Shriners Hospitals

General published information | September 20, 2002 | Self

[oldtimer]

Every day throughout the year, Shriners Hospitals for Childen are providing some of the worlds best medical care in a family-centered environment totally free of charge.

With 22 Hospitals in the US, Canada and Mexico, kids under 18 are treated for orthopeadic problems, severe burns, and spinal cord injuries.

Using top-notch medical techniques, hospital staff focus attention on each childs overall physical and emotional well being.

This year, with a budget of $567 million, Shriners Hospitals will spend $1.55 million every 24 hours to pay for this expert medical care. Never in 79 years has a patient or an insurance company been billed for any of this treatment. That means since 1922 650,000 patients have been helped at a total cost of over $5.1 billion.

Another Masonic body (yes Shriners are Masons), is the Scottish Rite which includes the world class reknown hospital in Dallas for deformed children with an annual budget of $60 million also provides no charge services. The Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas began as a small polio hospital for children, and since the 20's has treated nearly 500,000 children. The Scottish Rite dyslexic centers around the US, are world class, and making a great contribution .

[oldtimer]

I spent a couple of hours today on the 'Bucket Brigade' collecting for the Shriners Hospitals, along with one of my sons, my daughter, a valued fellow employee, and a bunch of great people. It's great to be a Mason and great to be a Shriner.

[JCG]

My former assistant's daughter had scoliosis of the spine and was able to get treatment through the Shriners. She was very thankful for the help she received from them.

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[sonjay]

In case anyone's interested in more information about this wonderful organization, this is the Shriners Hospitals Web site.

[drew]

Nice post. I'm glad to see it since I donate money to the Shriners.

[kms61]

Nice post, but I'm thinking the tinfoil brigade will be showing up on this thread soon.

[oldtimer]

Am ready for them, and looking forward to it.

[deport]

Bump for the help given to the children

[curmudgeonII]

the tinfoil brigade will be showing up on this thread soon

I think you've got it right. Once it dawns on the loonies that the Shriners are Masons expect the same hate posts on Masonry that has flooded this forum for years.

[philetus]

I`d like to watch it but I'm getting a page not here

[oldtimer]

Go: www.shrinershq.org

In this 'new age'organizations like the Mason no longer are as important as they were once despite that fact that 14 Presidents of the US, and two more who tried in the last twenty years are Masons.

This country was founded by Masons.

[brewcrew]

Once it dawns on the loonies that the Shriners are Masons

I thought they were just old guys who drove tiny little cars in the 4th of July parade.

[JCG]

I`d like to watch it but I'm getting a page not here

You must mean the link to the docu. The GeoCities website gets overloaded from time to time. Keep trying and you should be able to download it, eventually.

America's Fifth Column ... watch PBS documentary JIHAD! In America
New Link: Download 8 Mb zip file here (60 minute video)

[curmudgeonII]

Sometime you may wish to post on some of the other charities which are also funded by masonic bodies, such as the Knight Templar eye foundation, Scottish Rite educational efforts, Chapter and Council charities and the many educational scholarships which are given by masonic entities.

[Humidston]

Well well....lookie here. Oldtimer, I'm just so proud of you I don't know what to do. How about I clasp your hand, do a little dance and shout for joy -

UGGA BUGGA!!
(&)

ROCK ON!!

[oldtimer]

Good, maybe one of these days, hopefully you will get the picture. Please remember the US News and World Reports article from 8/26 TO 9/2 Devil in a red fez - which painted Masons as devil worshipers being one of the great hoaxes of all time.

Poisened by the tinfoil and looney tune crowd, you have a closed mind, and that is sad.

[Humidston]

I was jerking your chain, you old coot. Besides, I love showing you I can do HTML that you can't... ;-)

Keep smilin' cuz you're a good boy.

[Billthedrill]

Yeah, but they're only setting up the kiddies so they can sacrifice them to Satan on their bloodstained altars...oh, wait a minute, that's the Elks, isn't it? Sorry...

Seriously, I had a friend whose child was badly burned in a car wreck. It is difficult to describe the feeling of watching a child in intractable pain - I know how I felt visiting and I don't even want to think about how the mother felt...I, and she, will be forever grateful to the Shriners for the state-of-the-art treatment that the kid got, gratis.

[tubebender]

My former assistant's daughter had scoliosis of the spine and was able to get treatment through the Shriners. She was very thankful for the help she received from them

I too have scoliosis and spent 6 months in the old Shriners Hospital on 19th Ave in San Francisco in 1945. One of the great experiences of my life at the time. I was 12 when I went in.

[strela]

BUMP for a worthy cause. The Shriners truly don't get the credit they deserve.