Good on you Ceddie. Many people think the Masons are rich guys. Im sure she had no idea that our charities are a lodge or state level thing.
My BIL asked me a few months ago if my Lodge would pay for his daughters portion of the dues for some sport she wanted to play to the tune of $650. Um, no. The man has never been interested in Masonry before, not even when I gave him all the info to join, where he lives a few years ago.
All I said to him was, "well if you had joined Lodge years ago, I'm sure you could have organized a spaghetti dinner and used the lodge facilities."