Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Atlanta

We have a special treat for you this evening. Illustrious Brother Chuck Morgan, 33 GC will be joining us for a special presentation on the Albert Pike sword.

Alright Valley of Atlanta, your General Secretary has issued a personal challenge to raise money for the Rite Care Challenge issued by Autumn Asbill, Grand Wort...hy Advisor for the Rainbow Girls of Georgia. You can mail in donations or head on over to Brother Ross Laver's Personal Facebook page and he has a fundraiser link set up to make the donation online if that is easier! https://www.facebook.com/donate/368554517594378/3411826718894230/?fundraiser_source=feed&source_data[post_id]=3411826718894230&__cft__[0]=AZVhJsOeRhxHTqbxPy56ncljYcW4_E2cOTAjq_SMmS2-4Og_Jnki7qu3rrruIqlEEvqrWG0A75b4hEpOt23Bz6kaSw4t6cn8nmX8idJyfGybpJO6zWTe__9CvfZphO068Q4aFw7qTtzglFTd7sfTYPWCFGg4yybdnv7K9yvYdaptRQ&__tn__=%2CmH-R See more

Our champ Rite Care Chairman for the Valley of Savannah Scottish Rite Brother Dave Armstrong II, 32 participating in the Rainbow Girls Ice Bucket Challenge for Rite Care and raising funds for a great cause! Whose next?

Birdie's Rite Care Story Birdie is a 6-year-old, 1st grade girl who lives in Valdosta, Georgia. She is tremendously artistic and loves to draw. She recently ent...ered a chalk competition where her picture of butterflies in the sunshine won 1st place in her age group. In addition to drawing, she likes doing almost anything outside and isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. Birdie has also recently been diagnosed with dyslexia. She participates in a reading program at Valdosta State University that is being funded by the Scottish Rite Foundation of Georgia. Reading problems, such as dyslexia, affect approximately 20% of all Americans. Birdie, much like many children her age, struggled with learning the basics of the alphabet and the sounds that each of the letters make in kindergarten. When it came time to start reading single words, Birdie’s difficulties became more apparent. When the pandemic hit, the lost time in the classroom made it even harder for her to catch her reading abilities up to where they should have been. Birdie’s parents and teachers started to worry and the possibility of repeating the first grade was mentioned. That is when her parents discovered the reading program at Valdosta State University. She is very fortunate to be enrolled into the program because space is severely limited. Since she has been enrolled, her reading accuracy and reading fluency have increased tremendously. Birdie’s father, Jared, stated that Before, when we would read her sight words, she would almost come to tears because of how hard it was for her. After a month or so of the tutoring, she still has to work hard but she is making so much more progress and the work is starting to pay off. I can really tell the difference in her personality when it is time to do homework. The reading program at Valdosta State University began in late August and is fully funded by the Scottish-Rite Foundation of Georgia. Graduate students of speech-language pathology provide the tutoring services for those in the community, free-of-charge. Currently, the program is only capable of providing these services for 13 children; however, there are efforts to rapidly expand the program based upon the community’s need. Dr. Matt Carter, who is directing the program, stated that There is an enormous need for affordable tutoring services in every part of the nation, but especially in Georgia, due to limited resources in this region. Even in the larger cities, tutoring services can be so expensive that many times they are not a realistic option for parents whose children are struggling to read. He continued to report that When we announced the program, we were overwhelmed with requests for help from so many parents who were at their wit’s end trying to help their child. Hopefully, in the future we will be able to accommodate this great need and help more children. You can help children like Birdie by donating to the Scottish Rite Foundation of Georgia - Rite Care Fund. For as little as $10 a month when selecting the make this a monthly donation box you can ensure more children have access to these desperately needed services throughout the State of Georgia. Follow the link https://gascottishrite.org/ and click Donate Now.

We Had A Fun Evening Last Night! General Secretary from the Valley of Augusta, Brother Lloyd McCoy, 32 KCCH visited with the National Sojourners. They had th...e Grand Worthy Advisor of Rainbow Girls (Ms. Autumn Asbill) in Attendance and she spoke to us. The Sojourners donated $100 to help support the local chapter. Next came the ice bucket challenge to raise money for the Rainbow Girls charity project to support the Scottish Rite Foundation's Rite Care Clinics. The Sojourners Group earned over $300 in donations. Our Area Representative Brother Brian Coffey, 32 KCCH challenged all Region Representatives and Chapter Presidents to take the challenge. As a Bonus Brother McCoy, 32 KCCH also took the challenge and issued challenges to the Valley of Savannah and Valley of Middle Georgia. Anything For Charity . . . . Thank you to Wendy and Brian Coffey for allowing Brother McCoy to participate and also a Special Thanks To The Real Heavy Lifters On This Project (Brother Tripp Pierson and Brother Jared Fischer).

This week's update from West Construction. It's coming along beautifully! Another great week of progress with the weather in our favor. Our electricians are nea...rly complete with installing light fixtures/devices around the interior and exterior of the building with only a few fixtures left to install in the ceiling. Our cabinetry/trim sub mobilized back on site this week and began installing stained trim around the interior of the building. Our masonry sub has completed installing the cast stone on all the porch canopies this week. Our sitework sub continued placing sidewalk and curb around the building this week and continued backfilling and grading around the site. Our painting sub is now in the final coating for the interior walls and door frames as well. Our HVAC sub is nearly complete with the condenser units and air handlers. Our framing sub installed all ceiling tile in the building this week. Our landscaping sub mobilized on site this week and began installing irrigation. Next week our concrete sub will be on site to place the concrete for the porches around the exterior of the building. See more

Adjustments were made, but it was possible. Valley of Columbus conducted its Fall Reunion inducting the newest Masters of The Royal Secret in the fraternity. Welcome Brethren.

I big thank you goes to the Scottish Rite Foundation of Ga. and all our Scottish Rite Masons. Their hard work and dedication makes it possible to assist our Communities and help our Children learn and grow up to be great Adults. I am Proud to be a Scottish Rite Mason.

The Valley of Atlanta would like to wish our Jewish Brethren a blessed year. L’shana tova.

Well, well, well.....Valley of Savannah you have been called out by the Valley of Augusta! I believe Brother Fishman specifically mentioned Brother Johns in his challenge. We await your response!

Valley of Atlanta getting in on the fun! Who is going to raise the first $5,000 and bring Brother Collins to a Valley for the Ice Bucket Challenge?