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NEWS AND EVENTS
NEW WINTER NEEDS LIST AVAILABLE!!
JANUARY - FEBRUARY, 2015
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All The Gifts of Christmas for MHCO,
Kids Make This Holiday, New Year
Incredible
For the first time or the fiftieth, donors who give at Christmas give
more than presents, they give hope.
They are the people that make wishes come true. They come
over 40 days, but their impact may last a lifetime. At the
holidays, they travel or mail or meet to deliver presents, goods,
supplies, needs, wants, memories, and hope. They give
personally and often ask for the generosity of others. They are
the blessings that continue to supply the hearts and minds of
children. These are the donors of Christmas at our Home.
They are Santa Claus and a favorable friend.
Some are
Belmont Masonic Lodge No. 627
West Gate Masonic Lodge No. 738
Ashe Lodge Masonic No. 594
BMI Medical Insurance Company - Robyn Boyd
Abatement Restoration - Chris Mitscherlich
Eddie Ellis – Easy Eddie’s of Mooresville, NC
Harold and Tina Johnson
Murphey's Scooter Shed – John and Buffy Murphey
Mike Tracey & Rack Room Shoes, Inc.
Ft. Bragg - Operation Toy Drop
Katie Lee Currin Group - First Baptist Church of Creedmoor
Dewey and Terrie Preslar, Jr.
Denver Masonic Lodge No. 757 – Gil Caldwell (Alumnus)
Johnny Surles
Kathy and Ed Johnson
James A. Johnson Masonic Lodge No. 413
Mr. Kevin Russell
Tommy and Jeanie Eller
BCBS -FEP (Federal Employee Program) and HPCE (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor)
Catholic Daughters of Durham, NC – Brenda Spizzo - (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor)
Connie Small - (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor)
Jane Burrill – Nurses of UNC - (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor)
Martin & Jones – Allison Rodgers - (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor)
Annette McGregor & McGregor Enterprises - (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor), 2014 SUPER
SANTA RECIPIENT
Novella Clinical Inc. – Leslie Parks - (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor)
Oxford Orphanage Alumni Association – Tina Gilreath - (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor)
Ronnie and Angela Pendergrass - (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor)
Triangle Italian American Heritage Association – Lou Aiello - (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor)
UNC Emergency Room – Kenny Watson and Jillian Orolowski - (Christmas Gift and Dinner Sponsor)
Mr. Jerry Hart and Mr. Ben Hart Mint Hill Masonic Lodge No. 742
Pam Edwards and Family
Duke Medical Center - 8300 Floor
Randy and Joan Taylor
Greg McElroy
Buffalo Masonic Lodge No. 172 – Walter McMillan
North Carolina Nurses Association – Andrew McMillan
Oxford Women's Club
Larry Mason
Henderson Optimist Club – Gene Ayscue
Ole Time BBQ – Management, Staff, and Customers
Sylvia Saenger - Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
Langdon & Company, LLP
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Available at http://www.mhc-oxford.org/needslist/
NeedsList.pdf
contributing at Christmas for the first time, some more than 35
times (incredible!). They are individuals, couples, groups, and
companies. Many are Masons, familiar with our Home, while
some call this Home giving back to their “brothers and sisters”
now as alumni. Many give at other times during the year
contributing with needs and services, realizing their gifts can
support a young life at any time. They call this opportunity a
blessing in their lives at Christmas, when without their support
and generosity, we would be unable to provide for those in our
care at the holidays. They are celebrated here for the many
ways they gave this Christmas at our Home; they will be
remembered for giving to dreams and contributing to the hope of
a child in our care all year long. Our special thanks to all listed
here for their gifts for today and for many tomorrows in the life of
a child at MHCO. Help us celebrate these friends and the gifts
and hope they shared with our children during Christmas 2014.
New River Masonic Lodge No. 736
Tempie Fuller & Family
John and Nancy Krause
ARMA Chapter of NC
EPA Durham – Angela Hackel
Orr Masonic Lodge No. 104 – (Over 50 Years of Christmas Giving!)
