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A brace of APGMs, in the persons of WBros John Grumbridge and Pat Thomas, were
amongst the members of
Maidstone's Lodges who took part in the fourth consecutive annual street
collection. The collection, which
took place on Saturday 9th June, was once again in support of the Heart of
Kent Hospice. At the time of
writing, the final figure collected has not been issued by the Hospice, but it
is anticipated to be yet another
record year.
Members of the public are asked to donate £1, and receive a small yellow
flower (or a yellow ribbon) as a token
of thanks. W Bros Grumbridge and Thomas (probably two of the most unlikely
looking flower sellers in the
county) were pleased to lend their support to the project, each doing a stint
for a couple of hours during the
morning. "Delighted at the generosity of the public" was WBro Thomas's
reaction to his busy station at the top
of Gabriels Hill, whilst WBro Grumbridge commented that his high profile pitch
at the entrance to The
Chequers Centre was so busy that it required the energies of a young man, and
that he was therefore very
pleased to have been available.
The collection was this year organised by WBro Geoff Hart of the Bearsted
Lodge, who was delighted with the
support he received from the two Assistant Provincial Grand Masters, and that
of the other dozen helpers, but
was disappointed that only fourteen of the many hundreds of members of the
Maidstone Lodges turned up. "If
each Lodge pledged just two or three members, then each person would only need
to help out for an hour" he
commented "however, it has been a very happy and successful morning, and I
would like to thank all those
who made the effort to come along for an hour or two to assist in such a
worthwhile event".
Well done WBro Geoff, and well done Maidstone! A great example of Freemasons
working IN and FOR the
Community.
WBro Hart would like to thank the following people for their time and
assistance:
Miss Emma Merritt
and WBros:
J Grumbridge,
P Thomas,
M Cross,
D Horne,
D Herron,
K Miller (West Malling),
J Fry,
R Humphrey,
G Pomphrett,
G Coombes,
A Higgins &
R Waltham
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