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Ohio Masons and the Masonic Model: Helping Teachers and Saving Lives in 2019

You and your fellow Masons around Ohio helped local schools address profound education, health, and safety issues in 2019, including Mental Health and Trauma Care, School Unity, Bullying, Suicide Prevention, and Safe Schools. You did this by supporting the Masonic Model Student Assistance Program (MMSAP).

State Coordinator, RWB Tim Larimore, reported that Ohio hosted seven MMSAP programs in the past year, up from four the year before. These programs were conducted by professional trainers from the National Masonic Foundation for Children and were a mixture of one and two-day programs. In 2019, programs were held in the 4th, 10, 11th, and 13th ,14th, 17th, and 24th Districts. RWB Larimore credits the efforts of MWB Jess Raines and Lady Kelly for promoting MMSAP to the Craft and to local Masons who have reached out to tell their local school districts about the program.

The momentum from 2019 is carrying over into 2020 with seven programs already scheduled for the first half of the year. The new Grand Master, MWB Keith Newton, plans to continue to promote MMSAP in Ohio. He encourages all Masons to talk to their local school leaders, explain that MMSAP is a professional program costing thousands of dollars, conducted by national experts, and subsidized in full by the Masons of Ohio. Schools cannot lose with MMSAP. The Grand Lodge Charitable Foundation will underwrite the costs. All a school administrator has to do is say, “yes.”

Grand Masters Raines and Newton thank every Mason who made a contribution to the Grand Lodge Charitable Foundation during the past year for MMSAP.

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