A Man, A Plan and a Rusty Old Van
Once again this year, Buckinghamshire Freemasons dug deep to help to donate toys and Gifts for necessitous children in Bucks.
WBro Tony Martin along with a loyal band of helpers collected a record number of New Toys and gifts for a charity that donates them to needy children in Buckinghamshire, both at Christmas and on their Birthdays.
Tony regularly reminded Brethren that no child should wake up on Christmas day to no presents, and 21 Lodges and Chapters, and many Individual Brethren and their families donated toys, gifts, vouchers and cash to help.
W.Bro Tom Davies (Tyler) very generously donated the sum of £2500.00 from the money he raises from sales of pre-loved regalia, medals etc.
This year toys and gifts were collected in multiple centres, and although this did not turn out to be the exact result we hoped for, multiple gifts were donated, and all cash received, (just over £5000.00), was turned into New Toys purchased from many different outlets in order to get the best value for the money.
Inspire Bucks held a grand opening for their new premises on the 19th November, and we delivered a very large van load of donations to the assembled charity volunteers, (as can be seen in the attached photographs). There will be further deliveries made to the charity as we still await more deliveries ourselves.
A big thank you to all the Brethren that helped with this years initiative, and we look forward to be able to help this Charity annually for the foreseeable future.
If you would like to be part of a global community that has its roots firmly in the ground in Buckinghamshire, please join us by following this link: https://buckspgl.org/join
Once again this year, Buckinghamshire Freemasons dug deep to help to donate toys and Gifts for necessitous children in Bucks.
WBro Tony Martin along with a loyal band of helpers collected a record number of New Toys and gifts for a charity that donates them to needy children in Buckinghamshire, both at Christmas and on their Birthdays.
Tony regularly reminded Brethren that no child should wake up on Christmas day to no presents, and 21 Lodges and Chapters, and many Individual Brethren and their families donated toys, gifts, vouchers and cash to help.
W.Bro Tom Davies (Tyler) very generously donated the sum of £2500.00 from the money he raises from sales of pre-loved regalia, medals etc.
This year toys and gifts were collected in multiple centres, and although this did not turn out to be the exact result we hoped for, multiple gifts were donated, and all cash received, (just over £5000.00), was turned into New Toys purchased from many different outlets in order to get the best value for the money.
Inspire Bucks held a grand opening for their new premises on the 19th November, and we delivered a very large van load of donations to the assembled charity volunteers, (as can be seen in the attached photographs). There will be further deliveries made to the charity as we still await more deliveries ourselves.
A big thank you to all the Brethren that helped with this years initiative, and we look forward to be able to help this Charity annually for the foreseeable future.
If you would like to be part of a global community that has its roots firmly in the ground in Buckinghamshire, please join us by following this link: https://buckspgl.org/join