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On Tuesday 8th January 2019, at the regular meeting of the Ferrers and Ivanhoe Lodge (No. 779) in Ashby de la Zouch , a cheque presentation was made to the Leicestershire and Rutland 2022 Festival Chairman, W. Bro. Dale Page.
Immediate Past Master, W. Bro Terry Hueck had the pleasure, on behalf of the Lodge, of presenting W. Bro Dale with a cheque for £2500, which had been raised during 2018 by the members, families and friends of the Lodge at a number of social events. The most significant being a very successful hog roast held in the summer.
W. Bro Dale was pleasantly surprised and delighted to receive the donation into the 2022 festival funds, saying that " such charitable donations give me confidence that the full sum of £1.8m will raised across the Province by 2022. Thank you very much ” .
The Lodge is currently preparing plans to continue with 2022 Festival fund raising during 2019.
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October 2018
Charity Cheque presentations
made on Saturday 13th October 2018
The two cheques presented by the Lodge (with the support of PGL) were for £1500 each to the following recipients:
Alzheimer's Society
received by volunteer Dee Lehan-Matthews
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis
received by Steve Jones
Chair of Trustees
September 2018
Leicestershire & Rutland Cyclists visit Ashby again
The Leicestershire & Rutland cyclists made a 150 mile cycle ride over two days on Saturday & Sunday 29th & 30th September visiting every Masonic hall in the Province raising money for Rainbows and the 2022 MCF Festival Appeal.
They were welcomed to Ashby by the WM of Ferrers & Ivanhoe Lodge No.779, W Bro Terry Hueck and several other members of the Lodge.
Christmas 2017
On Saturday 16th December 2017, the two Craft Lodges based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ferrers & Ivanhoe No.779 and Hastings Lodge No.8695 , hosted a highly successful Family Christmas Party for Freemasons and their family and friends, at the Manor House School just around the corner from the Masonic Hall.
W. Bro. Terry Hueck, Master of Ferrers and Ivanhoe Lodge, and W. Bro. Anthony Hall, Master of Hastings Lodge, formed a small group of willing volunteers to organise the event. The party was attended by over 60 adults and 30 children, varying in age from 4 weeks to 16 years. The action-packed programme included carol singing for both adults and children, a huge buffet which was contributed by the attendees, a pay bar, solo singers, story-tellers and a ‘surprise' act with W. Bro. Mervyn Wass playing the ukulele supported by W. Bro. Phil Vincent playing the guitar.
Father Christmas also arrived, sitting and entertaining the children with stories and songs for almost 30 minutes before being presented with a cheque by the two Masters for £250 to be donated to Rainbows Children's Hospice in Loughborough. The evening concluded with a highly successful raffle to win one of four superb prizes, including two Christmas hampers where a further £300 was raised being split equally between the two Lodges, to be used for the benefit of other local charities.
