Fremont
NE 
The Masonic-Eastern Star Home for Children located at the intersection of highways 30 and 77 has been providing quality child care for over 70 years.
The Children's Home was founded by two fraternal organizations, the Masonic Lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star, to provide care for homeless children.
The purpose of the Home is to provide quality care for children who have been separated from their homes because of death, divorce, separation, neglect, abuse, or inability to adjust to their present living situation. The Home seeks to provide an environment of love, security, and acceptance where a child can grow and develop as an individual.
Each application for admission is evaluated and maintenance fees are based on ability to pay. No child is ever excluded because of inadequate funds.
The Children's Home is located on 70 acres of land. The facilities include four large homes for the children, an administration building, which houses a gymnasium and a chapel, an arts-crafts and maintenance building, a small farm, the administrator's and director of child care services homes, a large grass play area and lighted tennis court. The children's residences include two girls' houses and two boy's houses. They are spacious homes with ample room for the children to have some "space" to themselves. The homes provide a majority of the children with their own private room. Each residence has its own family unit. Meals are served family style and each house participates in basic family activities, such as vacations, eating our, going to movies, shopping trips and other recreation endeavors.
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Every child receives a monthly allowance plus an hourly wage for any work performed outside their residence. The children are encouraged to participate in school, church and other community activities. All school fees and any special assessments are paid by the Home. The Home has a very active 4-H program with its own heard of 4-H calves, lambs and goats. All the children are urged to participate. |
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Each child has a membership to the YMCA plus a season pass to the public swimming pools. Special summer activities such as camping and canoeing trips; field trips to the zoo and other places of historical interest are coordinated by recreational aides.
The day to day operation of the Children's Home is the responsibility of the Administrator who is assisted by the Director of Child Care services who directs the admissions and care of the children and supervises the child care workers; and by the Director of Buildings, Grounds and 4-H whose responsibilities include the maintenance of the buildings, grounds, farm, and the 4-H program.
Anyone seeking information on admitting a child should direct their inquiries to:
Administrator