SugarLand. You guys stay busy. And you don't confer the MB Lamar award?
LOL! Yes, I really believe we are one of the most active lodges in Houston; we have more work than Atlas, and we love every minute!
Yes, we present the fake "big checks" to the students at the Scholarship BBQ event. Then we hold a public lodge (at our lodge at the next stated meeting) to give the honorariums (MBL Award) to the Teachers of the Year in each of the surrounding districts, which is 4 districts times 2 per district (elementary and secondary). Then we give the teachers a chance to speak a little, which they are usually quite honored to.
As a side note, our current JD was a recipient of it while he was in high school and came back after college and joined the lodge because he was impressed by Masonry!
By the way thanks to ya'll for the help with Galveston Beach House for El Campo Lodge repair fund.
HAHA! While I was not at that
particular function, I am a regular member of the Creative Coastal Committee (as a matter of fact, this weekend is the annual Grand Precession as it where at the Grand Lodge of the Galveston Beach House
) and that house has raised a good sum of funds for our lodge.
Could you pm me w/the name of Larry Elkins cousin of same
PM sent.
Wait a minute SugarLand does the MB Lamar award.
Correct.
This award is is bestowed upon any educator in the school system by the local lodge.
As far as I know, correct.
What i'm looking for is how does the lodge go about the procedure. I know we touched upon this subject at the wardens retreat. But i just can not find it.
We call the teachers and ask them to come, when they do, our WM and MC present them with the honorarium (about $500) and the a certificate which, I am to believe, Bro. Secretary gets from GL. Does this clarify?
Brother,
Would you please pm me? I would like to speak to you about this. I am trying to revamp how my lodge gives out scholarships and this sounds like the direction I would like to move towards.
Thank you,
PM sent Brother.
Glad I could be of service here. And if I sounded like I was bragging about my lodge,
no offense to anyone, but I was. I am very proud of it. I am not saying that we are any better than anyone or any other lodge by any means, and I know that a lot of lodges don't have the same resources we do.