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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2022
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■ In a local population of 142,000, Community Support Frankston helps nearly 13,000 people each year. That’s almost 10 per cent of the local population, providing support like basic living essentials and emergency food relief. For five years, the Freemasons Lodge of Honour, with support from Freemasons Foundation Victoria, has contributed funds to Community Support Frankston to help those experiencing financial hardship in the local community. The assistance began in 2018, when the Lodge was on a search for a charity to support in the local area. The then Secretary had a mate, another Freemason, who was a volunteer at Community Support Frankston. Current Lodge Secretary Harry Grayson explained how the partnership began. “We went down there to see what they were doing. Back then, they weren’t supporting nearly as many families as they do now.” Lodge members liked that Community Support Frankston was run largely by volunteers. “We went back to the Lodge and presented CSF as an option, and everyone was totally on board, in full agreement of this being our cause. So we started fundraising at Bunnings.”
● From left: Ron Nelson; Steve Phillips (Manager, Community Support Frankston); Ross Dolbel; Harry Grayson (Lodge of Honour Secretary); Neil Cripps (Freemasons Foundation Executive Officer) and Ian Hatch.
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Harry says that a Bunnings sausage sizzle is ‘the classic’ in fundraising. The Lodge of Honour runs two per year, and they write up on a blackboard who the funds are going to be donated to. “People come and ask us about it. They ask what else they can do to support it.” Steve Phillips, CSF Manager, said the bulk of the Lodges’ and FFV’s support goes straight into the emergency relief account. “We try and put as much money as is humanly possible into emergency relief programs,” he explained. “These programs help pay for essential pharmaceutical scripts, they help with people’s bills, petrol vouchers, even Myki passes – to help people get to work, get kids to school, get to an essential medical appointment or a job interview. “CSF has accounts with local pharmacies, in case someone reaches out because they can’t afford an asthma pump for their child or stuff they don’t have on hand at the centre all the time like a walking frame, or incontinence pads.” The Lodge members have grown their contribution yearly, and the latest donation, assisted by the Foundation, has grown to a cheque presentation of $6000.
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