Freemasons

[Modelworks]

They do a ton for the community they are located in. It isn't just a bunch of guys that get together to have a few drinks and go home. The local masons here visit people in hospitals, have fund raising events when someone loses their home to fire , and help out when they can. A lot of reason for the secrecy is it allows them to do things without it becoming a media event, they often do things that they never take credit for. It is one thing to help out someone and then go around bragging about it , getting your face on the news. To give anonymously though is being truly selfless.

 

[mcurphy]

They do a ton for the community they are located in. It isn't just a bunch of guys that get together to have a few drinks and go home. The local masons here visit people in hospitals, have fund raising events when someone loses their home to fire , and help out when they can. A lot of reason for the secrecy is it allows them to do things without it becoming a media event, they often do things that they never take credit for. It is one thing to help out someone and then go around bragging about it , getting your face on the news. To give anonymously though is being truly selfless.

That is main reason I'd like to join. I do a little volunteer work every year, usually for the special olympics, but they are located around 30 miles away from my town. It would be nice volunteer locally with other members of my community.

 

[BoomerD]

The Shriner's Children's Hospitals around the nation are among the finest facilities of their kind...and they do not turn any child away, regardless of the parents' ability to pay.

 

[Greenman]

I am a bit confused as to why when somebody joins an organization many individuals here ascertain that they will no longer be free-thinking people.

I think most of us belong to some sort of organization and I would tend to believe that many of "us" still retain the ability to think for ourselves.

That's because many here have a profound fear of religion in any form.

 

[DangerAardvark]

That's because many here have a profound fear of religion in any form.

Well, you know what they say, "hate the religion, not the religionist". At least I think that's how it goes.