Left to Right) Doug Dinwiddie of the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society and William Nagel IV master of Silver City Masonic Lodge Information provided by Bob Baker, Info. rep. for SC AF&AM #8, 575-590-2859Last week Silver City Masonic Lodge donated money to The Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society and The Learning Center for Dyslexia and Academic Success at a dinner to recognize and award these two Grant County support groups.

The Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization serves a very important role in seeking to restore and preserve Fort Bayard. Every dollar given helps with this Grant County project with the many hours the volunteers put into this work. For additional information on Fort Bayard please see https://www.fortbayard.org /

The Learning Center (TLC) is a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization sponsored by Grant County Lodges and raises money through donations to support three interrelated areas of focus that serve Grant County students, who are struggling readers or need interventions because they have dyslexia or other language-based problems. For more information check out TLC’s website at www.tlcfordyslexia.org

Masons (members of Freemasonry) helped build the first schools in Silver City, and have always been supportive of education. They are the initial starting point for all of the Masonic “Appendant Bodies,” i.e. you have to be a Mason in good standing to belong to the Shriners, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite, and others, which make charity their primary effort. For additional information on this activity and others, or information regarding Masonic Lodges, please contact a Mason near you or call, Bob Baker at 575-590-2859.