When you order online from this Rada site above (types of knives -kitchen item) a check will be sent to our club for a percent of your purchase. Thank you!
Events:HANCOCK COUNTY SHRINE CLUB
2024 Meetings:
Meetings are on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the *Greenfield F.O.P. unless changed for other events.
Meetings held at the F.O.P. needs to have a RSVP in advance by the Friday before the meeting. Please make your RSVP to President Dan Riley of the Hancock County Shrine Club at 317-502-0614.
Our next meeting and meal will be on Tuesday, April 23 at the FOP at 6:30. The cost of the meal is $10 and the meeting will be after the meal.
Please RSVP by Friday, April 19 to our president, Dan Riley (text-email-phone). [email protected] 317-502-0614 cell
Be safe and kind.
Brotherhood Night at Paul Roark's House 8/20/21
Hancock County Shrine Club Dec. 11, 2018 (pictures below)
Christmas Party & Officer Installation at the Bluebird Thanks for these members of the Murat Divan for attending:
Tim Whitaker- High Priest & Prophet & Lady Colleen Willie McKinney- Treasurer Bill Stanton- Oriental Guide
Hancock County Shrine Club Christmas Party & Officer Installation Dec. 6, 2016 Curry's Chapel United Methodist Church
Meeting at Walter Worland's House October 25, 2016!
Riley Day's 2016 Thanks to all that helped!
Picnic at the Greenfield Conservation Club Aug. 21, 2021
What is a Shriner?
What is a Shriner? Outside of it's many parade units, the general public seems to have little knowledge of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine or Shriners as they are often called.
What kind of organization attracts truck drivers, dentists, contractors, heads of state, movie stars, generals, clergymen, and accountants?
Someone might answer the question: "Oh yeah, Shriners are those guys who always have those parades with the wild costumes and the funny little cars". Another might think of Shrine circuses and Shrine clowns. The fellow next to him might interject, "No, Shriners are the guys who wear those funny hats -- like flowerpots -- and have big conventions".
"I do not know about that," a passerby might add. "But I do know my little girl was born with club feet and now they are straight, and she can walk like anyone else thanks to the Shriners Hospitals for Children".
"She can walk?" questions another still. "I thought the Shriners ran those fantastic burns institutes. I have read stories about them saving kids with burns on 90 percent of their bodies".
All those people are right. Each has experienced an aspect of Shrinedom. What they cannot experience, unless they are Shriners, is the camaraderie, deep friendships, good fellowship and great times shared by all Shriners. What they may not know is that all Shriners share a Masonic heritage: Each is a Master Mason and may or may not be in the Scottish Rite or a Knights Templar Mason in the York Rite.
There are approximately 600,000 Shriners now. They gather in Temples, or Chapters, throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Republic of Panama. There are 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children -- 18 orthopedic hospitals, three Shriners Burns Institutes, and one hospital that provides orthopedic, burn and spinal cord injury care. These hospitals have cured or substantially helped more than 550,000 children -- at no cost to the parent or child -- since the first Shriners Hospital opened in 1922.
The Shriners Creed Shriners believe in a supreme being or diety, your own version, and that He created man to serve His purposes, among which is service to others in His name.
We believe that care for the less fortunate, especially children who suffer from burns and crippling diseases, is our institutional calling.
We are patriots, each willing to serve his country with fidelity and courage. We cherish independence under law and freedom with responsibility.
We honor family. We respect our parents, wives and children. We should instill in our children the tenets of this creed, and the heritage from which it emanates.
As individuals we pledge ourselves to integrity, virtue and nobility of character. Our intentions will be honorable, our relations will be trustworthy and our spirits forgiving of each other.
As brothers we offer each other fraternal affection and respect. Together we will support each other in adherence to this creed, so that we and our communities will be the better because of our fraternity and its principles.
As Shriners we look beyond ourselves to serve the needs of others, especially children who cannot help themselves. We believe Shriners Hospitals to be the world's greatest philanthropy, and we covenant with each other to support its "temples of mercy" with spirit, time, talent and means.
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SCHOLARSHIPS & CHARITIES
Our main goal is the provide four $1000 Scholarships for each high school in Hancock County each year. Now we provide four $1000 scholarship for seniors in our county's schools. We do this through the Community Foundation of Hancock County.
Hancock County Shrine Club Scholarship Information
Description: The Hancock County Shrine Club is part of an international organization that lives by the Shriner’s Creed. They support their beliefs through great philanthropic efforts. One such effort includes the creation and growth of this scholarship. This fund provides educational support to Hancock County graduating seniors or past graduates who are entering the medical field.
Qualifications: Applicants must: 1) be graduates or graduating students of a Hancock County public high school; 2) be residents of Hancock County, Indiana; and 3) plan to pursue an education in the medical field at any level.
Selection Criteria: Selection will be based, in order of importance, on financial need, citizenship, and achievement. Supporting Materials Required: 1) Transcripts from all previous schooling (both high school and college); 2) Proof of GED, if applicable; 3) Paragraph outlining your reasons for applying and an explanation of your need; and 4) Completed College Costs Estimator form.
Scholarship Amount: $1,000.00 | 1 scholarship
Our Scholarship Winners for 2023: The following students were awarded the Hancock County Shrine Club Scholarships in 2022:
Griffin Ruminer (Mt. Vernon HS)- biomedical engineering, possibly at Purdue University Sydney Hayes (Eastern Hancock HS)- Physician’s Assistant at IUPUI Hailey Sawyer (Greenfield-Central HS)- Nursing possibly at University of Tampa Luck Tucher (New Palestine HS)- Pharmacy, possibly at Butler University
Dues are just $10 a year! We meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month. Please join the Hancock County Shrine Club at our meetings and fun events . Just email an officer for more information or to become a Shriner.