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October 2011
Dear Worshipful Masters, Senior & Junior
Wardens,
I am writing this letter to gain your
support for the Grand Lodge Scholarship Program and your Lodge’s
School Awards Student Recognition or Scholarship Program. This is
a very important program that has a high visibility that
recognizes the accomplishments, and in some Lodges awards
scholarships, to some of the most outstanding young citizens of
today. I encourage you
and your Lodge to continue to support this great Masonic Program.
The first step is to appoint a Committee,
study the package of material, and then visit all the High Schools
in your area. If your Lodge has not participated in the past and
would like help getting started please contact VWB Steve Guffy at
steveg@nwi.net or 509-662-7607 and he will be delighted to
walk you through the process.
Your program may recognize
juniors or seniors or both. The Grand Lodge Scholarships are
awarded to both. Talk to the principals, counselors and/or the
superintendent. At this time you should also schedule a program
for the awards of recognition certificates, plaques and/or the
scholarships. The Committee on Public Schools Outreach stands
ready to assist you in any way possible to help make your program
a very successful one.
Our goal is for all Lodges to participate and for students at
every High School in the state to have the opportunity to compete
for the Grand Lodge Scholarships.
We also ask that if your Lodge has a youth
program of DeMolay, Rainbow or Job’s Daughters, we will be looking
forward to receiving your selection of the Masonic Scholarship
Application from those groups.
The Grand Master and our entire Grand Lodge
Team place high emphasis on the children and our Public Schools.
These young people are not only our future but the future leaders
of our Communities, State and Nation. They are the future of
Freemasonry and there is no better way to make a positive lasting
impression on them than now when they are young and eager to
learn. These awards and scholarships not only help to encourage
our youth to further their education by attending a college of
their choice, but also prepare them to think about their futures
and the mark they will make in their communities.
It is the ardent hope of this Committee to
see at least one of your area’s Students and an Educator of the
Year Applications in the Grand Lodge Competition. Please call me
or any member of the Committee on Public Schools if you have any
questions, concern that I may be able to assist your Lodge with.
Fraternally,
VWB Steven L. Guffy,
Chairman
Committee on Public Schools Outreach
509-662-7607
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