara A. Murphy Thomas L. Murphy Joseph E. and Barbara A. Murphy Betty M. Myers Donna I. Labow Leon C. Myers, Jr. Dennis Neff Dorothy L. Savage Nellie B. Nelson Kathryn B. Kelly Rose Nemenz Elizabeth Horvath Hettie Nester Virginia Walborn Richard J. Nestor Trudy L. Plunkett David Newcomer, Jr. Jane M. Newcomer

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Charles E. Terry Margaret V. Terry Marjorie S. Timchak George H. Timchak Jack S. Todd Sondra L. Rapp Ruth B. Trexler Daniel W. Trexler Grace Tshudy Fay Obetz John J. and Lilia Tumolo, Sr. John J. and E. Louise Tumolo, Jr. Herman “Ben” Turpin Jeanette M. Turpin Ruth E. Turpin Evelyn J. Tuttle William C. Tuttle

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Alan D. Warnick Phyllis J. Warnick Richard and Katherine Warnick Phyllis J. Warnick Ada L. Wentz Catherine W. Dattola Carroll and Ada Wentz, Sr. Marjory W. Johnson Bob and Catherine Wentz, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wert Arthur and Dorothy Wert Todd A. Wert Arthur and Dorothy Wert Louise Weyer Paul E. Sanderlin Kenneth Whitmer Marc and Ann Falcinelli Dennis and Amy Wilhelm Richard and Joann Keller

Scotty Davis John P. and Laura Davis Anna K. Deik Robert H. Deik, Jr. Catherine Delevan Glenn and Marian Delevan Chester A. Derk, Sr. Chester A. Derk, Jr. Grace Di Massa Louis J. Di Massa, Sr. Mary Kathryn Dietrich Ann C. Farnum Raymond T. Dietz Raymond J. Loichinger Employees - MVE Floyd R. Sowers Our Families William T. Johnson Pauley Family Jon E. Pauley Dwight G. Fetterhoff Dwight W. Fetterhoff Donna Robinson Margaret Finley’s 90th Birthday Linda D. Herbert Food Service Production and Utility Staff – MVLH Gregory Thomas Charles and Ruth Frederick Nancy Bogert Ruth B. Frederick Nancy Bogert Mary S. Frey Jane L. Ziegler Barbara E. Garnes Charles A. Garnes Charles A. Garnes Andrew and Deborah Sharkey, III George and June Gee Cheryl Miles Vicki L. Gillmore Harry and Doris Longenecker Mark R. Gilmore Marvin M. Wedeen Grandchildren Chris and Joan Reynolds Paula Greet William J. Greet Eric L. Gross Marvin M. Wedeen Isabelle M. Guise Carole D. Bowman Emma Gusovius Richard Gusovius Karen Hammond Dorothy A. Moore Miriam G. Haws Russell C. Wert Laura Hecker Helen Sellers M. Dale and Elizabeth Hench Tana L. Parrett Herb Reynolds Family Herbert W. Reynolds

Catherine “Betty” Hewlett John O. Hewlett Mamie Hill Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Goddin, II Ronald and Amelia Hoffman Eugene and Jane Smith William and Eleanor Homisak Terry and Susan Girdon Shirley Horan James F. Horan, III Kay and Ed Horst Edith M. Raup Kay L. Horst David and Avis Ann Bryan Bill and Pat Stephens Paula Hynum Marjorie D. Owens William and Stella Johnson C. Russell Remaley, Jr. Ruth S. Johnston Dorothy J. Peters Dorothea Jones John William Jones Rachel Kauffman Mary Grace Di Massa Mary Anne Klemkosky Gregory D. Klemkosky Nancy Kobulark Marjorie D. Owens Marion H. Krecker Baird P. and Marion H. Krecker Kathy Kuntzelman Robert K. Strunk, II Lafayette and Whitemarsh Food Service Staff – MVLH Gregory Thomas Marjorie Learn William and Susan Shildt Betty J. Lighty Robert C. Lighty, Jr. Julia E. Linn John Linn, III Irene Lutz Susan E. Wagner David and Virginia Maher Lorraine Lardani Martha F. Manter Lloyd E. Manter Isabel “Penny” Martin Francine N. Desmarais Allen Masenheimer Ned and Phyllis Masenheimer David Masenheimer Ned and Phyllis Masenheimer Susan Masenheimer Ned and Phyllis Masenheimer William and Winifred McCain James A. McCain Harry and Vivian McMullen Marjorie D. Owens Judy McNally Ted and Meg Lichtenwalner Scott Merrow Sandra L. Nokovich

