Hyderabad, November 06, 2024……The city’s primary unit of Freemasonry, the Lodge Keys No. 297 is to celebrate its 30th anniversary tomorrow in the city at Goshamahal Baradari Masonic Building. Padma Shri T.N. MANOHARAN, Regional Grand Master of the Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India will be the Chief Guest.
To mark the occasion and celebrate the same Lodge Keys has embarked on several initiatives.
It announced the “Be a CPR Ambassador” program which is aimed at producing 1000 CPR Ambassadors in the next 12 months. So far 120 are trained. All are trained free of cost. The training is being done in association with GVK Green Health Services (Formerly GVK EMRI, known for its 108 ambulance services). It is its community outreach program. Individuals who wish to become CPR Ambassadors may reach out to Lodge Keys. Also, NGOs and corporates who wants to join and the strengthen the hands of the Lodge Keys in this noble cause may also reach out the Keys members on mobile: 9848042020
It rolled out a novel program “Satyameva Jayate”, a program to produce 100 Values Ambassadors, who in turn get into the society, visit schools and take classes in the schools for children on Moral Education/Values and propagate the same. The initiative was rolled out at Saraswathi Vidya Mandir, Opp IMax in Saifabad. The initiative will impact 25000 school children in the next one year.
“Cycle Recycle” was another initiative undertaken by the Lodge. The lodge has collected 50 old and abandoned cycles which are in working condition. They are being repaired to put to use for the poor students whose parents cannot afford to buy them new cycles. The Lodge will present 50 Recycled Bicycles to the needy during the celebration. All these old cycles were donated by various citizens in the city and they were collected by the Lodge and being retro-fitted.
To make the celebration a grand affair, the members of the Lodge Keys also embarked on another ambitious initiative. They have initiated a Rolling Trophy-Value Values. It will soon identify an individual or an organization who is working to spread moral values in the society. Such an individual or an organization will be handpicked and felicitated with the Value Values Rolling Trophy stated Mr. Radheyshyam Tiwari, the Worshipful Master (the head) of the Lodge Keys in a press note issued in the city today.
Soon a Webinar on Fundraising for NGOs, individuals and a campaign Random Acts of Kindness, a campaign to promote kindness in the society will be organized. And it will open to all. It is also bringing out a book on its 30 years journey.