Milford Commandery No. 11 Presents Two Knights Templar Eye Foundation Golden Chalices
Members of Milford Commandery No. 11 located in Milford, Massachusetts concluded the Templar year with the presentation of two Golden Chalices to Sir Knights Richard G. Bernheart and Michael E. Hampton, each a Right Eminent Past Grand Commander, in a ceremony open to family and guests.
Milford Commandery No. 11 procures Golden Chalices through the Knights Templar Eye Foundation in the name of its members who served as Grand Commanders. Sir Knight Bernheart was made an honorary Grand Commander of Knights Templar of Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 2018. Sir Knight Hampton affiliated with Milford Commandery No. 11 in 2015 after serving as Grand Commander of Knights Templar of Oklahoma; since which time he has been an invaluable member of Milford Commandery No. 11 and its uniform store.
These two Golden Chalices were in addition to five memberships to the Grand Master’s Club procured by the Milford Commandery Uniform Store on behalf of five members of Milford Commandery No. 11. The volunteers staffing the Milford Commandery Uniform Store assemble and ship summer uniforms and related clothing throughout the United States and abroad. Available profits are donated to the Knights Templar Eye Foundation annually.
Since 2016, the Milford Commandery Uniform Store has donated approximately $60,000 to the Knights Templar Eye Foundation from these efforts and over $160,000 since its inception.
(From left to right) Sir Knight Richard Bernheart, Past Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Sir Knight William Eltzroth, Past Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Sir Knight Jon Edward Hollister, Past Commander of Milford Commandery No. 11 and Sir Knight Michael Hampton, Past Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Oklahoma