Freemasons volunteer at Special Olympics swim meet.

Special Olympics NZ, North Canterbury Branch and the Freemasons in the Canterbury District team up.Freemasons from North Canterbury assisted with time keeping and ribbon presentation on Sunday 25th July at the Special Olympics NZ Swim Meet at Dudley Pool, Rangiora. This was a local swim event which included participants from all over Canterbury and is part of the lead up to the Summer Games to be held in Hamilton later this year.

Members of The Ashley Lodge No. 28, which is based in Rangiora, led the charge, assisted by local resident Alan McGill of The Avon Shirley Lodge No.185 Gordon Sylvester, Master of The Ashley Lodge, said afterwards” The enthusiasm of the participants was heart warming and we really enjoyed our morning, we are pleased to announce The Ashley Lodge will be providing some extra funding to attend the Summer game for the participants”.

The swim event was well run by Swimming New Zealand and the local North Canterbury Committee of Special Olympics NZ, with the North Canterbury Freemasons providing some much needed extra help.