Craft News
- Written by: Gerry Crawford
In a message to the Province, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and MCF 2024 Festival Chairman, VWBro Charles Bennett, has announced that the Festival has raised £1m in just over two-years since it was launched.
- Written by: Simon Key
We are pleased to announce that the Mark Province of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire has made a donation of £1,000 towards the 2024 MCF Festival.
The Provincial Grand Master, RWBro Max Bayes said:
In these awful times it is understandable if the fact that we are in Festival is sometimes overlooked. I am therefore all the more grateful to have received this most generous donation from the Brethren of the Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire Mark Province.
- Written by: Peter Robinson
Thanks to a WhatsApp message received by Wellingborough and Rushden Group Officer, WBro Bob Smith PAGDC, and a subsequent MCF-donation of £2,000 swiftly organised by the Provincial Grand Master, RWBro Max Bayes, Lee Traynor's Corby-based company, Pronto Images, has been able to manufacture an extra 2,000 protective face visors to protect NHS staff and other frontline key-workers in the battle against COVID-19.
- Written by: John Fergusson
The Inter-Lodge Quiz has proved exceptionally popular with 39-teams entering the contest in a bid to be crowned the smartest lodge in the Province.
As a result of this popularity, 14-teams will compete in a preliminary round. These teams have been drawn at random by the Assistant Provincial Grand Master, WBro Mark Constant.
For those who don't wish to watch the video-recording of the draw, please view the rest of the article to see the results.