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.
