Group offers Thanksgiving dinner at Masonic Lodge

[jason]

When Rose and Eugene Moon started planning Thanksgiving dinner, they thought no more than 50 people would come.
Now, they're preparing a meal for more than 300.
"We wanted to do something to help out those who are struggling because the economy is so bad," Rose Moon said Monday. "We knew a lot of people in need wouldn't be able to get anything for Thanksgiving."
She called up family friends Troy and Heather Phillips and Russell and Jason Gee to help fund the meal at the Masonic Lodge on Lakeshore Drive.
"It started small, with us thinking about the elderly people in the community who had lost loved ones or have kids that live across the country and wouldn't have any place to go," Troy Phillips said.
"Now, it's grown into that, plus people who aren't fortunate in the community."
After Phillips was featured on the radio last week to promote the meal, the RSVP numbers exploded.


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[removed12612]

Are you the "Jason" mentioned in the article?

 

[Brother Liberty]

This is awesome, and puts a big masonic smile on my face! Congrats to all those involved. We have a lodge in our district that started this last year and served over 200 meals right out of the gate. It seems that many people came from other towns because they did not want to get a free meal in their own town.

We had hoped to do it in our lodge as well but we cannot because we do not have a commercial kitchen.

 

[Lieutenant]

When Rose and Eugene Moon started planning Thanksgiving dinner, they thought no more than 50 people would come.
Now, they're preparing a meal for more than 300.
"We wanted to do something to help out those who are struggling because the economy is so bad," Rose Moon said Monday. "We knew a lot of people in need wouldn't be able to get anything for Thanksgiving."
She called up family friends Troy and Heather Phillips and Russell and Jason Gee to help fund the meal at the Masonic Lodge on Lakeshore Drive.
"It started small, with us thinking about the elderly people in the community who had lost loved ones or have kids that live across the country and wouldn't have any place to go," Troy Phillips said.
"Now, it's grown into that, plus people who aren't fortunate in the community."
After Phillips was featured on the radio last week to promote the meal, the RSVP numbers exploded.


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[Lieutenant]

Feeding the Hungry

Nothing ever makes a man feel better about himself than knowing that he has helped to keep another from going hungry, even if it was only for a day, or even for one meal. God will bless your efforts, and your rewards are assured. You may not see them immediately, but they will come.

We at Evansville #64 took on such a project a few years ago. We, in conjunction with a local childrens sanctuary, try to feed some of our local children of the inner city at least once a month. We did struggle with the cost of the program for a long time, but our resolve was to keep it going. God has helped us in our efforts by finding sponsors for the cause. These sponsors have cut our costs by more than 90%, which so far allows us to keep this project alive and well.

Thanksgiving to all my Brothers around the world. May your holidays be joyous and your tribulations few!

 

[jason]

Are you the "Jason" mentioned in the article?

Negative Ghost Rider. I offered one year to purchase a few meals from Publix and donate them to our Lodge so we can have something, but it never went anywhere.