committee under the leadership of GIG Frank Jarvis and his team. Fraters and volunteers including the youth packed the bags which were delivered to passers-by and to other destinations by the compass of First Lieutenant Commander Carlton Smith. Overflow bags were delivered to shelters and churches across the city.
Cradle to College—Illinois
The Cradle to College Program is alive and well in the Valley of East St. Louis. Members of Tyree #64 held a session with 4th through 7th grade youth at the hall of Southern Cross Lodge #112 to discuss the future. Led by SGIG Brett Frierson, members of Tyree shared their vocations and encouraged students to pursue college to obtain degrees that will take them further in life financially, or get a trade and skill that will stay with them for the duration of their lives. Teron Mister, an East St. Louis Police Officer, further elaborated on the importance of making good decisions to keep them from visiting him.
Tyree Consistory #64 prepared 75 food boxes for needy families to ensure they had a meal for the holiday. One box fed a family of 6. Potentially 450 people were fed from these labors.
First Tee Honors Pickett
In Jan. 2024 Grand Inspector General Oscar Pickett of Richard E. Moore Lodge # 1 0 9 a n d W e s t e r n Consistory #28 of Chicago, was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by First
Holiday Season Efforts
Tee Golf program of Greater New Orleans. First Tee is a youth development organization that enables kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, it creates active learning experiences that build inner strength, self -confidence, and resilience that kids can carry to everything they do. Pickett has taught the game of Golf to both boys and girls of all ages in the First Tee program. He is still playing a few holes here and there when he can. He just turned 90 yrs young this past July. Congratulations.
Western Consistory extended its long tradition of executing the SGIG Ernest L. Johnson Christmas Basket Program on December 16, 2023 at the Grand East. Bags filled with turkeys, canned vegetables and non-perishable items were given to Chicagoland families at 809 East Cottage Grove and delivered to the homes of families in need and to the homes of widows of deceased Fraters of the Valley of Chicago. Nearly one thousand turkeys were purchased by the
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