Ozella Hixson
Newell Masonic Lodge No. 739
Century Link of Wake Forest
Susan Bramwell and Family
Tina Filler
Zan Bunn
Southern Pines Masonic Lodge No. 484
Direct Insurance Company
Rho Inc. – Julie Vick
Carolina Hurricanes & Mr. and Mrs. Eric Staal
South Gate OES No. 177 – Brother Sam McFalls
Doric Masonic Lodge No. 568 & Ionic Masonic Lodge No. 583
Emera Chapter 119 of OES
Sparta Masonic Lodge No. 423
Sparta, NC Dollar General
The Neighborhood at The Preserve at Smith Creek – The Dyers
Nicole Clayton
Dwight Pruitt
Duke Respiratory Therapy Care Department – Carla Webb
Edith OES 160
Oak Grove Technologies
Novant Health Accreditation & Regulatory Team
Falls Lake Academy
Donna Collins
Duke University Police Department
Mr. Albert Barneto
Dennis Ryan - Game Day Sports Outlet
Golden Corral Corporate – Mr. McDermitt & Mrs. Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Lesley Gibbs & Family
Hooter's of RDU Airport
Granville Masonic Lodge No. 380 & Franklinton Masonic Lodge No. 123 – Bradley Grissom
Jennifer Brandenburg
Catherine White
St. Johns Masonic Lodge No. 4 – Lynn Hill
All Saint's Academy
Bringing Spring to the Home for Children – Volunteers Needed for
4th Annual Great Landscape at Oxford - March 14, 2015
While we struggle through a soggy winter, we hope the idea of preparing our campus for spring brings to mind better thoughts! For
the past several springs and thanks to the idea of a young Girl Scout and her grandfather, we once again gather with the care and
support of volunteers to prepare this campus, these homes, and this place for our children at The Masonic Home for Children. Your
participation and that of your group, co-workers, friends, or family means that we will not only have this Home for Children ready for
spring – it will be made ready through the hearts and helping hands of you – our kind and generous volunteers who believe in our
mission and have hope in what their giving here can do! We thank you for all the gifts this day and your work gives to the lives and
homes of our children – THANK YOU for giving to this day! PLEASE REMEMBER:
If it rains on the day of the event or the temperature does not look to exceed a certain degree mark, we will cancel and reschedule the day for March 21, 2015, same times. If it rains or is cold on March 21, 2015, the event will be cancelled entirely.
You are welcome to bring rakes, shovels, gloves, pruners, wheelbarrows, and landscaping items that must remain with you
during the project. For some special projects, for which some volunteers will be notified ahead of time, special items will be requested prior to the weekend.
Your contribution can include items to be planted (trees, bulbs, flowers, seeds, sets.) or supplies for the spring and summer
for outdoors, which add to making this place a “home”. Landscaping and plants always makes a home and those that live there
feel better!
While the schedule below has set times, groups can begin to work in their assigned area any time after 8am and can depart
any time after 11am, reporting at the cafeteria for all activities and departures.
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All participants will be credentialed and identified upon check-in and must do so in order to work on campus on this day.
For questions, more information, or to inquire about changes due to weather, please call 919-603-3901 or email [email protected].
4th Annual Great Landscape Day
MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD
When: Saturday, March 14, 2015 (Rain Date, March 21, 2015)
Where: Campus of The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford
7:30 – 8:30am – Breakfast Served in the Cafeteria
8am – 12:30pm – Landscaping on Campus (Assignment and Area Given at Check-in)
12:00pm – Lunch and Conclusion of Event
For more information contact MHCO and the Financial Development Department at
1- 888-505-4357/919-693-5111 or email at [email protected] or visit our Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/
masonichomeforchildren?ref=ts&sk=wall
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SCENES FROM CHRISTMAS AT MHCO – 2015
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU TO OUR DEAR FRIENDS AND DONORS WHO MADE THIS A
HOLIDAY FILLED WITH CHARITY, JOY, AND LOVE FOR OUR HOME AND ITS MISSION!
GROWING WAYS TO GIVE MORE – MATCHING GIFTS - A
Fundraising Series
How Your Employer’s Committee to Charity Generate Even More Giving
This is the first in a short series of articles focused on the number of different and growing ways to give larger and more frequently to our
Masonic Home for Children at Oxford. Specifically these articles recognize that more and more we are asking for contributions, which are
crucially needed to operate our Home and provide quality care for our children, away from their families. Yet, we realize that in meeting this
need, we cannot continue to ask for more from the same sources – namely our Masons. How do we increase the giving we must have to
provide for our children’s lives and increase the quality of their care while respecting the charitable concerns of our Masons, who are constantly
asked for support?
