Press release
Everyday Freemasons from across the country donate approximately $2 million dollars to various charities including; Shriners Hospitals for Children, Special Olympics and Children’s Dyslexia Centers.
Locally, members of Bucyrus Lodge #139 F&AM took the opportunity to support a local event that would provide Christmas cheer for local families in need. Members made a donation to the annual Bucyrus Fire Department Toy Drive.
“We hope that this donation will help a needy local family in this season of giving,” said Al Bacon of Bucyrus Lodge
Freemasonry is the oldest, largest, and most widely recognized fraternal organization in the world. Founded in London, England in 1717, its current worldwide membership totals 3.6 million members, 1.6 million of which are in North America.
With 120,000 Masons and 530 local Lodges, Ohio has one of the largest Masonic memberships of any state in the country. As a fraternal organization, Freemasonry unites men of good character who, though of different religious, ethnic, or social backgrounds, share a belief in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of mankind.
The Bucyrus Fire Department Toy Drive will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Dec. 12 at the fire station located on East Mansfield Street.