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A friendly society or benefit society is a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties. These groups are also known as a fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, or mutual aid organization.
The club secretary calling the roll of the Harting Old Club, one of the oldest friendly societies in England. A friendly society (sometimes called a benefit society, mutual aid society, benevolent society, fraternal organization or ROSCA) is a mutual association for the purposes of insurance, pensions, savings or cooperative banking.
Pin button issued by "The Knights and Ladies of Security" of Topeka, Kansas. A benefit society, fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, friendly society, or mutual aid organization is a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties.
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) is a historical Chinese association established in various parts of the United States and Canada with large Overseas Chinese communities. The association's clientele were Chinese immigrants of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly from eight districts on the west side of the Pearl ...
Sons of Scotland Benevolent Association - Founded 1876 in Toronto. [121] Incorporated in Ontario in 1880, and on the federal level in 1937. Headquartered in Toronto, the association's lodges are called "Subordinate Camps", and the national structure is "Grand Camp", which meets in conventions triennially. Slogan "Lealty, Loyalty, Liberality".
As the neighborhood gentrifies and Chinese residents grow older and fewer, the clubs remain a vital social glue.
Upper storeys of the Eng Family Benevolent Association building in Chinatown, San Francisco at 53 Waverly Pl. Eng Family Benevolent Association, also referred to as Eng Suey Sun Association (Chinese: 伍胥山公所; Jyutping: ng5 seoi1 saan1 gung1 so2; pinyin: Wǔxūshān Gōngsuǒ), was founded by members of the Eng (伍) clan, who emigrated from China to various parts of the world while ...
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