Pictures from the 2022 Founders' Day, Open House, and VOD Feast of Tishri

 It was a beautiful day and the presentations were great.  Thirty-one people joined us at Temple Plaza and many more at the Open House and Feast of Tishri.  Here are links to the media outlets that published information on the event.

https://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/masonic-center-opens-doors-with-celebration/article_2b526988-32ab-11ed-8c02-0b67798f8dd6.html?fbclid=IwAR3x7Od4OrnxyQjzlfdxLZYcocT4BlKkuHlDZ7F-qrqL1EJ0FPm4pfzM4Ko

https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/2022/09/13/masonic-founders-day-and-open-house-celebration/?sc_ref=l.facebook.com

https://www.wcia.com/news/open-house-for-danville-masons/?fbclid=IwAR1Dit2ZMdBfNpXGXmMzStjUwYYD2q-jypiSPtYWKQYEgPDzyXN3DKao-jA

The event Flyer was included in the Vermilion Advantage Member Announcements, as well as in an email to their member organizations.  https://www.vermilionadvantage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Sept-17-Founders-Day.jpg

Here are pictures from the day.

Sunrise Fire and Water Master Mason Degree September 10, 2022

 

All Master Masons are invited to join Olive Branch Lodge 38 Saturday, September 10th for a Sunrise Fire and Water Master Mason Degree at the beach at the Gao Grotto, 2400 Denmark Rd, Danville, IL.

The Lodge will open on the 3rd Degree at 5:45 am at the Grotto’s Skippers' Friendly Beach on Lake Vermilion. Breakfast will follow the degree at 8:30 am in the Fellowship Hall with Brother Craig Lewallen’s biscuits and gravy. Please RSVP to olivebranch38@gmail.com if you plan to eat breakfast so we can be sure to have plenty of food.

Suggested attire for the morning is long pants with a lodge polo or collared shirt. Please bring a lawn chair if you have one as seating will be limited.

We hope to see you all bright and early.

Founders' Day Celebration Saturday September 17th

 

Save the Date- September 17, 2022

Save the Date.  Saturday, September 17, 2022, Olive Branch Lodge

No. 38 will hold a Founders' Day Celebration in Downtown Danville, IL.  There will be a presentation on the history of the lodge in Danville and three members of the Lodge whose lives changed the community and the world and who are represented in the Sculpture which is the centerpiece of Temple Plaza.  More details will be coming.

Olive Branch Lodge No 38 Awards Scholarships to Area Students

Stated Meetings

First and Third Tues.

Olive Branch Lodge No. 38, A. F. & A. M.

Masonic Temple – 109 W. North St.; P.O. Box 1773

Telephone 217/446-7620

Danville, Illinois  61832

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          

 

OLIVE BRANCH LODGE NO 38 AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO AREA STUDENTS

 

DANVILLE, IL, May 20, 2022- Earlier this month, Olive Branch Lodge No. 38 awarded scholarships to five area students.  Those students are Luke Gordon who graduated from Armstrong High School and Chloe Brant, Mea Sparling, Rylee Edwards, and Jasmyn Meeker all of whom graduated from Westville High School.  Each of the five will also receive additional scholarship funds from Illinois Masonic Children’s Assistance Program, a nonprofit organization that partners with Illinois Masonic Lodges.

At awards ceremonies held at the lodge, each of the scholarship winners spoke about their goals and plans for the future and how furthering their educations will help them give back to their communities.  The lodge is honored to be able to help them accomplish their academic goals.

The Olive Branch Scholarship program is one of many Masonic related scholarship programs in Illinois.  These many programs award in excess of $500,000 in scholarships to post-secondary students each year.

Olive Branch Lodge No. 38 has been a member of the Danville and Vermilion County community for over 175 years and is a local unit of the Fraternity of Freemasons whose members support each other as they seek to become the best men they can be.  For more information about Freemasonry or the lodge, email the lodge at olivebranch38@gmail.com or call 217-446-7620.

 

 

Pictures are Below.

Front row L to R, Chloe Brant, Mea Sparling, Rylee Edwards, and Luke Gordon.  Back row L to R, Scholarship Committee members: Richard Thompson, Ron Vadeboncoeur, and Bill Lucas.

Richard Thompson and Jasmyn Meeker