Christmas & Charity Fund
Established generations ago to provide quiet relief at the holidays for widows of departed Brethren and for families in need. Funded by Brethren of the Lodge throughout the year and disbursed by the Charity Committee.
Relief
Charity Quietly Done
"To soothe the unhappy, sympathize with their misfortunes, compassionate their miseries, and restore peace to their troubled minds is the great aim we have in view."
Our First Duty
The Mason's Charge
After his obligation to God and his family, a Mason's first duty is the relief of his fellow man. This is not a side activity of Freemasonry — it is, with brotherly love and truth, one of the three pillars on which the Craft stands.
Across North America, Freemasonry contributes more than two million dollars per day to charitable causes. Most of it is given quietly, through programs of the Grand Lodges and through the long arm of the appendant bodies — the Shrine, the Scottish Rite, the York Rite, and the Eastern Star.
Silver State No. 95's part of that work is local. It begins with our neighbors, in our city, in our schools.
Across the Craft
By the Numbers
North-American Masonry sustains a remarkable network of philanthropic work, much of it more than a century old.
$2M+
Per Day in Charity (US)
22
Shriners Children's Hospitals
$10B+
Free Pediatric Care Since 1922
130+
Years Silver State Has Given
In Our City
What Silver State Does in Pueblo
Senior Scholarships
Each year Silver State No. 95 awards scholarships to graduating seniors of Pueblo's high schools to support their college education. These are merit-based and need-considered awards, made without regard to background or affiliation.
Junior Achievement Awards
Through Junior Achievement, the Lodge recognizes outstanding character and effort in Pueblo's middle-school students — investing in young people at the age when good habits become lasting ones.
Across the Year
Annual Observances
St. Johns Day Picnic
Fourth Saturday in June · Graham Masonic Park
The Lodge gathers each summer at Graham Masonic Park — with families, friends, and visiting Brethren — for the annual observance of the Feast of St. John the Baptist, one of Masonry's two patron saints. Awards, fellowship, and the long Colorado evening.
Sweetheart Dinner
February · Lodge Dining Hall
Held each year in February, our Sweetheart Dinner honors the wives, partners, and ladies of the Lodge — without whom the patient work of Masonry would be much harder, and a great deal less joyful.
Coffee & Donuts
Every Monday · 7:30–9:30 AM
Free, open to everyone, no Masonic affiliation required. The Lodge dining hall is open every Monday morning for coffee, donuts, fellowship, and good conversation. Bring a friend, bring a question, bring an appetite.
Annual Holiday Dinner
December · Lodge Dining Hall
A long-standing observance at the close of each Masonic year, with carols, food in abundance, and the warm fellowship of Brethren and their families. Always open to spouses and guests.
To relieve the distressed is a duty incumbent on all men, but particularly on Masons, who are linked together by an indissoluble chain of sincere affection.
— Charge to the Entered Apprentice