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Charlotte M. Williams Nelson M. Williams Judith Wilson Melissa A. Frankhouser Charles Winnemore John and Janet Poth, Jr. Elmer K. Wittle Nieces and Nephews Dallas W. Wolfe Beverly Weber Donna A. Wolfe Kenneth N. Wolfe Elizabeth “Betty” S. Worrell John C. Worrell Gertrude Wright Virginia Iverson Paul Yargats John P. and Margaret Yargats

Mitchell Miller Tracy H. and Sandra Miller, III Tiffany Miller Tracy H. and Sandra Miller, III Sandra L. and Robert K. Moisey William A. Moisey Byron Lee Moore Gail V. Miller Lee Ray Moore Lori L. Rhodes Tiffany Moyer Laverne S. and Bonnie Hauck, Jr. Mary A. Murphy Joseph E. and Barbara A. Murphy Robert and Mona Murray Joseph E. and Barbara A. Murphy Timothy A. Nickel Anonymous Marjorie D. Owens James C. Nickle Terry Kamerzel William and Carol Northey Kristen L. Dunn J. Gray Novinger James and Doris Novinger Todd M. Novinger James and Doris Novinger Nursing Staff on Ben Franklin 3 Barry L. Zimmerman Elizabeth O’Malley Thomas and Denise O’Malley Loved Ones Harry and Verna Minehart Victor E. Pessano Vicki Lynn Pessano Ralph and Jane Peters John William Jones Deborah Pike Estelle Cohen Mildred O. Reilly Robert and Patricia Edge Mary (Betty) M. Reimers Kenneth and Dianna Reimers Jean E. R. Ressel Dolores R. Landis Wafia Rizk Labib S. Rizk Jenny Rodger Terry and Dorcas Mella Nursing Staff on Roosevelt 2 George E. Zimmerman, Jr. Elizabeth Rothgaber Mary D. Diveley Walter and Elisabeth Ruffer Carolyn L. Ruffer Scott Ruth Ted and Meg Lichtenwalner Ruth E. Rutter Megan A. Cuthbertson Braden Sample Frederick and Mary Jane Sample

Mary E. Yerger Mary Jo Daly Robert H. Young Mary Y. Royer Lois B. Young Homer E. Zeamer Tammy J. Holt Helen T. Zerfoss Karen S. Penman Ernest M. Ziegler David and Jane Ziegler Catherine V. Zimmerman Wendy S. Harkins Barry L. Zimmerman Erma M. Zimmerman Gerald and Madeline Schuldt Charles R. Zinger Katherine L. Zinger

Margaret G. Schellhamer Robert C. Schellhamer Bill and Nancy Schreffler Debra Foote Lynne Seachrist Dean and Brenda Miller Cynthia Shultz Ned and Phyllis Masenheimer James L. and Carole Sieber Graeme and Millie Sieber Ruth Smith Leonard and Lorraine Mikulski Staff - Freemason Building Laverne S. and Bonnie Hauck, Jr. Staff on Roosevelt 3 John and Karen Boehner Staff on Roosevelt 4 Orvis and Helen Kustanbauter Staff on Washington 2 Virginia D. Gray Staff on Washington 4 David and Cynthia Kline William and Dorothy Stout Diana S. Ludwig Robert and Shirley Straub James R. Straub Kenneth L. and Jean L. Strohm, Sr. Kenneth L. and Linda Strohm, Jr. Thomas G. and Katherine Strohm W. Harry “Bill” Swank Richard N. Miller Hospice Care Staff Millard L. Kroh, II David and Jeannette Thomas Michael and Tina Thomas Joyce K. Wadsworth Milton E. Coll Leann Weaver Marjorie D. Owens Sallie Mae Weaver Betty J. Weaver Rose Weiss Tina-Louise Krasnansky Wellness Center Staff Marvin M. Wedeen Virginia Wertz John R. Wertz, Jr. Beatrice Whitmer Marc and Ann Falcinelli Rowland and Betty Wilkinson Deanna M. Wood Marie A. Willard Michael R. Willard Lynle Williams James and Doris Novinger Millie Winnemore John P. and Janet Poth, Jr. Richard and Carol Worrell Frank Alemany Jennifer Yarbrough Marion Graham Erma B. Zeamer Tammy J. Holt

Memorial Gifts November 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011 Below is a list of individuals (names are shown in red) whose loved ones have made a gift in their memory to one of the five Masonic Villages located at Dallas, Elizabethtown, Lafayette Hill, Sewickley or Warminster.

Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the names listed below. We regret any errors or omissions. If an error has been made, please contact the Office of Gift Planning at (800) 599-6454, (717) 367-1121, ext. 33003, or by e-mailing giving@masonicvillagespa.org. Thank you.

Robert H. Abbott, Jr. Noel Joyce Letterio Anna Mildred Abercrombie Lester G. Abercrombie, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Adam R. Donald Adam Gilbert K. Anderson Arthur and Shirley Rowley Catherine A. Anstine Roland C. Anstine Carleen Arbore Anthony J. Arbore Henry H. Arndt Whitfield Lodge No. 622 Samuel H. Arrell, Jr. Virginia Arrell Alfred Asheuer Alfred M. Asheuer Pheobe J. Babel W. Allen Babel Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barlet Richard and Jean Brumbach James D. Barty, Jr. Rita H. Barty Anthony Bauer, Jr. Leota B. Bauer Robert C. Bauer Whitfield Lodge No. 622 Karl L. Bay Richard F. and Ann Williams Lux Joseph E. and Mary V. McCarthy Lorraine E. Zammito Victor R. Beers Whitfield Lodge No. 622 Frances M. Berger Charles W. Berger Lowell T. Berger Charles W. Berger Russell Lengel Berger Edith M. Berger Michael Berghauer Barbara E. Shields Wilbert C. M. Best June S. Best William H. Best June S. Best Harold E. Billet Frederick L. Stroup Dewitt B. Blank Carolyn Boice Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Erickson Oscar E. Fox Mary Knox Arthur and Shirley Rowley Wesley C. Bliss William B. Bliss Harry W. Bonsall, Sr. James H. Bonsall David and Elizabeth Booth Francis W. August Yvonne E. Bosserman Clarence L. Bosserman, Jr. Clive L. Bowman Dolores Bowman William A. Bowman George J. Knous

Joseph L. Boyland, Jr. Adrian E. Bamberger Frank and Ruth Brandon Brian E. Teaman Gilbert F. Brandon Brian E. Teaman Truman Brennan Augustine J. Palazzo, Sr. William J. Brooks Carolyn E. Brooks David Austin and Laura Mae Brown Austin C. Brown, Jr. Mary D. Brucker Richard A. Hibshman and Family Kimberly Hibshman Kinsey and Family Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brumbach Richard and Jean Brumbach Lois M. Caddick Walter H. Gentry, Jr. Betty I. Carr Thomas J. Von Nieda Helen Diodato Cavella William F. Englehart Robert G. Chambers Mary V. Chambers Chris Charles Alma M. Perkins John J. Chokey Helen E. Chokey Ron Christofic Vicki L. Gillmore Charles F. Chubb James F. Chubb Mamie H. Clapp Jennifer L. Dieter Selma Judith Clark Gabriel and Carol Ann Belser Mary Anne Klemkosky Kathleen J. Clements C. Beth Streaker Margaret D. Coates Charles and Betty Astfalk Ken and Elaine Bleiler Ralph L. Cohen Estelle Cohen Benjamin Coleman William E. Snyder, Sr. Walter S. Conrad Charles R. Conrad Emil D. Conti, Sr. Emil D. Conti, Jr. Calvin G. Cook Loretta K. Cook Richard E. Coulter Frances E. Coulter William J. Coyle, Jr. Eleanor Coyle William F. Crane, III Whitfield Lodge No. 622 Paul P. Crawford Robert L. Plaikner James and Isabella Cromie Barbara E. Shields William James Cromie Barbara E. Shields

