It is traditional for the First Lady of the Shriners International to host a fundraising program to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children.

First Lady Patty Severe's 2011-2012 fundraising program, "Stepping Forward Toward a Brighter Future," is focused on increasing awareness and fundraising for pediatric burn care education and training.

Shriners Hospitals for Children ranked as one of the top three mosttrusted nonprofit organizations in a recent survey of wealthy individuals conducted by the Luxury Institute, an independent research firm.

The New York City-based Luxury Institute conducts a variety of impartial surveys and research to guide and educate extremely affluent individuals and the companies that market to them on trends, net-worth consumer rankings, and ratings of luxury brands and best practices.

(Ancient Arabic Order of The Nobles of The Mystic Shrine)

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Q: What is total Shrine membership in North America?
A: More than 325,000

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Q: How Many Shrine Temples are there?
A: There are 193 Shrine Temples, or chapters, throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Republic of Panama.

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Q: What was the first Shrine Temple?

If you know of a child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help, please call our toll-free patient referral line:

In the U.S.: 1-800-237-5055.
In Canada: 1-800-361-7256.

Shriners Hospitals for Children is a one-of-a-kind international health care system of 22 hospitals, dedicated to providing pediatric orthopaedic specialty care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs.