On our family Burns Night, we raised £445 from the raffle, £65 from Heads and Tails, £64 from the auction of a hamper. £574 for charity. Watch a film of our piper sharing his £2000 goal below. https://fb.watch/icMM1tgCqC/

WM Whittern presented the Piper with a cheque for £250 for @CHSW as his chosen charity at our Family Burns Night. That’s £400 this week from our two Burns Nights.

£360 was collected from the raffle and a cheque for £150 to @CHSW towards the piper’s chosen charity where he hopes to make £2000 this year.

Burns Nights are used to install new members to Hambrook Lodge, our newest member enjoying a fantastic evening.
RIP WBro Jim Mail and thank you for all the Burns Suppers you delivered for Hambrook Lodge 8909. Jim passed away in summer 2022. after 62 years in Freemasonry.

There is also a Family Burns Night 2023 on Saturday 21st January 7pm. (bookings are now open with WBro Durman)
Please see the poster below to contact WBro Durman..

At Hambrook lodge we celebrate Robert Burns Night every year in late winter, this is just one of our themed meetings and is very popular every year.
New members are very welcome, join us as a visitor, a joining member or as new Freemason, we would love to hear from you.

“Hambrook Lodge held their late winter evening tonight and what a fantastic start to the world of Freemasonry for their newest initiate at this First Degree who seemed to love the entire magical event.

As Grand Officers and Provincial Officers sang the dedicated Entered Apprentices song to him, and warmth filled the room, the ceremony beforehand was brilliant as well, and it was so efficient it finished earlier than planned, and the Worshipful Master and officers delivered like a well oiled machine.

WBro Nick who has been away for two years because of the pandemic has dedicated money raised in his year to Project 21 which is to buy three scanners for the NHS which are £100,000 each, and this evening Nick gave £1000 towards that cause which will eventually save countless lives. See https://www.glosmasons.org.uk/news/project-21-because-early-diagnosis-saves-lives?fbclid=IwAR3WhBy9xqkh7oNXAZ43aN8SkEVlx8Fm5SaaVHcz8P7fxr2uh0ICPBP64b0

The raffle and draw raised £269.10 for local charities, and the Worshipful Master Chris Northcott will be asking the local community to apply for funding and money raised in his year will help local groups to make a difference.

In their January meeting at Hambrook Lodge the piper who was trained in Edinburgh many moons ago couldn’t make the ceremony for Burns Night this year but Hambrook Lodge gave his charity £100 this evening in appreciation anyway, and that charity is Bristol Child Contact Centre, and doing wonderful work for young people.

Absent Brethren was dedicated moreso to those who’ve lost loved ones and those who’ve suffered throughout Covid and Brethren remembered others past and present”.

Our 2022 February meeting was also a First Degree to to welcome a new member our lodge. Below the lodge sang the Entered Apprentice’s song to him.