Not the guys with green blood and pointed ears, but  brothers to our south shared this story with Br. Shively of the KMF.  Today I spoke to Brother Don Wheeler regarding an upcoming event they are hosting on Sunday, July 21, 2024 from 5-8PM at Vulcan Lodge No. 229 in Walnut.

Vulcan Lodge will be presenting 17 Scholarships, in which 8 were awarded through the KMF Lodge Scholarship Program and 9 that were submitted to KMF, however, did not receive a monetary award from that program.  Vulcan Lodge decided to, as they have in the past few years, provide a $500 scholarship to those that were not awarded one from the KMF Lodge Program.  These funds for the Lodge Scholarships came directly from their Gun Raffle sales!  They expect somewhere around 100 people from the community to attend the event, which will include a nice dinner.  Everyone one of the 17 students will be attending to receive their award.

So as Paul Harvey would say “now for the rest of the story”!  Two years ago, Vulcan Lodge dropped to 29 members.  As of today, the Lodge has 46 Master Masons, 1 Entered Apprentice and 3 new petitions.  They credit their success directly to this program and the use of other KMF Programs.  The Lodge can identify at least 5 new Masons directly from the Scholarship Program.  Is this something your Lodge should be doing---Absolutely!! Think outside the box in your Lodge and take advantage of KMF Programs!!  Thank you Brothers of Vulcan Lodge for your outstanding charitable work in the community!