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Lodge Helps The Hood
posted (January 17, 2013)
For the next few days, the members of the Steadfast Masonic Lodge will be preparing to make major donations to the needy residents close to their Vernon Street headquarters, which covers the gang-affiliated area known as Ghost Town.

Today, the leaders of the organization called a press conference to announce to residents that they will receive a portion of a cargo of goods which is valued at $28,000 dollars.

The members say that generosity is a part of their mandate, and their leader, based in Tampa Florida, has seen the needs of the community, and he is trying to respond appropriately:

Oscar Ramos
"What we see here are goods that came in a 40ft container and they arrive here in December and they finally got it into the compound here and into the building. We will be distributing these donated items to the needy of the country. One of the things of this lodge is to exercise and apply charity because that's what we are based upon. We must understand that the lodge is not a religion but we act religiously and will tell you that the container bore 127 barrels and 8 cartons of donated supplies which cover anything would actually satisfy the needs of the poor and needy. At this present moment what we are doing is practically assorting that of which we have gotten before the actual distribution start sometime next week and we are planning to touch all the majority of the needy kids in this country but more especially those of this particular neighborhood because we realize that poverty is very strong in this country and in this area here."

"As a matter of fact the grandmaster, brother Anthony of Tampa, Florida has made us known that this donation has to be directed strictly to primarily to the needy people and kids of this approximate area and then afterwards we will extend whatever is left we can also extend it to the other sections of Belize City."

According to members, the community members who have been chosen will be given notification about when the distribution will take place. There is no set date as yet, but the Lodge expects to distribute next week.

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