About
Tynwald Centenary
Recently Tynwald Lodge no. 262 UGLQ & SC 1177 celebrated
their centenary with the reconsecration of the Lodge in the Eustace
Jones Hall at the Regis Homes Sandgate.
The MW Grand Master and his Grand Lodge Officers performed
the very formal and impressive Antient Ritual with vessels and implements
believed to have been used in the original consecration of Tynwald Lodge back
in 1918.
On completion of the ceremony a Scottish style banquet
to celebrate Tynwald Lodge’s Scottish Heritage & Working, was held at the
Bracken Ridge Tavern with the Haggis being piped in by Wor. Brother Arnfield. This was
followed by the Robbie Burns address and toast to the Haggis in fine form. Some 54 Freemasons and their wives and partners were in attendance.
In addition Tynwald Lodge was successful in their
application for a Hand Heart Pocket, Grass Roots Community Grant of $10,000.00
which was presented to Ms Maggie Daunt, CEO of Sandbag ( Sandgate and Bracken
Ridge Action Group) to assist them in their community work.
This grant enabled Sandbag to purchase a desktop
computer, 3 laptops, furniture for their main area and also for their
counselling room, a BBQ for their staff and beneficiaries to cook on for social
functions and a quantity of Stihl gardening equipment for their retraining area
Seed.
Sandbag are involved with assisting the
underprivileged, helping them to find employment, retraining for people to be
employable and of recent times persons who have suffered domestic violence and
who may also be homeless within the Sandgate and Bracken Ridge areas.
This was also topped off by a further donation of
$1400.00 by Tynwald Lodge itself to assist in replacing their office floor
coverings that were totally worn out.
Sandbag through Maggie Daunt have expressed their
absolute gratitude for the wonderful assistance given to them by Hand Heart
Pocket and the Tynwald Brethren who have earned their benevolent funds from
weekend sausage sizzles.