Donald Earl Cummings Donald M. Cummings Harold J. Cypher Chartiers Lodge No. 297 John R. Cyphers Juniata Lodge No. 282 Wayne V. Dallas Warren V. Dallas Donald G. Davidson William and Nancy Davidson Clyde Dechant Robert E. Wagner, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. James Decker Barry V. Watson Jacob DeHoff William H. Walter Herbert E. DeMart Herbert C. DeMart Joseph S. DeRaymond Raymond J. DeRaymond, Sr. J. Victor DeWeese Herbert L. Wagener Robert A. Dewey Austin C. Dewey, III Max E. Doyle Donald L. Rothermel Eugene A. Drown Richard F. Oneto John Eagleson David L. Coyle LeRoy D. Eberly Timothy P. Eberly Harold G. Engle, Sr. Harold G. Engle, Jr. Ralph Erickson L. Sherwood and Britta Lennartson Donald E. Eshelman Norma L. Eshelman Jack R. Eshenour Catherine E. Eshenour Mother and Father William T. Parry Joseph Fein Maier O. Fein George A. Ferguson Irene L. Ferguson Herman and Ida Fingerman Donald A. Fingerman Ruby Jane Fisher Joseph M. Fisher R. Jack Flamgletti Jo Ann Flamgletti Samuel A. Flamgletti Jo Ann Flamgletti Mary C. Flasche Arthur and Shirley Rowley Clara Flosser John G. Rineer Forrest E. Forney Robert C. Forney Richard D. Fortna Verling C. Hostetter Eileen E. Fox Charles R. Hazelwood, Jr. Albert P. Frantz Robert A. Frantz Robert S. Frick, Jr. Michael S. Frick

Bertram P. Fullwood Lodge of the CraftWestminster Lodge No. 433 George M. Fulmer Harry M. Fulmer Jerry Gaines Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Joseph V. Gantz Joseph E. Gantz William H. Gearhart, Jr. Jean Golomb Matthews Fuel Service, Inc. Blaine Gehres Valva Gehres James E. Gilliland Butler Lodge No. 272 Walter O. Goehring Robert L. Goehring Joseph Goltz Doris I. Lang John E. Good, Jr. James R. Williams Earl M. Graby, Sr. Earl M. Graby, Jr. Kenneth R. Grady Alfred E. Roberts Clarence and Wynona Graham Robert D. Stoyer Allan R. Gray Lisa S. Gray Naomi and Harold Green William H. Green, Jr. Samuel A. Greer Robert B. Greer, III Alfred J. Grime Esther G. Grime Manuel Grossman Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Walter W. Grote Jewel N. Grote Paul W. Grove Juniata Lodge No. 282 Ruth M. Hagan Joseph J. Hagan, Sr. Joseph Hahn Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 George John Hall George J. Hall John P. Hamed Lodge of the CraftWestminster Lodge No. 433 Hobart N. Hanlon Arlene Hanlon David and Denise Hanlon Joseph and Lynne Hanlon William and Teena Hanlon Glenn T. and Kathleen Ickes Kenneth A. Mancini Helen, Tom and Carol Mercer Sartomer USA, LLC Bruce F. Harbaugh Mary A. Harbaugh Grace Hartman Ronald J. Hartman Robert M. Heiberger Ashley J. Heiberger

I. Chester Heim Sadie Heim Verla W. Heintzelman Janice L. Beckner Marianne W. Craig Mabel E. Heistand Mabel Heistand Family Lowell M. and Anna Marie Walter Heller Walter L. and Donna J. Coe, Jr. William Warren Hensel Elinor R. Hensel Wilbur R. Herr Doris A. Herr Charles P. Hey John C. Hey, Sr. Dennis M. Hicks Lake Erie Lodge No. 347 Charles R. Himes, Jr. John P. Himes Robert H. Hinds Doric Lodge No. 630 Frederick W. Hoffmeyer William F. Hoffmeyer Howard J. Holt Betty Holt June Beyer Homan Carl D. Homan Roy E. Hovis Harold G. Engle, Jr. Clarence and Edith Hunsicker First Presbyterian Church Edith N. Hunsicker Cynthia Kern Gloria H. Hunter William L. Hunter Edward S. Jackson, Jr. Emil A. Johannessen Richard G. Jackson Juniata Lodge No. 282 G. Donald Jenkins Kenneth C. Sassaman George L. Johnson David E. Schofield George R. Johnston John C. McClelland James E. Johnston Lee Audrey Johnston Robert D. Judd, Sr. Frackville Lodge No. 737 Robert Kemner Robert C. Leiby Clarence F. Kern Marilyn E. Kern Catherine E. Kinloch Karen J. Babik Patricia A. Conaway Patricia M. Haines Marilyn R. Lang Thomas and Patricia Leonard Francis E. Maloney Clifford Martin Alexander S. McLachlan Kelly D. Riley Rev. and Mrs. Richard E. Young

