The Lodge as Relief Organization

The published Masonic relationship between the Blue Lodge's relief work and the published appendant charities (Shriners Hospitals for Children, the Shrine Transportation Fund, the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, the Knights Templar Educational Foundation, Royal Arch Research Assistance, the Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation, the Scottish-Rite-sponsored Take Flight Dyslexia Program). Each appendant charity does specialized work; the Blue Lodge does the formative work of local relief. They complement rather than compete; a Lodge that does its own published relief work well becomes a stronger feeder and partner for the appendant charities, not weaker.