“We’ve done it again,” explained Grand Master Norman J. Mick as he presented a check for $175,000 to Ohio Special Olympics. “This check is a token of the untiring support of Freemasons for Ohio’s Special Olympics athletes.”
“I’ve chaired Special Olympics committee of our Grand Lodge for 15 years now, and it almost runs itself,” said Michael Cecil. “It’s a regular part of what many lodges do. Yellow Springs Lodge No. 421 contributed $2,000 this year, and they’ve been supporting Special Olympics like that for the last fifteen. They are just one example out of many that I could mention.”
The crowd went wild when 380 Freemasons dressed in their traditional aprons, black slacks and white shirts led the parade of athletes into Jesse Owens stadium to officially start the 2014 Summer Games.
