Grand Primo 2008
BRO. JOHN J. WILSON R.O.H.
I believe that the foremost aim of a Grand Primo is to consentrate his efforts on strengthening the order and leave it at the end of his year of office in a much better shape.
It has been said that one way to do this is to encourage new members to join the order, I agree this is an obvious road to go down. However, we must remember, if we can encourage half of our lapsed members to return, I believe we would double our present number of registrations.
At the Grand Lodge meeting in December 2007 you installed me as your Grand Primo for 2008; I sincerely thank you for showing faith in me. I now place my faith in you, the membership, to continue that support for my appeal 'The Journal Children’s Gift Fund' or ‘’OURS’’ as it's known.
I know there are many outside charitable organisations supported from within GLE - and there have been some very successful appeals by our Grand Primo’s in recent years.
But we seem to have lost our way in some respects. In our early days our benevolence was to help our members and their families when they were out of work or suffering some form of hardship.
We now have the situation where some members are reluctant to contribute to Grand Lodge Benevolence, but if you ask them to donate to an outside charity, they appear to do so without hesitation.
I ask you to consider this thought brethren - we are more likely to initiate new members from recipients of this fund and their family connections, than from outside charities.
I look forward to serving you in the year ahead and to meeting as many of you as possible on my travels across the country - but I ask you all, to support "OURS" wherever you can.
Best wishes
Bro J J Wilson ROH Grand Primo
OURS
The Journal Children’s Gift Fund (OURS)
The fund carries out some of the most rewarding work in the Order.
It provides the following benefits:
A child who is taken on under this fund can qualify for all or part of these benefits dependant on circumstance.
The Fund is entirely under the control of the Grand Primo and he determines the level of grants.
Many children go on to get a start in life the father or parents would have provided had they survived.
Expenditure often exceeds income resulting in depletion of funds.
This is fund completely deserving of our support, many have benefited in the past and hopefully many will in the future. Unless we rally around and spare a thought for the future we are in danger of passing this fund to the Brethren to come far weaker than that which we inherited.
The gratitude shown by so many of these wonderful children is a credit to themselves, their surviving parent and the tragically lost parents. This by far outweighs any negative response from any quarter.
Many children have gone on to perform well in education and we as an Order can be justifiably proud of their many achievements.
Any donation can be sent to ;
RAOB GLE Grove House Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 4LA
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Are you Diabetic
Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body cannot use it properly. Glucose comes from the digestion of starchy foods such as bread, rice, potatoes, chapatis, yams and plantain, from sugar and other sweet foods, and from the liver which makes glucose.
Insulin is vital for life. It is a hormone produced by the pancreas, that helps the glucose to enter the cells where it is used as fuel by the body.
There are two main types of diabetes. These are:
Type 1 diabetes develops if the body is unable to produce any insulin. This type of diabetes usually appears before the age of 40. Type 1 diabetes is the least common of the two main types and accounts for between 5 – 15% of all people with diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes develops when the body can still make some insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is produced does not work properly (known as insulin resistance). In most cases this is linked with being overweight. This type of diabetes usually appears in people over the age of 40, though in South Asian and African-Caribbean people often appears after the age of 25. However, recently, more children are being diagnosed with the condition, some as young as seven. Type 2 diabetes is the most common of the two main types and accounts for between 85 - 95% of all people with diabetes.
There are currently over 2 million people with diabetes in the UK and there are up to another 750,000 people with diabetes who have the condition and don’t know it.
Symptoms
• Increased thirst
• Going to the loo (for a wee) all the time – especially at night
• Extreme tiredness
• Weight loss
• Blurred vision
• Genital itching or regular episodes of thrush
• Slow healing of wounds
In Type 1 diabetes
the signs and symptoms will usually be very obvious, developing quickly, usually
over a few weeks.
In people with Type 2 diabetes the signs and symptoms will not be so obvious or even non-existent in people with Type 2 diabetes. If you’re older you may put the symptoms down to ‘getting on a bit’. Taking early action is key so if any of the symptoms apply to you, ask your GP for a diabetes test.
In both types of diabetes, the symptoms are quickly relieved once the diabetes is treated. Early treatment will also reduce the chances of developing serious health problems.
Short term complications include hypoglycaemia, DKA and HONK. Long term complications include how diabetes affects your eyes, heart, kidneys, nerves and feet.
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