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Jordan Robins (right) and his mother, Darla, attend a supper at the Shrine Hut in Swift Current on Tuesday

The Shrine Club of Swift Current held a supper Tuesday night to honour a young man who received medical care at the Shriners Hospital for Children.

Jordan Robins was born with a rare condition called Fraser Syndrome, and received a large number of facial reconstruction surgeries, jaw surgeries and dental implants throughout his young life. Six years ago, he started going to the Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal to receive surgeries and other treatment procedures, with all travel expenses paid for by the Shriners.

"It does not cost a parent or patient a dime," said Herb Butz, Past President of the Shrine Club of Swift Current and representative on the Divan of the Provincial Shrine Association. "This is kind of unbelievable, but it costs us around 30 dollars per second around the clock to run our hospitals."

"The Shriners have been a big asset to me and my family," Jordan said. "If it weren't for the Shriners or any of the help they've given us, I wouldn't have even been able to get the help I've had over the last six years."

Jordan, 21, and his family spent at least 200 days a year in Montreal over the last six years, and he says his time in that city provided him with a number of unique experiences, but now that he's completed the surgeries that he needs, he's looking forward to catching up on life.

"I have to go back about once or twice a year to make sure my teeth are doing good, are intact and are working properly, but after that, I'm officially done," he added. "Two years ago, I finished school, so now that I'm done school, I'm not sure whether that I'm going to go to college yet or if I will go straight for a job and see if I can find a good job from there. What I'm thinking is that I might just go to college so I can go for a lifetime career that I'm actually going to enjoy myself."

Butz says Jordan's story is another example of what they do in the community.

"This is what we're all about... we're not all about riding on the bikes and partying and so on, we look after the kids, and that's what it's all about," he added.

Some of the fundraising events the Shriners put on every year locally include the Shrine Circus and the motorcycle draw.