Dear Fraternal Family –

Were you aware that due to a dangerous home environment, more than 100 women per month in our community must literally flee their homes (often with their children) with just the clothes they are wearing and whatever money and personal items they can grab. The City of Peoria Crisis Center is a part of Operation Care Ministry, which directly supports these women and children by providing shelter, food and clothing.

Peoria Chapter #59, Order of the Eastern Star, is very much involved with the Peoria Crisis Center, providing the Center with clothing on an ongoing basis as well as personal care bags that contain small toiletry items to help these ladies through those initial unsettling days at the Center.

How You Can Help

We are asking our extended Masonic Family to participate with Peoria Chapter in our effort to provide for the care, love and support of our local women and children in the following manner:

*     Donate clean new or good used clothing of all types and sizes for both women and children
*     Save and donate the toiletry items from the hotels you use while traveling
*     Donate dollars directly to Peoria Chapter to be used for the purchase of the personal care bags

Your points of contact are:
Lynn Albert, PM; Chair of the Crisis Center Project
Nancy Rodger, PM; Chair of the Linus Project
Marsha Young, Worthy Matron
Howard Davis, Worthy Patron

Thanks so much in advance for your participation and support of these worthwhile projects.

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