Record-Breaking Year for the Knights Templar Eye Foundation

16 SWORDS OF MERIT AWARDED | 11 GOLDEN CHALICES PRESENTED

The Knights Templar Eye Foundation awarded a record number of fourteen Swords of Merit in FY 2025–2026. Each Sword of Merit is awarded for a donation totaling $25,000 or more, achieved either as a single gift or through the accumulation of twenty-five Grand Master Clubs. Additionally, during the same time frame, the Foundation awarded eleven Golden Chalices, each representing a single contribution of $10,000.

Together, these Swords and Chalices represent a total of $510,000 in contributions. With these vital funds, the Foundation continues to support cutting-edge research to cure childhood blindness. The Knights Templar Eye Foundation is the largest and most respected non-governmental organization funding pediatric ophthalmological research in the country.

SWORD OF MERIT

JULY 1, 2025 - JUNE 30, 2026

Sir Knight Chase May (25 GMC) PHOENIX COMMANDERY NO. 3, ARIZONA

Sir Knight Roy S. Thompson (25 GMC) ST LUCIE COMMANDERY NO. 17, FLORIDA

Sir Knight Roger Evan Cundiff (25 GMC) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA COMMANDERY NO. 2 & POTOMAC NO. 3

Colorado Commandery No. 4 (25 GMC) ANONYMOUS DONOR, TEXAS

Sir Knight Sheldon Richman (25 GMC) IN HONOR OF SIR KNIGHT WILLIAM SEARCY III
OLD DOMINION COMMANDERY NO. 11, VIRGINA

Sir Knight Lonnie M. McCulloch (25 GMC) UTAH COMMANDERY NO.1, UTAH

Sir Knight Irvan Boeglin (25 GMC) CRAWFORDSVILLE COMMANDERY NO. 25, INDIANA

Sir Knight Michael A. Wolcott (25 GMC) PITTSBURGH COMMANDERY NO. 1, PENNSYLVANIA

Sir Knight Bruce Alan Robinson (25 GMC) KEDRON COMMANDERY NO.18, PENNSYLVANIA

Sir Knight Arnold S. Grot (25 GMC) WASHINGTON COMMANDERY NO. 1, CONNECTICUT

Sir Knight Robert Dean Sever (25 GMC) SUNSHINE COMMANDERY NO. 20, FLORIDA

Sir Knight Richard Joseph Rausch (25 GMC) ST OMER COMMANDERY NO. 19, WISCONSIN

Sir Knight Robert Bruce Pugh (25 GMC) ST. JOHNS COMMANDERY NO. 10, NORTH CAROLINA

Sir Knight Benny Eugene Gurley (25 GMC) GREENBRIER COMMANDERY NO.15, WEST VIRGINIA

Sir Knight Joseph Patrick Tolen (25 GMC) KENSINGTON-KADOSH COMMANDERY NO. 54, PENNSYLVANIA

Sir Knight Michael David Thibodeaux (25 GMC) SAN DIEGO COMMANDERY NO. 25, CALIFORNIA

GOLDEN CHALICE

JULY 1, 2025 - JUNE 30, 2026

Sir Knight Fenton Romyne Mereness PACIFIC COMMANDERY NO. 3, CALIFORNIA

Alexius Commandery No. 22, GEORGIA

Constantine Commandery No. 26, GEORGIA

New Orleans Scottish Rite Foundation, Inc., LOUISIANA

Sir Knight Alvia Hearren ST. JOHNS COMMANDERY NO. 10, NORTH CAROLINA

Dedicated to the Valley of Covington by Covington Scottish Rite Foundation-2026, KENTUCKY

Sir Knight Benny Eugene Gurley - Greenbrier Commandery No.15,
WEST VIRGINIA IN HONOR OF JAMES K. COLEMAN, REPGC, WEST VIRGINA

Sir Knight Charles Strohl - Golden West Commandery No. 43,
CALIFORNIA IN MEMORY OF JACQUELINE STROHL, MOM & DADDY JOHN

Sir Knight Wade E. Sheeler - Oriental Commandery No. 22, IOWA

Sir Knight Blaine Hurd Simons - Utah Commandery No. 1, UTAH

Sir Knight Paul Raymond Burns - Crusade Commandery No. 11, ARIZONA