BROTHERLY LOVE, RELIEF...

Indeed as Thomas Fuller said, "Charity begins at home, but should not end there".

Hence, Model Lodge No. 373 (represented by its Secretary Bro. Jojit DL Floro) and the Order of the Amaranth's Model Court No. 55 (represented by it Secretary Bro. James P. Mata who is also the Lodge's Junior Steward) recently turned over a donation of food stuff to the Bahay ni San Jose Home for God's Children in San Antonio, Nueva Ecija.

PHOTO: Bro. James P. Mata

A PACKAGE OF HELP AND HOPE FOR MINDANAO

Several boxes of used clothes and food were donated by the Lodge to the continuing relief operations for the victims of Typhoon Sendong in Mindanao. The goods were turned over to Bro. Amidon P. Nicolas who will bring them to the brethren of Iligan Lodge No. 207 for distribution.

With the donation are the brethren's prayers for those who have died, injured, missing, and displaced...

 

MORE CHRISTMAS GIFTS

There are no rich or poor families on Christmas. Only happy families.

As such, Model Lodge willingly accepted an invitation to be one of the patrons of a gift giving project for indigent families that was initiated by the Barangay Government of Baloc in the municipality of Sto. Domingo.

Lodge Master Bro. Marionito L. Guerrero personally handed several boxes of grocery goods to Barangay Captain Diacono Lee as its part in making the Holiday Season more meaningful to those who are less fortunate in life.

"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile." - WILFRED T. GRENFELL 

CHRISTMAS IS GIVING AND SHARING

The images below shows moments of the gift giving and Christmas party that was hosted by Model Lodge with the Order of the Amaranth's Model Court No. 55 for the students and parents of the Rogelio DG Valdezotto Elementary School in Sitio Pudyot, Baloc, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija. 

The Lodge is grateful to Sis. Lyn Valdez of the Order of the Amaranth's Nueva Ecija Court No. 31 for her donation of slippers for the school's 150 students plus 25 of the parents who attended, and to the generosity of the Master of the Lodge --- Bro. Marionito L. Guerrero --- who also gave cash gifts.    

"The only way on earth to multiply happiness is to divide it." - PAUL SCHERER

 

(Photos were taken by Bro. Marionito L. Guerrero)

MODEL LODGE GIVES LOVE (AND SLIPPERS) FOR CHRISTMAS

They wanted new pairs of slippers and the generosity of those who have made this possible lifted the hearts of more than a hundred school children of the Felix Pascual Elementary School in Baloc, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija a success. Happy Christmas and God bless us all!

MODEL LODGE DONATES TO INMATES

Bro. Val Santos (second from right) receives the donation of used clothes from Worshipful Master Bro. Manolo Mercado (with red visor) for the Moises J. De Guzman Memorial Lodge No. 161's "Alay kay Kosa" Christmas project. Brother Val is a dual member of Model Lodge and the incumbent Worshipful Master of the Moise J. De Guzman Memorial Lodge in Lingayen City, Pangasinan. Also in the photo are (from left) Bro. Lino Carandang, Bro. Sergio Francisco, Brother Manolo, Bro. Anacleto Fernandez, Brother Val, and Bro. Prudencio Elegado.

MODEL LODGE GIVES BACK TO PROJECT MORINGA HOST COMMUNITY

Photo shows some of the recipient of Model Lodge No. 373’s gift giving activity in the Ilongot village of Diarabasin in Dipaculao, Aurora which was made possible through a donation of used clothes from the People-to-People Aid Movement of Japan and facilitated by the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement. Diarabasin is the host community of Model Lodge’s malunggay production project.

FOOTNOTE: This article was also published in the February-March 2010 issue of "The Craftsman".