The answer can be found in several different forms, all of which provide benefit to the Home and its mission financially while not demanding
additional funding from what is already given so generously by our fraternity. For this article we focus on MATCHING GIFTS.
What is a MATCHING GIFT? A matching gift, can also be known as a matching fund or matching donation and is a charitable gift made toward
a non-profit organization, like MHCO, by a matching donor (e.g., an employer, financial institution, or other organization) under the provision that
an original donor (e.g., an employee, retiree, or spouse of an employee) first makes a gift toward that organization. Matching Gifts are the
perfect example of taking the gifts already generous given by our donors and in some cases “doubling or tripling” the amount given, without
asking the original donor to give more. Many companies and other employee driven organizations offer MATCHING GIFT programs. These
programs can include:
 a matching gift of cash or stock, of various percentages and up to various limits annually,
 the ability to match the gift of a spouse of an employee or a retired employee,
 the opportunity for families who work for companies who offer MATCHING GIFTS, to combine their credit for an annual gift to MHCO,
 and Payroll deductions and annual statements from your employer further simplifying the giving process
Look for a full list of currently participating employers on our new website in 2015. Not taking advantage of MATCHING GIFTS or unsure if your
employer participates? Visit your company website or the HR Department of find out today.
NEXT ARTICLE: GROWING WAYS TO GIVE MORE – ON-LINE OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
GIVING MORE THAN PRESENTS, WISHES THIS HOLIDAY
The relationships of our employees often make all the difference. So was the case with Mrs.
Karen Gay with Franklin County Schools, Technology Department. She and her department picked our Home for Christmas 2014 to support, fulfilling wishes from the Needs List .
She is seen here presenting the items to Administrator Kevin Otis. This was the first time the
group picked our Home, which had everything to do with our newly hired Education Coordinator, Linda Fredrickson, who previously worked at Franklin County Schools. Big thanks to
both the Franklin County IT Department and to Mrs. Frederickson for getting involved in ways
that will help the Home beyond the holidays!
For another Christmas the brethren of Leaksville Lodge No. 136 made
their annual visit, this year donating over $2,200 as part of their annual
gift to the Home. The proceeds were the result of a rifle raffle, which was
beautifully engraved by “Santa” (as seen in this picture) and raffled by the
members of the Lodge. Specials thanks, for this donation and the item
that was raffled, to the members of the Lodge and for making the trip to
visit our Home with the proceeds.
End of year giving means so much as many conclude their annual fundraisers and
return their proceeds to get credit for their giving that year. With over $400,000 in
Masonic Giving received just in the month of December we celebrate the obligation
fulfilled by our brethren, including those listed and seen here as well as those unseen
but still giving for the care of the children.
This includes the brethren of Creedmoor No. 499
(Brother Tommy and Mrs. Keith left) and their
donation/collection from Lodge members and their
families. The members of Henry F. Grainger No.
412 (right), a local Lodge that provided its annual gift
at the end of the year. Or the brethren of
Perseverance Lodge No. 59, whose November
Ladies and Widows Night has included a donation
presentation for the past several years.
The Home relies on these and all
Masonic donations throughout the year
to allow for general operating needs and
those directly related to the care of the
children. The Home will be announcing
the “Per Lodge, Per Member” giving in February 2015 and printing it in the
Annual Achievement Report which will be available on-line and in hardcopy
in April of this year.
Gifts of Opportunity
The Home is blessed to have donors who give in other special ways at Christmas, including the following
who provided activities and opportunities, adding to the positive memories of those here during Christmas,
apart from their families. All Activities were sponsored during the Christmas break.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Staal and the Carolina Hurricanes
Mr. Danny Page, Alumnus and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Leslie Gibbs and Family
Hooters of RDU - Managers JJ and Jason
Golden Corral Corporation - Sylvia Saenger and Family
Granville Masonic Lodge No. 380 & Franklinton Masonic Lodge No. 123