What types of Masonic Charities exist in British Columbia?
A. The Freemasons of British Columbia purchased a fleet of vehicles in 1989 and established a Volunteer Driver Program which operates in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, and in the Okanagan. The program provides transportation, free of charge, for cancer patients from their homes, the airport and bus depots, to the various cancer treatment centres, and return. This project, which has approximately 250 volunteer; 90 per cent of whom are Freemasons, operates in conjunction with the Canadian Cancer Society. Each year Freemasons, in addition to the Cancer Car Project, contribute many thousands of dollars toward providing medical equipment to hospitals, health centres, and to local community projects throughout British Columbia. Financial assistance is also directed to schools for handicapped children, bursaries for deserving students, and assistance to the elderly. Freemasons support youth activities such as the International Order of Job’s Daughters and The Order of DeMolay.
