Essex/England – Freemasons join the fight against Covid-19 with campaign for PPE
(by Colin Felton for the Essex Chronicle, Community News, April 23, 2020)
Essex Freemasons have mobilised its 9,000 members from across the county to join the fight against Covid-19 with a major new campaign aimed at providing essential equipment for local hospital and care home staff.
Some £20,000 has been allocated immediately by the Essex
Freemasons Community Fund to purchase thousands of vitally needed PPE visors.
These will be distributed to hospitals and care homes in every part of the county.
A further £100,000 has been allocated to Freemasons in the East region by the Masonic Charitable Foundation, the Freemason’s own charity, which will be focussed on areas of greatest need.
In a third initiative the Essex Cornerstone Club, which represent some 200 young masons across Essex, has launched a separate appeal to …
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