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Continuing a Long Established Masonic Tradition
Ottawa Lodge No. 51 Gifts
to Canyon Creek Elementary School

On Friday December 11, 2020, Ottawa Lodge #51’s
Worshipful Master Jon Jackson and Senior Warden Fred
Benson presented a $500.00 check to Canyon Creek
Elementary School in Canyon Creek, MT.

Knowing that reading literacy is essential for the
educational development of young people, SW Benson
made a motion and it was unanimously passed by the
Brothers, for Ottawa Lodge #51 to donate $500.00 to
Canyon Creek Elementary School for the school to use to
help purchase a book for every student.
Th e donation is to assist students, assisted by their
teachers, to buy a book to start or continue their reading
adventures, and to help them build their own libraries.
Currently there are 24 students attending Canyon Creek
Elementary School. Th ey started the year with over 30
students; however, because of COVID-19, some of the
students are being home schooled.
Th e enclosed pictures show WM Jackson and SW
Benson masked up for the presentation, and WM Jackson
presenting the check to Jennifer Kueber, one of the Canyon
Creek Elementary School teachers. As a sidebar to the visit,
Jennifer Kueber remembered WM Jackson working for
Canyon Creek Elementary School as the School Counselor,
and that WM Jackson’s wife, Pam, had also presented
foreign language to the students.