Category: Orient Speech & Language Charity

RiteCare Children’s Language & Literacy Conference

It is with an abundance of caution for our community’s health and safety that we reschedule the 2020 Children’s Language & Literacy Conference in St. Louis, Missouri originally scheduled for September 9th-11th, 2020.

Please mark your calendars for the NEW (and improved!) date, Wednesday, May 19th to Friday, May 21, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri.

We hear the call, more than ever before, to gather as a community again next Spring to retool and repurpose this historic gathering of our Northern Masonic and Southern Masonic Scottish Rite Children’s Charity programs. These times we are living through will have many stories to share and impactful learning tools to implement as we redefine and build an even greater service horizon together.

If you have any further questions or concerns please visit:
www.2021conference.moritecare.org

We look forward to seeing you in 2021!

It is heartwarming to be part of the Oregon Scottish Rite and to know during these unsettling times of the coronavirus that our Speech and Language Charity is continuing to assist Oregon children.

While most Universities across our country who provided Speech therapy have closed their doors, this was never required nor considered by the Oregon Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Speech & Language Clinic at Portland State University.

All clinic services have been moved to a Telepractice format and, according to PSU staff, not one single child has been abandoned. In fact, they report that clinic service has even expanded to assist more children than ever.

This inspiring result has been made possible, in no small part, by the funding over the past years of research in Teletherapy by Dr. Megann McGill, a professor at the PSU Speech and Language department. Only with the support of your Scottish Rite Speech & Language Charity, Dr. McGill has developed the techniques, training, and technical structure necessary to now provide this service on a larger scale.

Dr. McGill and Scottish Rite Clinic director Professor Claudia Meyer have been able to train all 41 Speech Graduate students on how to conduct therapy sessions via Tablet or Computer, making possible the continued aid to all clinic children. Clinic Director Meyer stated, “All the children are doing great, even those 4 years old and younger. The children and their families have adapted and are finding the new format motivating.”

Every child receiving clinic services gets them for free with the help provide by your Oregon Scottish Rite Speech & Language Charity.  Professor Meyer indicated that the gratitude expressed by the families has been overwhelming.

Remember your Oregon Speech & Language Charity is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and 100% of your donation stays in Oregon. Speech Charity Donation Form 2019-fillable

Bill Anton, 33°
Orient Personal Representative & Past President
Oregon Scottish Rite Speech & Language Board

The Oregon Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Speech & Language Clinic at PSU,  (Portland State University) is not only providing, FREE speech and language service to young children it is developing over 40 Master’s level students, training in the development of new SLP’s (Speech Language Pathologists).

Your Scottish Rite Clinic offers intensive speech and language services to over 350 children annually.  The clinic serves children in the clinic from fall to spring and in camp settings throughout the summer.

In addition PSU’s Speech and Language program conducts screening and assessments of over 3,000 children annually.

The scope of services include work in, speech sound disorders, receptive and expressive language disorders, reading/literacy disorders, stuttering, social communication disorders due to Autism, Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) for non-verbal children, and speech disorders related to cleft lip and palate.

Another area of research and outreach to Oregon children at PSU is Tele-therapy.   With funding from the Scottish Rite Speech & Language Charity over the past two years PSU is part of the field of Tele-Med and has expanded both therapy and evaluations to children in Grants Pass, Hood River, Coos Bay and St. Helens with the hope bring speech language aid to those not able to access the services available in our major cities.

All this is made, in no small way, by your Scottish Rite Speech & Language Charity.  Please consider supporting our 501c3 charity with your personal donations and/or in your estate planning.  Remember your contribution stays in Oregon helping Oregon children.

Bill Anton 33°
Orient PR
Past President Speech &. Language Charity

Greetings Scottish Rite Brethren All,

At the last Biennial session of Supreme Council there was a presentation on the philanthropic out pouring that is generated by the Members of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States.

So… Congratulations Brother!

Thanks to you and the support of your fellow Brethren in 2017-2018 the Scottish Rite contributed $960,291,000 in donations to worthy causes and charities. To list just a small number of the causes we supported on a regular basis; the Speech and Language development Charities, Local Student Scholarships, National Student Scholarships, and also helping victims of natural disasters such as fires, floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes.

As members of this ancient and honorable Fraternity we can each take pride in our contributions helping to support worthy causes in our communities and society overall across the country and around the world.

Our Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Speech Language Clinic is beginning a new year with a Cohort of new Master level students working toward the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) license, joining those SLP’s who will be completing their training next June.

In Brotherhood,
Bill Anton 33°
Orient Personal Representative

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Oregon Scottish Rite has funded several summer programs (camps) for Speech and Language children at the University of Oregon.  If you would enjoy seeing how your investment is being used please contact for a visit.

Andrea Olson, Associate Director of Stewardship
andreao@uoregon.edu
(541) 346-5943

Bill Anton
President Oregon Scottish Rite Speech & Language Charity