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New M.E. Grand Superintendent

article by E.Comp. Michael H.R. Cole, Provincial Grand Scribe E.

I am pleased to inform you that the new Worcestershire M.E. Grand Superintendent is to be E.Comp. Colin Peter Thomas Brown P.G.St.B., P.Pr.G.J. (Chapter), P.S.G.D., Past Assistant Provincial Grand Master (Craft).
His Deputy will be Geoffrey Reginald Weston, P.G.St.B., P.Pr.G H.
Michael George Taylor P.G.St.B. will continue as Prov. G. H.
Michael Dexter Cox P.A.G.D.C. will be invested as Prov G. J.
All to take place on Saturday 10th April 2010, at the Annual Convocation of Provincial Grand Chapter.

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Annual Vist to Supreme Grand Chapter Thursday 29th April 2010

Provincial Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Worcestershire
ANNUAL VISIT TO SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER
by coach from Halesowen Masonic Hall (07:00) or from Moseley Masonic Hall, Kings Heath (07:30)

PRICE: £33

INCLUDES A MEAL ON THE RETURN JOURNEY
BOOK EARLY ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS AVAILABLE
Provincial Office, 94 Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove Worcs. B61 0DF

Tel: 01527 879300
Fax: 01527 839720
E mail: provincial@worcestershirepgl.org.uk

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Other Dates for your Diary 2009 - 10

Annual Convocation of Provincial Grand Chapter 10th April 2010 - University of Birmingham.

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Promote the Appeal 2011 Online!

article by E.Comp. Richard Harper

www.everyclick.com is one of the fastest growing websites in the UK and with more members signed up they can charge more per click to advertisers that enables them to pay more out to charities. Set out below is the url link for the WAMCO homepage at www.everyclick.com. Please ensure that you use this as your home page to raise maximum money for the charity at no cost.
How to promote our charity: This is your pre-configured Everyclick url: http://www.everyclick.com/worcestershire-masonic-charity-organisation/18179/0

All searches made through this link will be raising money for our charity. To those already registered many thanks for your support in helping to raise over £180 to date for the 2011 festival appeal! Please pass on the information to the Companions / Brethren in your Chapter and Lodges. With more members signed up we can raise more on our own searches and have a larger share of the general pot - it all helps to make the appeal a great success. If you are not yet registered please follow the link and use 210408 as your registered charity and every click will then count to the appeal.
To make this your homepage click here.

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Total raised £790,056

Need a Speaker for a forthcoming Meeting?

We will be glad to come along and talk about the Festival, the background to the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls & Boys and how your Lodge can become involved in helping the Province achieve a substantial total by 2011.

Hear of the wonderful support provided by RMTGB to assist children of Worcestershire freemasons in hardship or distress. In the past year alone over £100,000 has been provided, to support 23 deserving children in the Province.

Contact Details

Appeal Manager E.Comp. Howard Wilson 01564 778735.

The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls & Boys. – the beneficiary of our fund-raising efforts. Currently they are supporting 22 families in the Province of Worcestershire at a total cost of £65,000 each year. The money you donate is directly helping local Masonic families.

Charity Stewards are reminded to please forward all donations to W.M.C.O. at Bromsgrove without delay. Please also continue to encourage Gift Aided donations wherever possible, this boosts the amount donated by 28%. Already we have recouped an extra £84,000 thanks to tax recovered through Gift Aid.

Our total continues to rise, but with just under two years left, we still have much to do, and many more events will be needed. On behalf of the Appeal Fundraising Committee – a big thank you and please, please, keep the donations rolling in!

 

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About Appeal 2011

Appeal 2011 – Helping Children of Distressed Families in Worcestershire

The Appeal within the Province of Worcestershire to raise funds for the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls & Boys is now well under way. The Provincial Grand Master hopes to generate a substantial total for the Trust by the year 2011.
With limited time remaining, there is an element of urgency in obtaining your support. Several Lodges and Chapters have already risen to the challenge magnificently, primarily due to the efforts of their very proactive Charity Stewards.
We cannot stress enough that the best way you can donate money to the Appeal is by the use of Gift Aid. This is a simple system whereby any money given by a UK taxpayer to a registered Charity is increased by a rebate from the Inland Revenue equal to the basic rate of tax you have paid on the donation. This means that, if you donate £10, the Inland Revenue will pay £2.82 on top of your £10, making your donation worth £12.82.

Charity Stewards are being asked to encourage every member of their Lodge/Chapter, who pays UK tax, to sign a Gift Aid form. Once completed, every penny a Brother gives over the next five years will benefit from the tax rebate. You can choose to make Gift Aided donations whenever and however you decide. There is a facility to pay monthly by standing order.
Remember – never donate to the Appeal without having first checked that it will be Gift Aided: the rebate the Charity receives from the taxman is so worthwhile, we would be foolish to ignore it!

If you do not pay tax, you cannot use Gift Aid, but you can still make donations.
Many Brethren have already obtained the superb Stewards’ Festival Jewel, which is being worn widely around the Province. Over 900 Festival Jewels have now been issued, and a Ladies' brooch is also planned. £100, either by a one-off payment or by instalments, you can qualify to purchase a Jewel at a cost of £15.00.
An application form for the Jewel, and the other paperwork for use with the Appeal, can be downloaded from this website.

The theme of the Appeal is ‘Your Support – Their Future’. This encapsulates the whole purpose of the Appeal. The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys looks after the families of Freemasons who, sadly, have died, or families who are in financial distress. They are currently supporting 22 families in Worcestershire. Clearly, the Trust only has a finite amount of money available, hence their reliance on Provinces such as ours in raising funds to continue their good work.

Downloads - Appeal 2011 Remittance Sheet / Stewards' Festival Jewel / Regular Payment Form

Download Adobe Acrobat Reader here.

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