Newport News Scottish Rite
Foundation, Inc

Enhancing the Hampton Roads community in which we live

Philanthropic Endeavors

The Old Dominion University (ODU) Speech and Hearing Clinic provides diagnostic and speech therapy services for adults and children with speech, language, and hearing disorders.  The ODU Speech and Hearing Clinic is part of the Communication Sciences & Disorders graduate degree program which is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).

Since 1992, the ODU center has been supported by Newport News Scottish Rite to provide services to children with speech and language disorders. This clinic is part of the RiteCare® Childhood Language Program sponsored by the Scottish Rite across the United States. ODU also sponsors a Scottish Rite summer therapy program. Therapy scholarships are available through this generous support. Through the generosity of Scottish Rite, ODU RiteCare is able to offer therapy scholarships to children in need of speech and language services.

The Newport News Scottish Rite Medical Center was established in the early 90’s through the extraordinary efforts of Ill Brother Edward Lowry 33°.   Brother Lowry promoted and solicited equipment, i.e. Hospital beds, wheel chairs, walkers, port-a-potties etc and personally issued medical equipment to needy individuals in the community without regard for compensation.  Although Brother Lowry now resides with our Lord, his legacy lives on. 

The Scottish Rite Medical Equipment Center is a well-known Community Outreach Program under the direction of the Newport News Scottish Rite Foundation Inc, providing equipment to hundreds of people yearly. The Center is staffed by volunteers who receive no compensation for their services and all medical equipment is issued to those in need at no cost.