Shriners International 150 Anniversary

At the May 17, 2022 council meeting Mississippi Mills Council declared June 6th, 2022 as Shriners 150 Anniversary Day.

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, Shriners International is a well-known fraternity dedicated towards fun, fellowship and philanthropy with 200,000 members belonging to over 200 chapters throughout Canada, the United States, Mexico, Republic of Panama, Philippines, Europe and South America; and

WHEREAS, its members support 27 Children’s Hospitals and Treatment Centres, including a hospital in Montreal, with a one-of-a-kind international paediatric specialty health care system that was founded by the Shriners fraternity in 1922 and provides all care regardless of the cost to patients or their families; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate to acknowledge and celebrate this wonderful fraternity and its rich history on June 6th, the anniversary of the day Imperial Council of Shriners International was founded.

THEREFORE, I, Christa Lowry Mayor of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills Ontario, do hereby proclaim Monday, June 6, 2022, as Shriners International 150th Anniversary Day.