My blog of March 27 about a Pennsylvania pumper who presented a check to a local charity toy drive generated a response from Jimmie Deal, a Texas pumper whose company, Universal Vacuum, was featured in a 2011 contractor profile. Answering my call to share information on readers’ charitable works, Deal wrote:
My most valued employee and I are life members of the Masonic fraternities. We are proud to be endowed life members of the Scottish Rite, which operates children's hospitals. We are also endowed life members of Ben Hur Shrine, which contributes to the Shriners burns centers. All of these
