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DISTRICT SUPPORTS CHILDREN'S HOSPICE

A year of fundraising by the members of Newtownards District No.4 has culminated in the presentation of £1400 to the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice.

The policy of the District lodge in recent years has been to nominate a single charity which the members will support throughout the year and hopefully raise a significant amount for.

Such was the case again as each of the town's 12 lodges spent the last year collecting at their monthly meetings and contributing to collections throughout the year. The offering raised at the District's church service in July and Carol Service in December was also put towards the final total.

At the Installation of Officers dinner in early February, the District was pleased to be able to call upon Naomi Quinn of the Children's Hospice to receive the donation of £1400. Presenting the cheque along with District Officers was the Worshipful District Master Bro John McKee and the MP for the area Bro Jim Shannon, who was in attendance at the dinner as guest speaker.

To learn more about the work of the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice, visit their website

The charity nominated for the 2012 collection is the Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke Association. Learn more

LOL 481 MAKES HONORARY MEMBER

It was with great pleasure at a recent function that Worshipful Master Bro Phil Smyth presented Wor Bro Wilson Porter with his Honorary Members certificate. Wor Bro Porter joined LOL 481 on 5th January 1976 and served as Worshipful Master in 1982. Bro Porter also served as Lay Chaplin from 1995 until 2001.