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UBS Blood Drives
Approximately every two months United Blood Services Rapid City conducts a blood drive at the Custer City Masonic Temple. The event is sponsored by the Custer Lions Club and hosted by Custer City Lodge #66 at the Custer City Masonic Temple. All three organizations "work" the day-long event which routinely collects 40-50 units of life-saving blood. Those wishing to donate blood should call UBS Rapid City at (605) 342-8585 to schedule an appointment. And all who are interested in Custer blood drives are invited to view our events calendar to see when they are scheduled for the year.
Custer County Fair Concession Stand Sponsored by Custer Friendship Chapter #173 O.E.S., this event is a fund-raiser for Custer County O.E.S. and Masonic organizations. Managed by the Friendship Chapter and staffed by all Custer County Masonic family organizations, the Custer County fairgrounds concession stand provides tasty snacks to fair-goers for the duration of the annual August Custer County Fair. Working at the concession stand is a fun way to break out of the summer rut and have fun at the fair, all the while raising funds for our organizations! "Roland D. Johnson" Scholarships Custer City Lodge #66 may award two individual $500 scholarship grants each year. Applicants may be either men or women. Scholarships are awarded based on; academic achievement, school and community involvement, and need. There are no minimum standards. Any student who plans to attend a public or private college, university, or technical school may apply. Applicants must be members of the current graduating class of Custer High School. Applications are due on the 28th of February of the year of high school graduation. George Washington Birthday Supper This increasingly popular event is conducted every February on or near the birthday of Worshipful Brother George Washington. It is a patriotic social event. Fittingly, it starts with a social hour followed by traditional supper. This fine meal is normally provided the Custer Friendship Chapter #173 O.E.S. Following supper is a program, traditionally an awards ceremony recognizing our Venerable Brothers celebrating their jubiliees of being Master Masons for 50 and 60 years. The evening is then concluded amidst more socializing and reminicenses. |
SD Child Identification Program
This program is designed to give families a degree of protection against the ever-increasing problem of missing children. The Grand Lodge of South Dakota Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, in cooperation with the South Dakota Sheriffs Association and the South Dakota Dental Association, brings this fine program to communities throughout South Dakota by conducting local "events". These events create an identification packet for each child participating. The packet consist of; a brief videotaped interview, fingerprinting, dental bite imprint, DNA cheek swab, and a digital still photograph. Upon completion of the child's identification processing, the packet becomes property of the child's parents for their emergency use.
Custer City Lodge #66 is working toward conducting such an event in Custer City. As these plans mature, announcements will be posted on this website and in the local news media. Until then, detailed information about the overall program is always available at the SD Child Identification Program website. Super Bowl Party A new event, "The Super Bowl Party" was added in 2010 to the activities of Custer City Lodge. With member donations of electronic equipment and furniture, the Lodge was able to create an entertainment center in the Temple downstairs social room. This center was completed with instatallation of cable television service and inaugurated on Super Bowl Sunday. A fine crowd (mostly Saints fans) followed the game on our flawlessly performing entertainment center while indulging in fine football fare. No arrests resulted but much indigestion was reported! This should become a great new annual event. Knights of Columbus Chili Supper
An annual event, Custer Knights of Columbus and Masons gather for a night of supper and companionship. Begun over 40 years ago in the 1960s, Custer City Lodge #66 and St. Brendan's Council 4984 alternate hosting each other at their respective social/dining rooms. Currently the secret chili soup recipe is closely-held jointly by one member of each organization. No permanent injuries have been known to result from the annual consumption of this fine fare! |
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