The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford is honored to announce the 2007 Hayes Society and Neal Society inductees, which recognizes and remembers those individuals and families who made provisions in their wills, estate planning or in the form of trusts or annuities naming The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford as beneficiaries.  The Home honors these very significant gifts of charity by placing the name or a designated family name on the Society recognition wall located in the Cobb Center at Dunn Cottage Museum and Archives on the campus of the Home.  These planned gifts and those yet to be received by the Home are extremely important to the lives and futures of the Home’s residents and the success and survival of the Home.  For 2007 over 60% of the charitable revenue received was the result of a planned gift or income from a planned gift.  The recipients for 2007 will be honored at a special recognition luncheon where their family members and friends will be invited to attend to join the MHCO Board of Directors and special guests.

 Those announced as members of the Hayes/Neal Society for 2007 are

William B. Harris – Marjorie Wiley -  Benefactor Level. 

Elton W. Manning – Harvey E. Johnson – Janie H. Douthit, in memory of her brother Felix C. Hege – Lois Scott in memory of her father,  Seba J. Collins – Pansy D. Kirby – Ruth J. Carver – Thurman O. Pike – William W. Britt – Cloyd H. Propst (member Veneratio) – Wayne H. Propst (member Veneratio) –

Legacy Level.  Dorothy T. Lee – Royal D. Bunn – Bronze Level. 

Frank E. Werner – Josephine and W. Phil Hedrick – Mary Lou and Roger L. Tudor – Henry L. Miller  – Silver Level.

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St. John’s Day Celebration Drawing Near – Parade Starts Early; 9:30 a.m.

In less than two months, the streets of Oxford will be filled with the sites and sounds of St. John’s Day 2008.  North Carolina’s biggest and best Shrine parade will start a bit earlier this year, at 9:30am, on Saturday June 21, 2008.    On hand again will be  Lancaster’s Barbeque and vendors from around the state “cooking up” BBQ, fried chicken, hot dogs and hamburgers, chicken fingers, french fries, cotton candy, and a variety of desserts.  Open to all Master Masons is a stated communication of Orphans Lodge No. 761, held right on campus at the Masonic Center at 8:00am.  St. John’s Day is a day for the whole family, as the kids can enjoy rides and games on the campus, courtesy of Ragland Productions and Brother Russell Ragland.  Your trip to The Home needs to include a visit to the children’s cottages for an Open House Tour and a chance to view the history of The Home with a trip through the Cobb Center at Dunn Cottage Museum and the Sallie Mae Ligon Archives.  Entertainment concludes the day with two of the state’s most popular traveling bands;  The Craig Woolard Band (www.craigwoolard.com) with Mr. Craig Woolard and The Pizazz Band (www.thepizazzband.com) performing on the main stage at The Home, free of charge.    For more information visit the St. John’s Day webpage at www.mhc-oxford.org/stjohn, call The Home at 1-888-505-4357, or contact your local Shrine Temple.  We look forward to seeing you there!

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 Home Receives Beautification Prize as part of 2007 Azalea Celebration

As spring arrives, the beautiful colors of the newly planted azalea’s on the campus of The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford are the result of some hard work and planning by the childcare workers and children of the Home and thanks to the generosity of NC Beautiful.  The Home was selected by NC Beautiful in 2007 to receive the special beautification prize of 70 pink, while, lavender, purple and red azalea’s which were used as part of the Home’s beautification program last year.  The award was part of NC Beautiful’s 22^nd annual Azalea Celebration event, which rewards North Carolina Community groups for improving their communities through creative landscaping projects. 

The annual Azalea Celebration, developed and administered by NC Beautiful and sponsored by WRAL-TV5 and Mix 101.5 Radio in Raleigh, has awarded more than 200,000 plants to approximately 3,000 non-profits in its 22-year history.  The one gallon azaleas distributed by NC Beautiful are grown from cuttings taken three years ago from the WRAL Gardens in Raleigh.  The azalea program is sponsored by Capital Broadcasting Company and funded in part by the A.J. Fletcher foundation, which is named for the former president of CBC and the founder of WRAL.

For forty years NC Beautiful has focused on merit-based programs which provide hands-on experience in preserving our resources and promoting constructive action toward environmental stewardship.  The group believes that environmental education and community involvement are the keys to addressing North Carolina’s environmental challenges.  For more information about programs in which your community, schools, and citizens can participate, contact NC Beautiful at P.O. Box 10155, Raleigh, NC 27605 or visit www.ncbeautiful.org.

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