Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts a group of unknown B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge members preparing gifts for a Chanuka party held at the Schara Tzedeck auditorium in December 1959.
Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts Sam Gordon (right) and an unknown man posing with Christmas presents prepared by B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge for the children of Children's Aid Society receiving homes.
Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts Sam Gordon (President of B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge) presenting Abe Wosk with a $500 cheque for the new Jewish Home for the Aged. Also pictured are Dave Chertkow (second from left), Myer Moscovitch (second from right), and Maurice Lifchus (right).
The community service committee of B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge presented a 21-inch 1958 Console Philco TV set to the Jericho Hill School for the deaf. Dr. C. MacDonald, director of the school, reported that the TV set would give his pupils both entertainment and practice with their lip-reading. Photograph is attached to a scrapbook. It depicts those who participated in the presentation (left to right): Chuck Kemp, Paul Tyre, Maurice Lifchus, Dr. C. MacDonald, Alec Jackson, Mr. Cardinall (school recreation officer), and Sam Gordon. Kneeling are two pupils of the school, Ronald Thorpe and Doug Lambert.
The community service committee of B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge presented a 21-inch 1958 Console Philco TV set to the Jericho Hill School for the deaf. Dr. C. MacDonald, director of the school, reported that the TV set would give his pupils both entertainment and practice with their lip-reading. The photograph is attached to a scrapbook. It depicts Dr. C. MacDonald and three of his pupils admiring the new TV set in its place at the school.
Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts a group of B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge members - (left to right) Maurice Lifchus, Chuck Kemp, an unknown member, Sid Greenberg, and an unknown member - waiting to welcome Helene Tellier back to Vancouver. Tellier underwent a successful deep-freeze operation at the National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado to repair a congenital heart defect. B'nai B'rith Lion's Gate Lodge was instrumental in referring Tellier to the hospital.
Photograph attached to scrapbook. It depicts Chuck Kemp (standing, left), Maurice Lifchus (standing, right), and resident children of a Children's Aid Society receiving home on 59th Avenue and Oak Street in Vancouver. Members of the B'nai B'rith Canadian Committee on Civic Affairs volunteered their time to construct playground equipment for the children living at the home. The children are seen playing with the equipment.