{"id":13517,"date":"2024-09-05T20:38:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=13517"},"modified":"2024-09-05T20:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:38:35","slug":"prince-hall-masons-hold-back-to-school-and-voter-registration-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/05\/prince-hall-masons-hold-back-to-school-and-voter-registration-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Hall Masons Hold Back-to-School and Voter Registration Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13518\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13518\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Organizer-of-the-event-Jerome-Gordon-Chaplain-of-Amazon-Lodge-No.-4-hands-children-sundaes-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Organizer of the event, Jerome Gordon (Chaplain of Amazon Lodge No. 4)\u00a0hands children sundaes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>By Dawn Scotland<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>The Truth Reporter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Prince Hall Masons held their first annual Back-to-School Ice Cream Social and Voter Registration Drive at Amazon Lodge No. 4 on 638 N. University Ave. The Toledo Masonic family, including the Prince Hall Master Masons and Order of the Eastern Star, gave away over 60 book bags with school supplies and ice cream to area youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Masonic Family of Toledo Ohio has put together a Back-to-School Ice Cream Social and book bag give away as well as a voter registration,\u201d stated organizer Jerome Gordon, 2024 Sitting Chaplain of Amazon Lodge No. 4 . \u201cWe\u00a0 are inviting all children to come out to get book bags and supplies are we are encouraging all people who are 17 and older to get registered to vote now if your birthday is before November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Prince Hall Masons are the oldest and largest black fraternal organization in the nation dating back to 1784. In Toledo, the first Prince Hall lodge was created in 1864 later becoming the current\u00a0 Amazon Lodge No. 4 as it is today.\u00a0 The organization hosts many events throughout the year for the community, including awarding thousands of dollars in scholarships to local youth. Recently, the organization gave away free bikes to children.<\/p>\n<p>The Toledo Masonic Family plans to have this back-to-school event annually &#8211; look out for the organization\u2019s upcoming events!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13517 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/05\/prince-hall-masons-hold-back-to-school-and-voter-registration-drive\/olympus-digital-camera-148\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Order-of-the-Eastern-Star-members-register-voters-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13519\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13519'>\n\t\t\t\tOrder of the Eastern Star members register voters\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/05\/prince-hall-masons-hold-back-to-school-and-voter-registration-drive\/olympus-digital-camera-149\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/School-supplies-provided-by-Amazon-Lodge-No.-4-to-local-children.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/05\/prince-hall-masons-hold-back-to-school-and-voter-registration-drive\/olympus-digital-camera-150\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/The-Toledo-Ohio-Masonic-Family-hosts-1st-Annual-Back-to-School-Ice-Cream-Social-and-Voter-Registration-Drive.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13521\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13521'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Toledo Ohio Masonic Family hosts 1st Annual Back-to-School Ice Cream Social and Voter Registration Drive\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/05\/prince-hall-masons-hold-back-to-school-and-voter-registration-drive\/olympus-digital-camera-147\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Organizer-of-the-event-Jerome-Gordon-Chaplain-of-Amazon-Lodge-No.-4-hands-children-sundaes-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13518\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13518'>\n\t\t\t\tOrganizer of the event, Jerome Gordon (Chaplain of Amazon Lodge No. 4)\u00a0hands children sundaes\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter The Prince Hall Masons held their first annual Back-to-School Ice Cream Social and Voter Registration Drive at Amazon Lodge No. 4 on 638 N. University Ave. The Toledo Masonic family, including the Prince Hall Master Masons and Order of the Eastern Star, gave away over 60 book bags with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,18,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[246],"class_list":["post-13517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-headline","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13522,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13517\/revisions\/13522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13517"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=13517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}