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Kermit K. Kleintop Virginia L. Kleintop Joseph F. Kneller Joseph A. Kneller Josephine Koehler Barbara Jean Rath Dick Kohr Lewis C. Shaw Guy N. Kratzer Gary G. Kratzer Robert Krebs Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Frank and Elnor Kulikosky Terry L. Loeb Meyer W. Lash Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Anna E. Lazur Stephen A. Lazur Donald W. Leavitt Mary Q. Leavitt George F. Lebegern, Jr. Helen E. Chokey David W. Levin Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Daniel G. Lewis Ivor F. Lewis William H. Lochman Sarah Jane Lochman Franklin D. Longenbach Mark A. Keller Mary Ellen Lopez Edward and Ann Tessaro Bert W. Luckenbill William B. Luckenbill George W. Lutz Carroll S. Arnold Evelyn Lyons Karen L. Crivelli Home Depot Employees Madeline W. Lyons Betty J. DeBeck John and Carol DeBonis Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Nichol Mildred M. Magee Mary E. Bamford John and Doris Davison Anna M. Manderbach Aaron Manderbach William Markovich Lake Erie Lodge No. 347 Thomas F. Marsteller, Sr. Thomas F. Marsteller, Jr. William Martz Jeffrey M. Baker Alfred Mash Alfred M. Asheuer Walter Carl May Donald R. Scott Henry H. and Ruth Ellen McCague Robert H. McCague Ruth H. McClay Morning Light Chapter No. 312, O.E.S. Byron McCollum Craig B. McCollum, Sr. Carl E. McConnell Lona J. McConnell Byrd W. McCracken Marjorie A. McCracken Harold J. McNeill Jeanette McNeill Herb and Peg McWilliams Herbert H. McWilliams Deceased Members H. Stanley Goodwin Lodge No. 648

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Thomas H. Mercer, Jr. Helen D. Mercer Lester D. and Kathleen N. Merwine Larry D. Merwine Janice R. Merwine Miller Earl C. Miller, Jr. Louise G. Miller Ivan L. Miller Thelma L. Miller Jacob L. Miller Chartiers Lodge No. 297 Jeannette M. Miller H. John Kline Karl H. Miller Terry L. Miller Mamie M. Miller Dennis P. Miller William G. Miller James D. Mayer John W. Milroy, Sr. John W. Milroy, Jr. Albert and Anne Frey Moïse Uldis and Skaidrite Kalnins Jean D. Moore Walter L. Moore, Jr. John A. Moore Valorie M. Vliek Tabatha Moore Thomas J. Moore Tiffany Moore Thomas J. Moore Harry C. Morris Margaret E. Morris R. M. Mullis James B. Thompson, Jr. Thomas L. Murphy Ken and Elaine Bleiler Vicki L. Gillmore Richard H. and Ruth Koch George W. Murray, Jr. Marian G. Murray Harry W. Nelson, Jr. Rose A. Nelson Hedy E. Noll Hargis L. Knoechel Ronald W. Noll Sara-Ann Noll Harry J. O’Dell Juniata Lodge No. 282 William P. Orr Eureka Lodge No. 290 Parents Sham R. Bajina Roy H. Parker Ronald E. Parker John B. Patten John L. Patten Andrew M. Pecuch Margaret H. Pecuch Jean C. Pelz Emily Pelz Margaret Schleissner Matthew H. Petersohn Sandra L. Petersohn Steven Lee Peterson Merrill L. Peterson Ruth Portnoy Michael L. Portnoy Louis T. and Leona G. Powers Patricia D. Kile Elizabeth C. Price William Price, III John W. Prosser William A. Prosser John Proud John T. Proud, Jr. Louise Ray Blair M. Ray Robert E. Reader Mary S. Reader Ralph B. Reaney Richard B. Reaney

