United Grand Lodge
of Antient, Free and Accepted Masons
of England
Province of
South Wales
Eastern Division
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Our Lodges help Junnie to top £12,000 raised for Ty-Hafan in 2½ years |
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Junnie Brittain of Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, is a remarkable lady
who, over recent years, has dedicated herself to raising funds
for Ty-Hafan Children's Hospice near Barry in the Vale of
Glamorgan.
Mrs Brittain tells us that she has cleaned windows, dug gardens and decorated homes (mainly for the elderly) in her spare time at weekends Collections and car- boot sales also feature in her efforts to raise money for this most worthy cause. |
Above: a magnificent example of Mrs Brittain's efforts |
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| Having
already raised £12,200, Mrs Brittain was beginning to find it a
bit difficult to keep asking the same people in
her community to support her time and again - even in such a noble venture.
Then she had a flash of inspiration! The Freemasons claim that
they support charity, don't they? Why not see if they'll put
their money where their mouths are?!
Well the truth is that as far as Ty-Hafan is concerned, Freemasonry is already a major contributor. We don't keep figures centrally, but Ty Hafan are on record as telling the South Wales Echo that Freemasonry had donated £145,000 between January 1999 and April 2001. Despite that, after hearing of Mrs Brittain's efforts, the Province has sent her a cheque for £250 and local Lodges are still joining in to support her in her latest venture - a sponsored cross-stitch picture (shown above) for the hospice. As far as we know, prior to this, Mrs Brittain had no connection with Freemasonry. We just feel that efforts such as hers should not go unrewarded - or unreported.
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