Kids from all over South Jersey can pick a pumpkin, paint it and take it home for free at Rising Sun Lodge’s annual Square and Compasses Day on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is at the historic Masonic Temple, 16 Kings Highway East, Haddonfield, and showcases the ancient fraternity of Freemasonry. The event also will host a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and an opportunity to register children in the National Child Identification Program (CHIPs) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Held during Haddonfield’s annual Fall Festival and Craft Show, Square and Compasses Day provides an opportunity for South Jersey residents to become more familiar with Freemasonry, and more specifically with Rising Sun Lodge №15, the largest Lodge of Freemasons in the state of New Jersey. It’s a chance to meet the members of the Lodge and to take a tour of the historic temple, too, which is open to the public only a few times a year.
For the children, there will be delicious fall treats, plenty of pumpkins to paint and an opportunity to enroll in the CHIPs program, which captures fingerprints and digital images of children for parents to keep on file in case of emergency. All of these programs and all of the fun is free of charge to the general public, and the membership of Rising Sun Lodge hopes to see lots of folks from the greater South Jersey community.
