Yee-haw! Bolos were back big time at Western Wear Day at the 2025 Grand Lodge Sessions in Reno, Nevada! And True Fellowship Lodge no. 52, IOOF met this need, raising over $1,000 as it sold dozens of True Fellowship Bolo Ties to Odd Fellows from across the state (and even the nation), selling bolos to …
A Meritorious Service Jewel is considered the highest award in Odd Fellowship. By Sovereign Grand Lodge code, they can only be awarded by a Grand Lodge, Grand Encampment, or Department Council. And grand bodies are limited in the number they can award based on their number of members. It is reserved for those who render …
This year, we had several members of our district who took the step of running for one of the elected offices at Grand Lodge. Each of them was invited to share a little about themselves and what they hoped to accomplish. Adam Potolsky, our new Grand Warden, has a separate article. Connie Hall: Rebekah Childrens …
The first years as a member of the Independent order of Odd Fellows I spent focused on my lodge and what I could do as a member. Because the lodge, like many in the great state of California, was small and lacked the membership to build from, I was quickly put into the line to become noble …
Even though it goes without saying that Mason Wolf is an exemplar of Odd Fellowship, sometimes it is important to embarrass him just a little bit by pointing out that his home Lodge community at True Fellowship Lodge no. 52 is very proud of his accomplishments. At Grand Lodge Sessions, he not only completed his term …
At Sessions this year, among all the many bills, resolutions, motions and elections, one action stands out both for its audacity, and its potential implications for the future of Odd Fellowship in California. The very last thing we voted on, a resolution crafted from the floor of Sessions itself rather than submitted in advance, concerns …
Read more “Saving our Buildings, our History, and our Order: The Ukiah Resolution”
On Friday May 16 at Sessions, I was surprised and honored when Grand Master Dave Reed called me up on stage, along with Marcus Marino of Davis Lodge #169. He had 3 Grand Master’s awards to hand out: myself, Marcus, and Jack Cain of Upper Lake #241 (who unfortunately was unable to attend). In his …
A View from the Podium Debra LaVergne, Past President Rebekah Assembly of California, 2024-2025 I had multiple hats for the week. As Grand High Priest of the Grand Encampment, I was part of the team responsible for the Joint Memorial Service. We used the Rebekah Lodge opening prayer, the Odd Fellows Lodge opening ode, the …
Mountain View Lodge #244 823 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041 Mountain View Lodge #244 is very fortunate to be located on Castro Street in downtown Mountain View. We are on the corner between Castro Street and Villa Street and can put on window displays in our Castro Street windows. The month of May is …
Read more “Mental Health Awareness Month Display in Mountain View”
Did you know wee have a member who is still fulfilling on one of the original missions of Odd Fellowship, burying the dead? On Memorial Day, a number of Odd Fellows headed to Livermore to get a cemetery tour at Memory Gardens Cemetery, where Jon Hart of Livermore Lodge provides these services at a much …
Read more “Odd Fellows Honor Memorial Day with a Cemetery Visit”