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For two days, Model Court No. 55 joined fellow subordinate Courts of Amaranthine District 5 in a Family Day in Baler, Aurora that was hosted by DDGRM Preciline Andaya and DDGRP Irineo Dones, Jr.
And here are the highlights of that:
FAMILY DAY: Fun, Games, and Lots of Prizes
WORLD DIABETES DAY: FBS Profiling and More!
COASTAL CLEAN-UP: Mangrove Planting, Livelihood Dispersal, and a Boodle Fight!
It was a full two-day of camaraderie and community service.
And a lot of fun too for the delegation of Model Court No. 55 who went home with a much higher appreciation of inter-Court cooperation.
Each month of July every year, subordinate Lodges of Masonic District RIII-D troop to Baler, Aurora for their quarterly District meeting and to plant mangrove trees along a stretch of the Pacific coastline that has been adopted as a mangrove regeneration project by the Manuel L. Quezon Memorial Lodge No. 262.
Model Court planned to attend this year's mangrove tree planting until the District Diabetes Awareness Day clashed with the schedule.
Taking up the cudgels for the Honored Ladies of the Court who were obliged to attend the District Diabetes Awareness activity in Cabanatuan City, the Sir Knights led by Past Royal Patron Jojit Floro with Court Treasurer Fitzgerald Hierco and Court Secretary Angelito Dela Cruz went to Baler where after planting their own mangrove trees, planted more in behalf of Model Court and its Honored Ladies.
Then they travelled back to Nueva Ecija where they joined the rest of the Court for the District Diabetes Awareness Day.
Exactly two years ago in 2014, the Honored Ladies of Model Court No. 55 led by then Royal Matron Jocelyn Villanueva-Dela Cruz planted the Amaranth Tree in commemoration of Model Lodge No. 373's 9th founding anniversary.
The Amaranth Tree was planted along side with that of the District Tree of then District Deputy Grand Master Juan Jerome Malaca, and the Remembrance Tree of the founding fathers of Model Lodge No. 373, and has been nurtured by the Court, ensuring that it gets watered and cleared to ensure its steady growth.
In many ways, the Amaranth Tree symbolize the evolution of Model Court from a "Baby Court" into a mature organization that is able to withstand the challenges of time, nurtured by the tender care of its Honored Lady members, and steadily supported by its Sir Knight members.
As the Amaranth Tree grows, so does Model Court...
