Provincial News
- Written by: Gerry Crawford
What do you do with your used home or office printer ink cartridges?
Why not put them in the pre-paid Recycle4Charity envelope available at your local Masonic centre and post it. Its as simple as that.
The Provincial Grand Charity will be paid £1 for each cartridge on the wanted list.
Makes you can recycle include HP, Dell, Lexmark, Canon, Samsung, Neopost. Please don’t send Epson or Kodak cartridges as they are actually ink tanks, not inkjets and unfortunately are not on the wanted list. Laser/toner cartridges are also not accepted.
Inkjet cartridges must be in suitable condition to be recycled. Only virgin cartridges on the wanted items list raise money for charity when recycled. All inkjet cartridges must pass a visual inspection & electrical test. "Virgin Cartridges" mean cartridges which have not been refilled before and carry only the original equipment manufacturers branding. Cartridges don’t have donation value if they:
- are damaged
- have been previously refilled
- have been labelled for another brand like Tesco, PC World or Office Depot
- have labels removed or extra holes
In the event of a query please contact your local Charity Steward or the Provincial Grand Charity Steward, WBro Gerry Crawford.
WBro Gerry can be contacted via the contact form.
- Written by: John Fergusson
By way of getting 2016 off to a very fine start, Buckby Castle Chapter Exalted its newest member, Comp Peter Austin, on Wednesday 6th January in a most exemplary manner. MEZ E Comp Chris Beck led from the front in producing a superb ceremony that Companion Austin will, for certain, look back on with a great deal of affection for years to come.
Particularly praiseworthy was the work by the two Sojourners, Comp Mick Stevens and Comp Chris Postins who together produced remarkable performances which were warmly appreciated by all those present, including the Second Provincial Grand Principal, E Comp George Clayton and Deputy Director of Ceremonies E Comp Jeff Chambers.
Pictured above are (l to r): E Comp Graham Ballinger, E Comp Chris Beck, Comp Peter Austin and E Comp Trevor Moore.
Equally remarkable, and totally unexpected was the musical accompaniment for the ceremony. E Comp Mike Shepherd (pictured right) having developed a system controlled by his iPad acted as Organist for the evening and the music throughout was quite superb. The odes etc, were all performed as normal, the cueing was extremely accurate, and music of the highest standard was provided throughout the ceremony.
Congratulations and well done E Comp Mike, and Thank You for the Music.
- Written by: Rob Taylor
The brethren of Cytringan Lodge 4048 in Kettering made sure seventy local under privileged children received a Christmas Day out after the Lodge agreed to fund the coach transportation costs for their trip.
Pictured are Worshipful Master, WBro Keith Riddle presenting the cheque to Youth Works leader Cindy Whiting.
- Written by: Rob Taylor
WBro Batton presented a cheque for £1500.00 to the Arthritis Reasearch UK charity from money raised during his year in the chair. WBro Joe Batton was Worshipful Master of Sothius Lodge No 8774 in 2012. WBro Batton says he chose this charity because most of us will at sometime in our life suffer from this awful disease, and he has witnessed personally the benefits that can be gained from this research.
