The following report was submitted by DI to DF in compliance with the Membership Services Representative program grant made by DF to DI. Under the grant, funded with $173,000 for this year, DI is to make 90 day progress reports that DF can use to report to its donors.

This report is impressive, and it demonstrates DI’s commitment to fulfilling the purposes of the grant. Each of our Foundation members and our donors may wish to pay particular attention to the report. We think you will be quite proud of DI’s project implementation.

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Two steps: (1) register your existing account at www.smile.amazon.com(2) change your link to “smile.amazon.com” which automatically logs you into the donation account after you register.

It is seamless and easy! As you purchase, we grow and DeMolay support grows.

DeMolay International announced that Brother Alex Buckwinkler of Bloomingdale Chapter is the 2020 DeMolay of the Year. The DeMolay Foundation is the sponsor of the DeMolay of the Year Award.

Brother Buckwinkler is a senior at Northern Illinois University, majoring in English Education with a perfect 4.0 gpa. He serves as Vice President of the school’s English Honor Society and is the founder of the University’s English Student Ambassadors, a program to support all English students in their educational quests. In high school he was a state champion in the drama speech competition.

Alex’s DeMolay record is impeccable. He holds the PMC-MSA, BHK, Legion of Merit, and is designated a Grand Ritualist.

Brother Buckwinkler will receive a cash scholarship from the Foundation as part of his honor.

Over 25 years ago, current Foundation President Paul Bohannon, the 1969 DOY recipient, permanently endowed the award by cash gift to the DeMolay Foundation, which is the award’s sponsor. Current contributions to the DOY fund at the Foundation will be deposited into the permanent endowment to increase the scholarship benefit.

A message to all of the DeMolay Foundation donors…

The DF annual meeting slated with session in Phoenix has been cancelled. We are working on a Zoom meeting to substitute for it. More shortly.

College costs have soared while scholarships remain relatively stable. If your child is in grade school, you should be planning for college costs now! If you are a DeMolay about to enter college, you need to understand the EFC upon which merit college scholarships are based. This article is the best I have found. https://college.lovetoknow.com/What_Is_a_Good_EFC_Number

DF recently funded the $25,000 contribution by DI to the annual Shriner’s Hospital Baseball Tournament. As part of the DF Donor Accountability Policy, DI provided the following report to all of our investors and supporters.

The DeMolay Foundation recently began funding a $73,000 grant to DI to fully underwrite its new Membership Services Representative program. This is DI’s first donor accountability report, which we provide to our investors and supporters.

The 2020 Foundation Trustees have made it a primary goal to strengthen donor accountability. As the Foundation broadens its fundraising efforts, donors frequently want more detailed project plans and results. Because the Foundation does not implement the projects, it is important that DI partner with the Foundation in advancing donor accountability. In the next week or so, we will be posting the results of this donor accountability effort. It has been a learning experience for both organizations, and we feel the results have been very good so far. So, stay tuned to learn more about DeMolay’s successes!

To read up on the initiative’s details, visit our website for more about the policy by ticking here.