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Allen E. Reed Dorothy B. Reed Clifford A. Reigle Spring City Lodge No. 553 Claude Reiss Ray M. Reiss, Jr. Josephine Reiss Ray M. Reiss, Jr. Lloyd and Elizabeth Renninger Donald C. Hemmerle, Sr. Corinne C. Richards M. Gerald Richards, Jr. Margaret Richter Richard A. Cahoone Ephraim Rigefsky Hackenburg Mount Moriah Lodge No. 19 Jacob W. Rinier, Jr. Southampton Square Club Helen Ritoper Stephen Rituper, Jr. Lorriane M. Rittenhouse Wesley K. Rittenhouse Natalie W. Rituper Stephen Rituper, Jr. Ross R. Roese Raymond L. Roese Howie and Clara Rogers Howard S. Rogers, Jr. Sandra V. Rothermel Donald L. Rothermel James A. Rudisille Eureka Lodge No. 290 George M. Rule Jerald A. Brown John M. Savickas John S. Savickas Fern L. Schade Robert J. Schade William D. Schaeffer Debra L. Schaeffer Dorothy G. Schaller Doris W. McDonald William R. Scharadin Frackville Lodge No. 737 Harold R. Schatz Carroll S. Arnold Elsie Scheetz Richard and Jean Brumbach David M. Schirm, Sr. David M. Schirm, Jr. William Schmickle Christian B. and Constance J. Reynolds John H. Schmidt Charles F. Schwender Beverly S. Schneck Robert W. Schneck, Sr. Stewart E. Schriver Michael S. Schriver Elizabeth Ann Schultise Elwood R. Schultise Hugh R. Scott John F. Scott James B. Scott Palestine-Roxborough Lodge No. 135 Kenneth A. Seamans Kay M. Seamans William O. Seitzinger, Sr. Robert L. Seitzinger, Jr. Marlin E. Shade Earl M. Graby, Jr. Earl and Marguerite Sharp John P. Durborow Walter W. Shearer Doris S. Shearer Herbert C. Shields Barbara E. Shields Elizabeth K. Shoemaker Hagerstown Chapter No. 89 O.E.S. Joseph H. Kershner

Oliver C. Simmers, Sr. Alfred E. Roberts Millie Sinopoli Henry D. Sinopoli Anne E. Smith N. Betty Light Eleanor J. Smith Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Joseph and Alice Copeland Philip and Anne Haberstroh Douglas S. Halter Joseph and Gloria Halter Brian R. Keck Robert B. Zeamer Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Smith, Sr. Harry L. Smith, Jr. Jack W. Smith Barbara A. Smith Virginia Smith Friendship Chapter No. 551, O.E.S. William V. Smith Alvin J. Green Gary and Marjorie Pedersen Susan C. Van De Rydt Edith Snyder Donald B. Snyder Lawrence H. Speer, Jr. Arthur and Shirley Rowley Earl J. Speicher George J. Martin, Jr. Randall Speicher John and Mary Eileen Bates, Jr. Dorothy G. Spickler Elizabethtown Chapter No. 407, O.E.S. Eleanor J. Stefl Donald L. Stefl Ruth Stellfox Margaret V. Terry Norman H. Stine, III Red Lion Lodge No. 649 Virginia Stitt L. Sherwood and Britta Lennartson Harry D. and Lillian Stoyer Robert D. Stoyer Erma S. Swartz Alverta Hummer Sara G. Sykes Walter L. Sykes Anna M. Szabo Dennis K. Szabo USS Spangenberg DE223 Larry J. Wolford Chriss G. Thomas Chartiers Lodge No. 297 Mary I. Thompson Laura-Lee M. Bearss Ruth E. Knight William and Romaine Macht Steve and Connie Paige John and Jean Schantz Merrick and Michele Sirota James and Dori Lynn Stover and Family Ruth E. Turpin Harry L. Trout Jeffrey A. Frank Catherine M. Truitt Williams F. Truitt, Sr. Harry J. and Merle Truman Sandra Coe Simmons Herman “Ben” Turpin Ruth E. Turpin James A. Vargo, Sr. Margaret G. Vargo All Veterans James D. Bahrt

