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Who are the Shriners?
What community services do the Shriners provide?
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Shriners of North America is, at its most basic level, a fraternity.started in Manhattan back in 1870, when some gents - members of what’s widely considered the world’s oldest fraternity, Masonry - were hanging out at their favorite tavern.They thought Masonry, which traces its roots to stonemasons and craftsmen of the Middle Ages , was a tad too focused on ritual. These guys wanted a fraternity that stressed fun and fellowship. An analytical mind Walter M. Fleming, M.D. - and an artistic type - Billy Florence, an actor Florence conceptualized the idea for a Near East-themed organization after attending a party thrown by an Arabian diplomat proposed pomp-and-circumstance, drafting the fraternity’s name, initiation rites, rituals and rules.They designed the new fraternity’s emblem, devised a salutation and determined the red fez with a black tassel would be the group’s official headgear and named it TEMPLE.
http://www.shrinershq.org/files/shrine/photos_inside/primer-cover.gif
The first meet was in 1872. Membership grew rapidly across the United States in the early 1900s and even spread to Canada, Mexico and Panama.
Today, there are 400,000 shrines from about 191 chapters.
The community services provided by the shrines.
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Shriners Hospitals for Children is a one-of-a-kind international health care system dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs.Children up to the age of 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate are eligible for admission and receive all care in a family-centered environment at no financial obligation to patients or families.
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For further info:
http://www.shrinershq.org/files/members/pdf/Mem_ShrinerPrimer.pdf
Shriners of North America is, at its most basic level, a fraternity.started in Manhattan back in 1870, when some gents - members of what’s widely considered the world’s oldest fraternity, Masonry - were hanging out at their favorite tavern.They thought Masonry, which traces its roots to stonemasons and craftsmen of the Middle Ages , was a tad too focused on ritual. These guys wanted a fraternity that stressed fun and fellowship. An analytical mind Walter M. Fleming, M.D. - and an artistic type - Billy Florence, an actor Florence conceptualized the idea for a Near East-themed organization after attending a party thrown by an Arabian diplomat proposed pomp-and-circumstance, drafting the fraternity’s name, initiation rites, rituals and rules.They designed the new fraternity’s emblem, devised a salutation and determined the red fez with a black tassel would be the group’s official headgear and named it TEMPLE.
The first meet was in 1872. Membership grew rapidly across the United States in the early 1900s and even spread to Canada, Mexico and Panama.
Today, there are 400,000 shrines from about 191 chapters.
The community services provided by the shrines.
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Shriners Hospitals for Children is a one-of-a-kind international health care system dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs.Children up to the age of 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate are eligible for admission and receive all care in a family-centered environment at no financial obligation to patients or families.
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For further info:
http://www.shrinershq.org/files/members/pdf/Mem_ShrinerPrimer.pdf
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