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jackets and food to cap and gowns for graduation. Peninsular Lodge Brothers needs help - what can YOU do? To paraphrase JFK: Ask
#95 is pleased to provide financial donations over the last 2 years to not what your Lodge can do for you - rather ask what you can do for
Washington Masonic Charities to fund this wonderful program for your Lodge Brothers. Be willing to reach into your own pocket - and
homeless and struggling students in our community. quietly bless them. Doing that within your Lodge will help many - but
perhaps it’s not enough.
This is a wonderful program that helps our community and helps us
spread our kind offices. The PS-MSB can assist financially after a Lodge WM or Secretary
determines that a Brother’s needs are beyond their internal ability to
Supporting Youth in Transition assist. Our process is simple - the WM or Secretary vets the request
Brother David Trader, Junior Deacon Peninsular Lodge #95 and then contacts us. We take their word for the vetting. We can help
very quickly with a check or store gift card for up to $500. If the need
has to be repeated - we can do so usually one more time. Sorry - but
VWB Bill Werner—President PS-MSB our assistance is short-term not long-term. Additionally, Washington
Masonic Charities (WaMC) and the Grand Lodge Charity Committee
Brothers, (GLCC) have financial resources. WaMC can also assist with a
We at the PS-MSB hope this finds you in good health and spirits. sound financial plan and provide access to other resources -
The COVID-19 virus has put all of us in situations we never prepared including medical. Our 3 groups have co-operated for many years to
for in any type of scenario—Reduced/Out of work, social better assist Masons.
quarantines, and restricted ability to travel. The things we have long Each of us are the Eyes and Ears of Masonry - lift up your eyes
taken for granted such as meeting each other at Lodge, or over and be willing to get involved when a Brother is in need. Be aware
coffee and a meal, or visiting other Lodges have ground to a halt. Yet that sometimes a Brother’s pride keeps him from revealing their
while Life still goes on -- the needs of our Brothers still continue. need. That can be difficult and cannot always be overcome. But try!
What do I mean by ―Needs‖? To contact the PS-MSB, please visit our website at
www.seattlemsb.org or call 425-894-4410 or 206-937-1445 or via
1) Human contact and connections. We Need Each Other! email at bigwer1@hotmail.com or Puget.sound.msb@gmail.com.

Pick up a phone and call other people - Masonic and otherwise, OTL,
Zoom meetings, FaceTime, Skype, talk to a neighbor, and help
someone with limited mobility. Connect as best you can and help VWB Bill Werner—President Puget Sound Masonic Service Bureau
others and yourself by re-affirming our human and brotherly
connections. If it is not a Masonic Tenet to Connect - it should be!!
We need each other. We have the expectation that all of you are
still active within your various communities connecting with your VWB Larry D Foley - Masonic Charities
neighbors and family. On behalf of Washington Masonic Charities Board of Trustees, I am
privileged and honored to deliver to the Fraternity, our stakeholders,
2) Finances: For those Brothers who are going through reduced and the community this Annual Report for the Fiscal Year 2019-
work, loss of work - finances are an issue. 2020.
Each of us took an Obligation, re-affirmed at nearly every meeting,
to assist distressed Brother Masons, their widows and children.
Each of us took the Obligation - not the Lodge. If one of your Lodge As I close out my term on this Board and as President; I am honored

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