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PENNSYLVANIA - The Pennsylvania Masons have raised over $1 million to support U.S. military and veterans.What started in January 2008 as a way for Pennsylvania Freemasons to show their support for the U.S. military by contributing their pocket change during monthly membership meetings has to date totaled over $1 million - $1,000,596.83 to be exact.These donations provide financial, medical, amusement day care, house hold repairs and much more.In addition to donations collected at lodge meetings, &#8220;Help for Our Heroes&#8221; collection containers are placed at each of the five Masonic Villages of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, not-for-profit senior retirement communities. Some lodges, lodge members and their spouses have even launched their own fundraisers in their local communities.Anyone wishing to contribute toward the &#8220;Help for Our Heroes&#8221; program may contact the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania at 215-988-1957. For more information, visit www.pamasons.org.SCRANTON - Marywood University offers the &#8220;Best for Vets: Colleges 2017&#8221; in veteran and military student offerings and rates of academic success, according to Military Times.Marywood University was evaluated in several categories, including services offered, special rules, accommodations and financial incentives offered to students with military ties, veteran&#8217;s culture on campus and academic outcomes.The school was ranked as a &#8220;Best Value&#8221; university among masters level colleges in the North, according to the 2017 U.S. News &amp; World Report Best Colleges ranking. Marywood was also one of only two regional universities ranked in the US News &#8220;Best Colleges for Veterans&#8221; category.For additional information about Marywood University&#8217;s Office of Military and Veteran Services, please visit www.marywood.edu/veterans/.

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