Serving Others

LifeSkills Conference attendees paint pots for the Elizabethtown Food Pantry

The Pennsylvania Masonic Youth Foundation (PMYF) provides resources, training, conferences and adult leadership to a variety of Pennsylvania Masonic sponsored youth groups and the greater community.

Masonic youth organizations supported by PMYF include DeMolayJob’s DaughtersKnights of PythagorasRainbow Girls and Ruth Mitchell Tucker Girls Youth Department, which foster the values of Freemasonry and give youth a place to develop and succeed.

Community Support & Donations

All youth organizations embrace the importance of community service and charitable outreach. PMYF granted $4,300 toward the support of dozens of youth-led service projects throughout their communities, including:

  • $325 toward 200 homeless shelter supply kits, which were assembled by PA DeMolay and were donated to Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach Services (ECHOS).
  • $200 toward Mason Barrick’s Eagle Scout project for Boy Scouts at the Swatara Beagle Club. Elizabethtown DeMolay assisted with constructing bat boxes to provide the bats a place to nest rather than the attic of the clubhouse of the Beagle Club. Mason is a member of Elizabethtown DeMolay.
  • $850 toward the Children’s Dyslexia Center of Lancaster. PMYF paid for DeMolay, Rainbow Girls, Job’s Daughters and Knights of Pythagoras members, as well as their adult chaperones, to attend the Lancaster County Scottish Rite’s charitable bowling event at Clearview Lanes.
  • $200 – During the LifeSkills Conference, attendees painted and decorated clay flowerpots, planted a succulent plant and wrote notes of encouragement, which were donated to the Elizabethtown Food Pantry and ECHOS for individuals who utilize their services.

Educational Opportunities

Columbia Lodge No. 286 officers with scholarship recipient Robert Footman (Millersville University).

Through PMYF’s Educational Institute, 1,579 individuals attended 36 virtual and in-person workshops. Educators, human service professionals and school administrators from surrounding communities have access to these sessions free of charge, with more than 100 hours of total training provided.

PMYF covers the costs of the workshops, which are $1,000 per session, for a total of $36,000. The in-person workshops were held at the Masonic Conference Center, where we provided a continental breakfast and catered lunch at a cost of $1,733.

PMYF sponsored two attendees to participate in the Girls’ Leadership Camp at a cost of $300.

In 2023, $163,350 in scholarships were given to young adults to support their dreams of higher education.