Ontario District Project

District Deputy Grand Master, R.W. Bro. Iain L. Oliver's Ontario District Project for his Masonic year is the Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre, with a goal of raising $10,000.00 towards their supplying teaching and emergency kits to schools in the Durham & Peterborough Pine Ridge Boards for children and youths with Juvenile Diabetes.

Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre for Children & Youth

The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre promotes positive integration of diabetes management into the daily life of children, adolescents and young adults and their families, and are currently serving over 1000 families in the Durham Region.

The Centre received the prestigious Fredrick G. Banting Award in 1990, through the Centre's founder, Marlene Grass RN, a Diabetes Educator.

The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre for children and Youth was founded in 1989 as a "first of its kind" Centre in Canada. It is dedicated to providing young people and their families with education and support to meet their ongoing Type 1 Insulin Dependent Diabetes needs.

Own a Piece of History

For a limited time, there are Limited Editions of Lodge Line Art Drawings available for sale in support of the Ontario District Project. These Limited Edition prints were beautifully rendered by W. Bro. Robert Ough, Hope Lodge No. 114. Please click this button for more information on cost and artwork available.