The Life Sponsor Challenge

During the 2018 annual conclave of the Grand Commandery of Ohio, the Grand Commanderies of Ohio and Texas engaged in a friendly competition. The challenge was which Grand Commandery would be the first to attain 100 percent Life Sponsorship participation in the Knights Templar Eye Foundation.

On October 15, 2019, one year after the competition was announced, the Grand Commandery of Ohio achieved 100 percent Life Sponsorship with 6,685 members. Thus, technically, Ohio “won” the competition. However, this did not stop the Grand Commandery of Texas. On March 31, 2020, Texas became the first Grand Commandery to attain 200 percent Life Sponsorship participation with 5,772 members.

The Knights Templar Eye Foundation cannot express its gratitude sufficiently for the generous contributions from both Grand Commanderies. On behalf of the officers and trustees, the Foundation would like to thank each of these Grand Commanderies and congratulate them on their hard work and creativity in attaining 100 Life Sponsorship status.

Several Grand Commanderies have achieved 100 percent Life Sponsorship participation and now Ohio and Texas join this distinguished group. It should be noted that not only have these Grand Commanderies achieved this goal, they continue to maintain 100 percent Life Sponsorship each year.

2014 – MONTANA / TENNESSEE
2015 – DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA / WYOMING
2017 – VIRGINIA / GEORGIA