Traditionally at its Christmas meeting, Kynaston Lodge holds a raffle with members of the Lodge contributing festive food and drinks into a hamper all under the direction of the Lodge’s Charity Steward.
This year, for obvious reasons, members were unable to undertake this important fund-raising project in the usual way. However some inspired thinking by W.Bro. Mark Upex, the Lodge Charity Steward, ably assisted by one of the Lodge’s IT elves, Bro. George Kontakos and on-line raffle was set up on the Lodge website. (https://kynastonlodge.org.uk/) The single prize was a donated Fortnum and Mason Festive hamper.
Promoting within the Lodge and across other Lodges in the Province, the draw took place via a ZOOM virtual meeting on the evening of the 22nd December when Bro. Mark’s daughter, Catherine, drew the winning ticket from the 192 tickets sold. The winner was W.Bro. Bob Wordsworth, the Lodge Almoner, and his hamper was safely delivered on the 23rd in time for Christmas.
Bro. Mark was delighted to announce to the ZOOM gathering that after a small expenditure, a grand total of £963 had been generated toward the Festival 2023 fund. A truly superb effort, well done.
