Building Fund Letter
My Brother,
Once again, Lakewood Lodge reaches out to you. Not as before,
not for survival, but rather, to complete the great task you set before it.
Lakewood Lodge is now without a true home of its own, yet it still lives,
breaths and is more vibrant than ever before. I say "it", because it
truly has a life of its own. As each of us passed through its symbolic
outer door, we each left a part of our lives behind. Memories of a smile,
a greeting, a piece of work well done, the sound of the funeral bell
stroking the twelfth chime; these are not stored in the edifice but in the
hearts and souls of those men who entered, sat and felt the life and love
within. The officers, brothers and visitors make up the corporeal part of
its life and our memories complete the spiritual aspects of the living,
breathing entity we call Lakewood Lodge #174. To save the soul, we were
forced to sell the edifice. Now is the time to build our new home. We
have the land, we have people, we have the love and determination to make
it happen. Now we need you!
"Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be
opened unto you.". Lakewood Lodge now knocks, open the door and extend
the hand of brotherly love. "They applying to me as such and I finding
them worthy, so far as their necessities may seem to require or my
ability to give will permit." will dictate the amount you give and how
often. Individual one time gifts are greatly appreciated but recurring
monthly donations will go a long way in establishing the date when
again you can enter and join with brothers. Remember, there are no
strangers in lodge, only brothers you haven't met.