"Freemasonry is a charitable society… it is devoted to the promotion of the welfare of mankind."
Van Dyke Parker, Grand Master of Masons in Wisconsin - 1948
KID-ID PROGRAMBy William L Stonecipher, Editor The Wisconsin Masonic Journal
DOUSMAN - "Kid ID" programs nationwide have gained a well earned national reputation for assisting in the identification and location of youngsters in the event they are runaways, kidnapped, abducted, or reported as missing. Child identification materials are usually distributed in kit-form, just as the Grand Lodge KID ID Program is. Our KID ID kit contains a space for the child’s name and address, fingerprints, recent photograph, physical description, distinguishing marks and blood type. The kit also contains ink for fingerprinting. Parents or guardians are to keep completed kits in a readily accessible safe place for use when and if needed. The hope and prayer of everyone involved of course, is that they will never be needed. Fire departments, law enforcement agencies and schools, mainly, have been using one form of KID ID program or another for several years. Too often, however, it is on a hit or miss basis or on a limited scale. This is where the Masonic Fraternity has an edge. With 23,000 members and 228 lodges, the Masons of Wisconsin have the wherewithal to take the benefits of a KID ID program statewide on an ongoing basis.
Reprinted from The Wisconsin Masonic Journal February, 1998
For more information contact your local Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of WisconsinThe Waterloo Lodge participates in the KID-ID Program by distributing kits to the Waterloo and Marshall Public Schools as well as the private schools in the area.
Scholarships The members of the Waterloo Masonic Lodge are pleased to be able to have presented two $500.00 scholarships this year. One was presented to a graduating senior from Marshall High School and the other to a graduating senior from Waterloo High School.
Square Bears The Square Bear Program is designed for local Lodges to provide Teddy Bears to local emercency services agencies for children in time of need. When a child is lost and then found by a police officer, or needs to be transported by ambulance, for example, a bear is given to the child for added security in a insecure time. The Waterloo Lodge makes the bears available to the Marshall and Waterloo EMS, Fire, and Police Departments.
Adopt-A-Highway The members of the Waterloo Masonic Lodge participates in the State of Wisconsin program entitled Adopt-A-Highway. The program is designed for local organizations and companies to assist the local and state government by picking up trash long the side of designated highways. The Waterloo Lodge is responsible for State Highway 19 starting at the Dane/Jefferson county line proceeding west approximately 1.5 miles to Cherry Lane. This stretch is cleaned twice a year by Lodge members.
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