Thursday, September 4, 2008

The Ohio Masonic Home Report

Ohio Masonic Home Report

As your representative from the Grand Council R&SM to the Board of the Ohio Masonic Home, I bring you news and information from my perspective. You may have heard these things before or maybe not. I ask you to consider them in view of your role as a Mason, and as within the Cryptic rite.

We have pledged to offer assistance to worthy distressed Master Masons, their widows and orphans. These are some of the efforts of the Senior Services available by the OMH. The Companions with their Councils and/or Lodges can participate in the I-Care program to help some of the Companions or their families in need.

The Home Health Services program (Masonic Helping Hands) is growing in availability to offer Masons and their families the opportunity to stay in their homes and still receive the coordination of assistance to do the things they cannot do themselves. The OMH is working on the expansion of this program across the state.

There are several OMH facilities and campuses across the state with different settings and opportunities. They stand ready to serve our Companions and their families in need. Look to them for respite, recovery, and rehabilitation.
Support for the OMH and its philanthropy is an ongoing need.

Consideration of the services available when we or our Companions are in need is an idea which should be shared.

Fraternally,

Ross R. Black II