Support from the Shriners

ID: 3049 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Texas Collection; “Shriners Good Samaritans for Evangelia Home,” Waco Times-Herald, August 25, 1922; “Shrine Circus to Entertain,” The Waco Citizen, July 30, 1970.
This file appears in: Evangelia Settlement
Support from the Shriners

The Karem Shriners offered regular financial support to Evangelia Settlement. Their donations enabled the construction of Karem Hall and the installation of two fire escapes, and they also provided free tickets for children at Evangelia to attend the Karem Circus in 1970.

This file appears in: Evangelia Settlement

By Allie R. Lopez
Seeking to provide refuge to children and families in need, the Evangelia Settlement Home opened in 1908. Established by religious reformers Ethel Dickson and Nell Symes, the home aimed to care for the least of these throughout Waco’s community for…