in my year as Master of our Lodge i held a child ID day, two blood drives, three charity breakfasts, five charity dinners and brought things for Masonic Vets and their ward mates at our local VA hospital. all of which i'm sure is fairly typical of the kinds things done all around the country.
> all of which i’m sure is fairly typical of the kinds things done all around the country.
Our Lodge provides scholarships to talented youths so that they can study music at University. We’ve also been sponsors for the refurbishment of a massive antique pipe organ at the Auckland Town Hall: that’s an amazing project because it all has to be taken to bits and shipped to Germany, then repaired and shipped all the way back, half-way ‘round the world. By time it’s done musicians from around the world will want to play this instrument.
Freemasonry sometimes gets criticized for being inwardly-focused and helping only fellow Masons. Those two examples I’ve given happen for the greater civic good.