Shriners Hopitals for Children

Shriners Hospitals for Children has a mission to:

• Provide the highest quality care to children with neuromusculoskeletal conditions, burn injuries and other special healthcare needs within a compassionate, family-centered and collaborative care environment.
• Provide for the education of physicians and other healthcare professionals.
• Conduct research to discover new knowledge that improves the quality of care and quality of life of children and families.

This mission is carried out without regard to race, color, creed, sex or sect, disability, national origin or ability of a patient or family to pay.

Sudan Temple & Hope Mills Shrine Club

Shriners International is a fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief and truth. With approximately 325,000 members in 194 temples (chapters) in the United States, Canada, Germany, Mexico, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and the Republic of Panama our fraternity is open to men of integrity from all walks of life. Shriners International also supports Shriners Hospitals for Children®, a health system of 22 hospitals dedicated to providing pediatric medical care, world-class research and educational opportunities for medical professionals.

Sudan Temple was established in 1916 in New Bern, North Carolina and serves eastern North Carolina. The Shrine Center was built in 1951 and serves as the headquarters for the Sudan Temple. Its mission is also to support the Shriners Children's Hospitals.

The Hope Mills Shrine Club is one of 40 Shrine clubs throughout eastern North Carolina that have fun and raise money through various activities and contributions to support the Shriners Children's Hospitals.