Madeline L. Wallace Dorothy Anick Bill and Harriet Chapman Judith A. Gutierrez Lois B. Holody Dan and Jan Lanhan Carolyn Marchesano William O. Wendel Westinghouse Lighting Corporation George D. Walter William H. Walter Eleanore T. Walton Herbert and Lois Reynolds Robert E. Watkins, Sr. Robert E. Watkins, Jr. Thomas Watkins Robert C. Leiby Ronald K. Waugh Donna Waugh James W. Weimer Harry A. Houseman Lodge No. 717 Harry H. Weinberger Morton L. Weinberger Shirley Werb Leon Werb Mitchell J. Whitehouse Wilbur J. Whitehouse Elizabeth B. Whitley Nancy M. Brown Catherine Wile William E. Gelston Chapter No. 435, O.E.S Amy L. Keller Wilhelm Richard and Jo Ann Keller George N. Williams Charles J. Williams Mildred Williams William H. Williams, Jr. Flora J. Wirt Virginia D. Speer Leslie Vogdes Minnie Furhman Wittick William I. Wittick, III Charles L. Wood Anna K. Wood Russell J. Wright Doric Lodge No. 630 John R. Wright George Wright Donald H. Yarnell Frackville Lodge No. 737 Archie B. Young, Sr. James A. Young, Jr. Clarence L. Zeigler Thomas L. Zeigler Catherine V. Zimmerman Mary R. Givler Glenn D. and Florence Miller Erma M. Zimmerman Dorothy R. Carpenter Elizabethtown Chapter No. 407, O.E.S. Rev. and Mrs. William A. Groff, Jr. Lois Krausser Constance M. Light Helen L. McClurg B. Eileen Miller Mr. and Mrs. Marvin A. Stoll Eleanor L. Wolf Andrew and Susan Zimmerman Gene W. Zimmerman, Jr. Frackville Lodge No. 737 Lawrence B. Zimmerman Guy K. Zimmerman

Honorarium Gifts November 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011 Below is a list of individuals (names are shown in red) whose loved ones have made a gift in their honor to one of the five Masonic Villages located at Dallas, Elizabethtown, Lafayette Hill, Sewickley or Warminster. Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the names listed below. We regret any errors or omissions. If an error has been made, please contact the Office of Gift Planning at (800) 599-6454, (717) 367-1121, ext. 33003, or by e-mailing giving@masonicvillagespa.org. Thank you.

The Golf Committee Perkiomen Lodge No. 595 Gerald C. Bange Mount Moriah Lodge No. 300 Mary A. Byers Donald P. Byers Marty Clifford Austin C. Dewey, III Mark W. Coe Sandra Coe Simmons Lillian Cunningham Donald B. Snyder Ann Dinsmore Susan A. Croumer Robert M. and Ruth G. Emberger James S. Seibert

Ruth L. Fassett Warren P. Reeves Bernard Featherman Gilroy and Lillian Roberts Charitable Foundation Constance S. Firing Robert L. Stuebner, Jr. Kimberly Glass Susan A. Croumer Dale R. Hartman Mount Moriah Lodge No. 300 Jennifer Hinton Susan A. Croumer Ed and Kay Horst David and Avis Ann Bryan Kay L. Horst Margaret M. Adams

Virginia Korieth Bert C. Korieth Frank H. Lawson William R. Turner Marjorie Learn Paul B. MacDonald Robert Burns Lodge No. 464 Barry D. Buckingham Lois V. McDevitt The Ladies Chorus Florence Y. Methlie David and Margaret Methlie Michael and Kathy Jo Baird P. and Marion H. Krecker Evelyn L. Miller Terry L. Miller

James C. Nickle Samuel L. McElheny Cecil I. Nye Mount Moriah Lodge No. 300 Prospect Lodge No. 578 Gerard J. Medvec Steve Ramsey Donald E. Devilbiss Mary and Robert Reader Robert and Virginia Smith John S. Reese The Ladies Chorus Greg Sil James A. Sil Staff on Roosevelt 2 James C. Nickle

Staff on Roosevelt 4 Orvis and Helen Kustanbauter Thomas K. Sturgeon Pennsylvania DeMolay Edward R. Tanski James W. Jumper, Sr. A. Preston Van Deursen Special Singles Anna Mary Young Leonard C. and Mary C. Newman

Hospice Care Memorial and Honorarium Gifts November 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011 Below is a list of individuals (names are shown in red) whose loved ones have made a gift in their memory or honor to Masonic Village Hospice Care which is offered at our Elizabethtown location. Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the names listed below. We regret any errors or omissions. If an error has been made, please contact the Office of Gift Planning at (800) 599-6454, (717) 367-1121,ext. 33003, or by e-mailing giving@masonicvillagespa.org. Thank you.

