Freemasons help MS sufferers
Linslade Freemasons are joining the battle against a wasting disease.
Members at the Masonic Centre in Wing Road are helping hundreds of Thames Valley people hit by multiple sclerosis.
The illness attacks the central nervous system, making patients virtually prisoners in their own bodies.
The two lodges in Linslade – Taplow and St Barnabas – have made regular contributions to the Bucks Masonic Centenary Fund, enabling it to donate £15,000 to the newly-built Chilterns MS Centre in Wendover, Aylesbury, recently opened by actor Sir David Jason.
Now, thanks to the unit, some 600 patients throughout Bucks and the adjoining counties are receiving practical support to face up to the disease’s tragic consequences.
The donation has paid for vital equipment to enable a new building to become operational immediately, without having to wait months to raise money for the badly-needed kit, which includes communications devices, training-room furniture, a fully-equipped kitchen, and landscape gardening for the surrounding area.
And the deputy head of Linslade and Bucks Freemasons, Clifford Drake, said: “I thank everyone of the Linslade Freemasons who has made this work possible.”
The centre’s chief executive, Jo Woolf, said: “The support of Linslade Freemasons for such a wide range of equipment is invaluable and has enabled us to achieve so much so soon for so many.”
More on how freemasons help the community at www.buckspgl.org
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