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"Write-On" Campaign by Masonic Lodge Continues but Concludes May 4

This collection of school supplies to be donated by Clarence F. Smith Daylight Lodge No. 866 supports public education and the homeless.

2024 Emblem of Clarence F. Smith Daylight Lodge No. 866, Free and Accepted Masons of California
2024 Emblem of Clarence F. Smith Daylight Lodge No. 866, Free and Accepted Masons of California (S. Khachatryan)

Begun in February, Clarence F. Smith Daylight Lodge No. 866's ongoing “Write-On” campaign will conclude just before 11AM on May 4 prior to the Lodge’s Stated Meeting (business meeting) at the Van Nuys Masonic Center. The address is below.

Masons and the public may still contribute by dropping-off (in the Lodge’s upstairs dining room on April 13 or May 4) unopened boxes of new Blue/Black Pens, Pencils, Crayons, Colored Pencils, Pencil Sharpeners, Erasers, Spiral Notebooks, Filler Paper, and Composition Books, for students to use for their writing assignments.

This effort has been targeted to benefit LAUSD’s Homeless Education Program and supports the Lodge’s charitable goals, its care for public education and literacy, its commitment to public awareness of the fraternity and its endeavors to improve the world.

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Likely, two staffers from the Homeless Education Program will visit with the members of the Lodge on May 4 both to describe their program and officially to accept the donations.

Freemasonry is the world’s first and largest fraternal organization, based on the belief that a man who strives to improve himself can also improve his community and the world at large.

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Masons have championed public education in California since the 19th century.

The Lodge meets on many Saturday mornings, upstairs, at the Van Nuys Masonic Center, 14750 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91405. https://clarencefsmith.org/ .

Contact:
Bro. David I. Karp, “Write On” Campaign Coordinator
818-515-9361
davidikarp@karpmediation.com

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