Memorial Gifts David Botts Residents of Masonic Village at Elizabethtown Kathleen J. Clements Ronald Buckwalter M. Elizabeth Clements Mary M. Clements and Family Susan C. Clements Lucy Decker Joann C. Fritz Linda Good Gail Huber

Marty Kahler Bruce A. Martin Diane Russell Arline H. Streaker Cindy Wimmer Ruth Wood Cindy Zimmerman Richard “Dick” H. Delbridge Constance L. Aungst Helen M. Delbridge Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Hall Anna Skasko Joseph Skasko Robena E. Dove Lynda Bashore

Joseph P. and Betty Butch, Jr. Constance M. Light Dorothy E. Reifsnyder Jill P. Rosen Audrey S. Stroup Shirley A. Weber Francis S. Gilmore Jean A. Peck Mabel E. Heistand Elizabethtown Chapter No. 407, O.E.S. Mabel Heistand Family Jean A. Peck Ralph I. McLaughlin, Sr. Clermont Elementary Staff

Ed and Sharon Honabach Donald and Ruth Myers James and Joan Snodgrass Pauline Snyder Sam Snyder, Jr. Wiley and Sandra Taylor Margaret R. Morgan Stuart and Barbara Brown Thomas Lee Murphy Mary H. Ensminger Betty M. Myers Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home and Chapel, Inc.

Honorarium Gifts Ralph and Vonnie McLaughlin, Jr. Clermont Elementary Staff

If you have questions or would like more information about Masonic Village Hospice Care, please call (717) 367-1121, ext.

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Computer Club members (l-r): Mary Anne Klemkosky, who prepared the verbiage on the plaque; Allen Wenrich, president; Carroll “Carl” Rickert, who crafted the plaque’s frame; and his wife, Mae.

embers of the Computer Club at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown recently hung a framed plaque in the computer lab in the Smith North apartment building to remember a friend and visionary.

The plaque, dated Nov. 18, 2010, reads: “In Memory of Margaret D. Coates with grateful appreciation for her love of teaching residents who wanted to learn how to use computers, For donating her talent, time, and treasure to create the first computer resource room,

For purchasing teaching materials and paying for equipment repairs, For her enthusiastic, dedicated service to the residents of the Masonic Village, The Masonic Village at Elizabethtown Computer Club recognizes Margaret as one who shared her knowledge and God-given skills to teach – a true ‘servant of the Lord.’”

Margaret passed away Sept. 22, 2010.

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Masonic Village One Masonic Drive Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2199 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED

Mark Your Calendars: Autumn Day is Only a Few Months Away!

Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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he Masonic Charities of the R.W. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has embarked on a “new” donation option that offers donors more convenient ways to give. Donors now have the option to have their charitable gifts automatically withdrawn from their bank account or charged to their credit card monthly.

Automatic withdrawal works the same way as paying your mortgage, loan payments, utilities or insurance premiums.

Important Benefits for You the Donor: • Easier to fulfill charitable commitments • Allows you to contribute even when you’re away from home • Easier personal budgeting • You don’t have to worry about your checks being lost or stolen The monthly electronic transfer or credit card charge will cost you nothing. We will give you proof of your donations at the end of the year for tax purposes. Your monthly bank statement or credit card statement will provide you with a record of transfer as additional proof of your donations.

To join the Masonic Charities Loyalty Club, please call the Office of Gift Planning at (800) 599-6454, fill out the enclosed business reply envelope or visit our website www.masonicvillagespa.org.

On the site, select “How You Can Help” and then choose “Online Gifts.” Scroll 2/3 of the way down the page and click to download the “Masonic Charities Loyalty Club” form. Mail completed forms to: Masonic Charities Office of Gift Planning One Masonic Drive Elizabethtown, PA 17022