Dear Friends:
The mission of the Most Worshipful Union Grand
Lodge Foundation (MWUGLF) is to support the community at large by
awarding scholarships to community members that are actively engaged in
pursuing their higher education, and to provide financial assistance to
those that are in need by making charitable donations to various
community organizations.
We believe that investing in our youth
today through education, literacy and scholarship will contribute to
changing the landscape of our communities from our youth being victims
of circumstances to victors in the game of life. Our organization can
only achieve our goal, of supporting our community in this enormous way,
with the assistance of generous donations from community organizations
like yours. These programs ensure that recipients may further benefit
from teachings at our institutions of higher learning and ensures that
continuous research can be done to find cures for the diseases that
plague our society.
For the last 10 years, we have supported at
least 10 students with a $1500 academic endowment and a $500 book
stipend each school year. We have set a new long term goal to increase
that number to 50 students per academic year. Additionally, we have made
many charitable donations to several organizations. These donations
include over $60,000 awarded in scholarships, education resources and to
the United Negro College Fund. Over $29,000 awarded toward medical
assistance, which includes a $10,000 award to the American Breast Cancer
Society and a $10,000 award to the Sickle Cell Foundation. And finally,
over $23,000 was awarded to various community charitable projects and
activities which includes over $4,100 awarded to the Knights of
Pythagoras Youth Council for boys and Starlight Youth Council for girls.
This brings our total charitable donations to date to over $112,000. Our
goal is to increase our community outreach to an additional $100,000.
We would like to expand our community outreach by increasing our
charitable contributions toward our programmatic funding of our various
community programs with an emphasis on Youth programs and activities. In
the last 10 years, we have established over 30 Knights of Pythagoras
Youth Council for boys throughout the State of Florida, which provide a
comprehensive youth developmental environment that will enable our young
men to develop and mature as citizens and tomorrow’s leaders.
Additionally, we have established over 20 Starlight Youth Council for
girls, which provide real life skills training and experience through
counseling with the emphasis on building a healthy self-esteem along
with various educational outreach programs. We would like to expand this
effort to at least 100 Knights of Pythagoras Youth Councils for boys and
Starlight Council for girls.
All contributions to the MWUGL
Foundation, a 501 ( c) 3 tax deductible organization, are fully
deductible.
Honorable Jeffery G. Jones – 19th Grand Master
Mr.
Jordin T. Chandler - Chair
Mr. John Grayson – Co-Chair
Mr. Henry B. Parker - Member
Mr. Charlie Roberts – Member
Mr. Jerry Urso - Member
Mr. Juan Vega -
Member