On July 26, 2017
A very well-attended EA degree for Dr. Norwood, included visitors from Redlands lodge and a moving lecture given by our chaplain Mike.
Almost 1100 toys were donated.
Santa and his helpers were there as well as a troop of Hawaiian dancers.
Food and toys were donated by Kroger, Ralphs and Food4less.
Blood was donated and everyone had a great time.
On January 18th, we had the honor and privilege of initiating our first candidates of 2017. Evergreen is proud to welcome into our fraternity Bros. Caulder and Wil- liams. A big thank you to all the brothers who came out this evening to support our officers in another excellent degree. And to our newly obligated brethren, Welcome Aboard!
Ted Hammond received the high honor of the Hiram Award on June 15 after a prime rib dinner at Evergreen Lodge in Riverside. Bro. Hammond had at least 60 attend the event . Former recipients of the Award , Vic Ropac, John Channon , and Howard Born gave various parts of the presentation followed by acting Master , Tom Philp presenting the award. Ted’s family was well represented as well as members of his church and the lodge. Various stories about Ted were told and Bro. Ted gave us some stories of his friendships with John Vanderzyl and some history of the lodge.