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Our latest charity support has gone to St Leonards Hospice
EASINGWOLD FREEMASONS SUPPORT ST. LEONARD’S HOSPICE
When Easingwold resident, schoolteacher and artist Richard Gray was elected Worshipful Master of the Forest of Galtres Masonic Lodge, one of his pleasant tasks was to direct the Lodge’s support for local charities. In recent years these have included the EDCCA, the air cadets and the Easingwold Friends of Chernobyl Children.
Richard has a strong admiration for the hospice movement, so he chose St Leonard’s Hospice as his primary charity. His charity steward, Derek Godden, found that the hospice needed to renew their ten-year-old in-patient mattresses and had chosen the OSKA Lateral Tilt Mattress as a suitable replacement. These are excellent at relieving pressure and, by automatically tilting the patient, they reduce the need for manual turning. But they cost £2,400 each.
Freemasons don’t raise funds from the general public, but purely from their own members. But with the help of the Freemasons Charity Yorkshire North and East Ridings, the Lodge was able to purchase one mattress for the hospice. The cheque was presented by Richard to Kathryn Craven of the hospice’s fundraising team, outside the charity’s excellent, recently opened shop in Easingwold.