Sciots

In 1905, a number of Masons met in Mission Masonic Temple, in the City of San Francisco, for the purpose of forming a social club, where Masons could get together on an equal footing, free from the restraint of the lodge room, yet organized for the purpose of furthering Masonic teachings and applying, in a practical way, in everyday business affairs, the teachings of the fraternity.

Initially the organization was called the Boosters, which name was changed to Sciots on January 23, 1910: It retained as its slogan, "Boost One Another!" Its ceremonials are based on the practical democracy of the Greeks under the League of Neighbors (Amphictyony) as practiced on the rugged island of Scio and the legend of the island's inhabitants, the Sciots sojourn to deliver the fruits of their native island to the Pharaoh of Egypt in about 1124 B.C., some sixty years after the fall of Troy. The Sciots Foundation Fund exists for the rehabilitation of underprivileged children, between the ages of two and fourteen years, no mater of what race, creed or color. The Sciots also have a Sunshine Fund for the dissemination of pleasure otherwise denied to underprivileged children.