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Growing Hope Through Volunteers

Dear Brethren,

The Ohio Masonic Home is committed to serving members of our Fraternity and their families across the state of Ohio. To that end, we have in place our three campuses located in the Southwest, Northeast and Northwestern parts of the state serving over 800 people. In addition, we maintain a statewide presence through the Ohio Masonic Home Resource Center which has staff located in all areas of the state supported by a network of volunteer ACE Ambassadors and Masonic Volunteer committees in our Masonic Volunteer Program. Through ongoing collaboration with the Grand Lodge, we have been successful in charting out, and have a very good understanding of, the demographics and location of our Masonic family across the state.

Our network of support is being built based on the information gleaned from this ongoing work. This includes two dedicated staff resources in northeast Ohio, one in northwest Ohio, one in southeast Ohio and one in the western part of the state. In addition to our paid staff, we have in place over 100 ACE Ambassadors and Masonic Volunteers combined. As it relates to the southern part of the state, we’ve noted that while the Masonic population in this part of the state is not as large as other areas, the needs identified appear to be proportionally greater. To that end, in addition to the current staff in southeast Ohio, we are in the process of hiring another staff person who will be dedicated to identifying resources and services across the southern part of the state which will assist us in delivering our mission successfully. We are excited about this new position as we believe it will enhance our ability to provide better service statewide through internal staff, volunteers and collaboration with existing organizations and support services.

We have learned a great deal over the past two years in how we meet our mission. Collaboration and sharing ideas is pivotal to the successes we’ve seen and to our ongoing success. We’ve learned that growing organically is the right course of action as it helps us to be more agile in how we meet the needs across the state. We are blessed with a very large and diverse population and understand that there are distinct regional differences across Ohio which requires us to pursue different strategies. Our Masonic Volunteer program is growing steadily but in a controlled manner. The exciting part of this program is that we are connecting Brethren who have a desire to serve with the ability to serve at their own pace. We are keeping it very informal and have seen great success in this program thus far, particularly in southern Ohio. The Ambassadors are doing a phenomenal job in spreading the message of the good work of OMH in a concise and consistent manner.

Moving ahead, we are encouraged by the outpouring of support and collaboration from all the Masonic bodies that we’ve seen thus far. We are excited about where we are going with a solid but flexible structure in place to get there. By understanding the needs of those we serve, tracking data and adjusting as we go, we will continue to be successful in achieving our mission in a sustainable manner which will allow us to continue to serve for generations to come.

Fraternally Yours,
Brother Scott Buchanan
CEO, The Ohio Masonic Home

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