The Orient Charities event is postponed until next spring. In its place on October 1st at 6:30pm the Portland Valley Temple will premiere Time Bandits, the 1981 adventure fantasy with masonic undertones rated PG with a runtime of 1hr 50min.
Summary: Young history buff Kevin (Craig Warnock) can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they’ve purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon (Ian Holm), Robin Hood (John Cleese) and King Agamemnon (Sean Connery) before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
Directed by Terry Gilliam and staring David Rappaport, John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond.
This feature will premiere in the main auditorium, the attire is casual, and family and friends are welcome. There will be pizza and beverages available for purchase!
By virtue of the generous support of our Speech Charity’s Doners the Oregon Scottish Rite Speech & Language Charity was able to provide a grant of $120,000 to the University of Oregon College of Education HEDCO Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic and in thanks we received the following letters of gratitude from UO College representatives.
On behalf of the UO College of Education HEDCO Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, we are incredibly grateful to the OR Scottish Rite Speech & Language Charity for the recent $120,000 award which is currently supporting summer camps for pediatric speech clients, and which will fully subsidize all pediatric speech sessions in the academic year ahead. The opportunity to ensure that all pediatric clients face no financial barriers to speech services is a true milestone in our Clinic and community, where demand for services continues to increase and families face ongoing financial constraints. We are proud to partner with OSR to help young Oregon children develop the communication skills they need to be successful at home, in school, and in life.
We recently acknowledged OSR’s generous support on the College of Education’s social media changes. I’ve provided links to those posts below.
Again, thank you for this investment in youth pediatric services in Lane County. We look forward to reporting back on the impact of this investment in the year ahead.
With gratitude, Esther, Director of Development, UO College of Education
I would like to add my appreciation for the OR Scottish Rite’s recent gift for pediatric speech/language services in our College of Education’s HEDCO Clinic. This gift makes such a difference to the children and families we serve!
Thank you for this impactful gift.
Warmly, Laura Lee, Dean & Castle-McIntosh-Knight Professor, UO College of Education
Thank you to all those who provided the contributions and support that made this endowment for the benefit of Oregon’s youth a possibility!
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Members experienced first hand what the contributions of Scottish Rite Masons do to enhance the lives of children throughout Oregon
EUGENE, OREGON (March 30, 2022) – Chairman of Orient Charities Illustrious Brother Bill Anton and Members of the Oregon Speech and Language Charity Board had the privilege of performing a site visit to the University of Oregon HEDCO Speech Pathology Clinic. The Charity Board oversees yearly disbursements to the pediatric section of the clinic; ranging from vital medical equipment & necessary operator training to full scholarships for children to receive services completely free of charge.
HEDCO provides diagnostic evaluations for speech & language/hearing disorders, as well as individual and group therapy. Contributions from the charity have been used to purchase and distribute telehealth equipment throughout Oregon allowing for more equitable dispersion of services. HEDCO is unique as it is a teaching clinic which allows our investment in the community to be twofold; over the past 6 years not only did Oregon Scottish Rite Masons sponsor care for 342 children, but our Orient Charity also helped to train 389 graduate students and clinicians.
The Oregon Speech & Language Charity is the Oregon Scottish Rite’s primary charity and was established in 1980 with the mission of helping language impaired children experience the joy of expressing ideas and being clearly understood. By partnering primarily with clinics on the campuses of the University of Oregon and Portland State University we are now able to serve over 3,000 children every year and we are growing with your help.
Oregon children who are dealing with Stuttering, Aphasia, Autism, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and a multitude of other communication disorders are being assisted by the Oregon Orient Speech & Language Charity.
All money given by this charity stays in Oregon helping Oregon children and our administrative costs are less than 1% of our budget.
As you file your 2021 taxes before Tax Day, we encourage our Scottish Rite Brethren to remember the values that support our tenets of Truth, Brotherly Love, and namely, Charity.
In considering your financial journey for the year ahead, this last value (Charity) is of particular importance. You can make a difference in the lives of children in Oregon and their families who support them, while creating a benefit for your finances.
One powerful way to give is by donating stock to the Oregon Scottish Rite Speech and Language Charity. When you transfer appreciated assets, you avoid paying the capital gains tax, meaning there are potential tax savings coming your way!
In addition, you are eligible to take a charitable deduction for the entire donation amount if you itemize deductions.
