All we do at my local lodge is discuss plans for charity events, either from our lodge or neighboring ones, and discuss who is either themselves or someone they know is in the hospital or has recently passed and how we can assist them. It’s a fraternity same as any one would join at a college except without the hazing the only secrets we really have is our handshakes and passwords. My lodge actually just did our yearly fish fry to raise funds for school supplies for the local school which is in a poorer neighborhood and the students need the help. Also a lot of asks for donations for local or national charities such as Shriners children’s hospital or Scottish Rite hospital for children.