Charitable Works of the Order of the Eastern Star

Our Projects in this jurisdiction are as follows:

Cancer Project - The specified objective in British Columbia and Yukon.
The Cancer Project is to make and provide Cancer Dressings, FREE OF CHARGE, for cancer patients throughout the Province.
Cancer Research (which is actually the purchase of equipment for all cancer hospitals)

Grace Shane Bursary.
Shane Bursary, is given to doctors who go abroad to learn new treatments, procedures, techniques, and prostheses, and return to share their new knowledge to the cancer clinics here.

E.S.T.A.R.L. Award.
These awards are made to assist students who are permanent residents of British Columbia or Yukon and attending or plan to attend an Accredited School of Theology in Canada on a full time or part time basis.

Elizabeth Bentley Order of the Eastern Star Bursary.
Bursaries are available for students who are relatives of our members and have completed at least two years towards an undergraduate degree.

Worthy Grand Matron’s Special Project - Chosen each annual term.
Each year, the W.G.M. chooses an item or items as her Special Project. 

This year the project is to provide equipment for the BC Childrens Hospital.
The first item would be an Alaris Smart Pump System to be used in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.      
The second item would be an i-Stat Analyzer, and the third choice would be a Stealth Station and is used in the Stealth Neurosurgery
These pieces of equipment would improve patient care and save lives.   

Rob Morris Society Vivian Marshall Memorial Bursary – Music.
This award is given to deserving students who are pursuing a career in music and who are:
Eastern Star members of the jurisdiction of British Columbia and Yukon who are in good standing in the Order, or the wife, husband, child, step-child, grandchild, sister, brother, niece or nephew of a member in good standing in an Eastern Star chapter in British Columbia and Yukon, or member’s, or former members, of Bethels of the International Order of Job's Daughters, or member’s, or former members, of Chapters of the Order of DeMolay in British Columbia and Yukon

Foster Secretary Association's Cancelled Stamp Project.
The Foster Secretary Association (consisting primarily of Chapter secretaries) of British Columbia & Yukon, Order of the Eastern Star, has a Postage Stamp Project. Years ago, chapter secretaries began saving cancelled stamps, and now many members of the Order of the Eastern Star in this jurisdiction collect used POSTAGE STAMPS for the Foster Secretary Association to raise funds for the Cancer Fund. 

Erma Boyce Library Fund for Knowledge.
Is meant for education - books, TV's, VCR's, and tapes in the patients' rooms to show what procedures are necessary for treatment.

Each year, the Order of the Eastern Star donates thousands of dollars to these established projects.

In addition to the above, our chapters are active in their respective communities as well, by supporting local community activities.

Also, in British Columbia and Yukon, we have the O.E.S. Auxiliary - a group which maintains and loans Medical Equipment to Members of the Order of the Eastern Star and their relatives.
Equipment such as wheel chairs and other physical aid equipment is stored in depots located in Victoria, Duncan, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Kelowna, and Prince George.