I hope you consider this powerful way to support the Oregon Scottish Rite Speech and Language Charity, and your savings, this tax season.
Sincerely and fraternally, Bruce Kundert, 33°, I∴G∴H∴ President Oregon Scottish Rite Speech and Language Charity
The Oregon Speech & Language Charity is the Oregon Scottish Rite’s primary charity and was established in 1980 with the mission of helping language impaired children experience the joy of expressing ideas and being clearly understood. By partnering primarily with clinics on the campuses of the University of Oregon and Portland State University we are now able to serve over 3,000 children every year and we are growing with your help. This year our Charity is once again teaming with the University of Oregon and Portland State University to expand the coverage to even more children by serving rural areas of Oregon by means of Tele-therapy through local clinics. The value of this philanthropy has long been apparent. Tens of thousands of youngsters across the United States have been helped significantly. The Scottish Rite has achieved successes to advance children who might have remained educationally behind for a lifetime. With the assistance of this Charity they can now talk, read and lead productive lives.
Oregon children who are dealing with Stuttering, Aphasia, Autism, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and a multitude of other communication disorders can be assisted by the Oregon Speech & Language Charity by your generous gift. Be assured, all money given will be used by this charity to insure it stays in Oregon helping Oregon children and our administrative costs are less than 1% of our budget.
Please consider supporting the Scottish Rite Speech and Language Charity by providing a generous gift to the location noted below.
The holidays are upon us and year’s end fast approaches. With the cold and inclement weather outside let us review some of the bright spots resulting from your Scottish Rite Speech & Language Charity.
Both University of Oregon and Portland State University Speech and Language programs have continued and thrived during the Covid pandemic. Over the past years the Scottish Rite Speech & Language Charity has provided funds for screenings, evaluations and speech therapy to young children throughout Oregon.
Our support has included funding for Tele-Practice development which has enabled both Universities to transition from in-person therapy to 100% remote service, and expanded the geographical range state wide of that service. Children on the coast, central, southern and eastern Oregon now receive speech therapy one to two times a week.
The Scottish Rite of Free Masonry Speech & Language Charity funding is helping to support the training of 84 Master’s students at PSU and 72 at the U of O. These Speech Language Pathologist’s (SLP’s) in-training know that Scottish Rite of Oregon is assisting in their development and will carry that knowledge into the field when they have completed the program. While a few will leave Oregon, the vast majority remain in state providing service to Oregon children.
The two universities are conducting free therapy one to two times a week for over 120 children between 2 and 17 years old.
Your Speech & Language Board is looking ahead to encouraging both Universities to expand therapy, screening and evaluation services for children even further state-wide. Your individual and Valley support of this Scottish Rite charity is needed now more then ever. Please consider us in your Valley budgets and individual tax and estate planning.
In Brotherhood, Bill Anton 33° Chairman Orient Charities
As summer moves steadily toward fall and the Covid-19 remains part of our life, there are bright spots that can be shared with the hope of providing a positive light for each of us to consider.
Our Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Speech & Language Clinic continues to generate success via Telepractice at Portland State University. In March of this year the Clinic was faced with suspending in-person speech therapy for children and transitioning to Telepractice.
The clinic confronted the tasks of training Portland State University staff and families in using the emerging technology. Faced with licensure laws, supervision regulations and the actual use of the equipment needed, Professor Meyer and Dr. McGill have met the challenge. In great part this has been made possible by the generous support of your Speech & Language Charity, of Dr. McGill’s research and training protocols for Telepractice.
The Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Speech & Language Clinic is now serving 41 children free of charge through Telepractice throughout Oregon. From the humble beginnings just two years ago the Clinic is now able to serve children with cleft lip and palate, children who require communication devices to speak, voice disorders, those with cochlear implants and children with literacy issues.
“Scottish Rite funding has been crucial to maintaining operations”, said Professor Meyer. “With Covid-19, the impact on both the clinic and the families has never been greater”, She said. PSU staff hopes to use this as an opportunity to expand Telepractice therapy to all of Oregon. As we all know children in rural communities, in underserved areas and families unable to reach the physical location of the clinic due to transportation obstacles are not currently being served to the degree necessary.
According to Professor Meyer, the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Speech & Language Clinic is changing lives. What better way to live the spirit of Scottish Rite and Masonry than to support our Speech & Language Charity with a tax deductible donation.
In Brotherhood, Bill Anton 33° OPR & Past President Speech & Language Charity
