11^th Annual Eureka Charity Ride, 13^th Masonic District Picnic Highlight Fall Weekend

The campus of The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford will celebrate what has become an annual fall tradition with the 11^th Annual Eureka Masonic Charity Ride and 13^th District Masonic Picnic, both to be held on Saturday, September 13, 2008.  This year’s charity ride has a goal of over $35,000 and over 250 motorcycle enthusiasts and hopes to draw crowds from across the state and throughout the southeast.  The ride, originating from various locations around the state, will leave Raleigh at 11am that morning, winding its way through Wake and Granville Counties, arriving at the Home around 12:30pm.  Those providing this year’s pig pickin’ are long-time friends and supporters of the Home as well.  The annual 13^th Masonic District picnic will provide lunch for the ride participants and the children of the Home and is an event that has taken place for many years prior to the ride. 

For those wishing to take part in this year’s ride, as a participant, sponsor, or volunteer, please call Doug Earnhardt at 704-957-0346 or Jerry Edwards at 704-857-8162 or email either at doug.earnhardt@nc.slr.com or jeredwar7@AOL.com.  You can also call The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford at 919-693-5111 or visit the Home’s website at www.mhc-oxford.org or show up at the Creedmoor Road Kroger in Raleigh, NC the day of the event before 10:15am.

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3^rd Annual Pig Jig Grows with Success

Bringing together good food and good fellowship, the 3^rd annual Pig Jig will take place on Saturday September 13, 2008 benefitting The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford and Central Children.  The event has garnered a great deal of success in its short history and its looking for even more in 2008.  For more information, to purchase tickets to eat the day’s fair or to enter your team to capture this year’s trophy, visit the official Pig Jig website at http://www.carolinapigjig.com/.

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“Day with The Phoenix” Brings Home Children to Campus

With the support and organizational skills of Elon undergraduate Kyle Johnson, residents of The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford experienced a unique day on the campus of Elon University.  Combining his learning in marketing and public relations along with his passion for helping children, Kyle created a fun and fascinating experience for the young residents of the Home.  Including an on-campus lunch and Elon merchandise, the day culminated in a behind the scenes look at the Elon athletics department and a trip to a home baseball game.  Kyle is the founder and director of this wonderful, charitable program at the University, which just completed its first full year of giving to others.  As Kyle states in a recent recruiting article for the program, “during its inaugural year last year, "Day With the Phoenix" was able to plan and execute four field trips to various Elon sporting events for local kids organizations.  On those trips, the kids were able to interact with our Elon student-athletes and see where motivation, priority, and determination could take them in life”.  A wonderful idea, by a equally as wonderful student-athlete, determined to make a difference in the world.  Thanks Kyle for a one-in-a-life-time experience for the kids of MHCO.

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