From Masonic Families of the Allegheny Valley

This just came to my attention. On August 16th this year. The Order of Eastern Star visited the Erie Shriners Hospital for Children, with check in hand. Grand Esther, Coralee J. Rittenhouse, along with other members of the Order, handed the medical center a check for $15,428 and took a tour of the medical center. Rittenhouse says, "I'm so glad that Emily McCarthy, Grand Matron, asked me to make this presentation to Shriners Hospital for Children. My husband's a Shriner and we're all in the Masonic family, so we're really excited to present this money to the medical center." David Schumacher, development officer, Shriners Hospital for Children is grateful for the donation. "Donations like these are so important because they go directly to our mission of providing the highest quality orthopedic care for kids, regardless of the families' ability to pay."