Connecticut's Columbia Lodge No. 25 to raise scholarship funds with wine-tasting event

Now here's a great idea for a Masonic fundraiser.

Instead of selling white flour pancakes and questionable sausage links at 7 a.m., or gumming up everyone's arteries with greasy trans-fat-and-hormone-filled fried chicken and cold spaghetti, Columbia Lodge No. 25 of South Glastonbury, Connecticut, is doing something healthy and fun — conducting a wine-tasting event to raise funds for their scholarship program.

The lodge's second Annual Fall Wine Tasting Festival will be held on Saturday, October 6, from 7-10 pm at the lodge, located at 895 Main St. in South Glastonbury.

Tickets are available for a donation of $25. A maximum of 100 people will be admitted. Tickets are available at South Side Wine & Spirit Shoppe in South Glastonbury.

At last year's first annual event, $1000 was raised for the scholarship fund.

A silent auction will also be held, and door prizes will be given.

See the lodge's website for more information.

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Iowa Masonic lodge donates $25K for scholarships

The New Hampton (Iowa) Masonic lodge has donated $25,000.00 to the New Hampton Community School Educational Foundation. The funds are designated for future scholarships to deserving graduates on an annual basis, the Cresco Times reports.

In the past, the lodge has donated smaller amounts on a yearly basis. They hope that by endowing the foundation with a larger sum, interest accrued can also be used for future scholarships.

Image: Steve Riley, Lavern Nelson and Al Riley Jr. handing check to New Hampton Community School Superintendent Karlos McClure

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