On June 12th, Barnes Encampment 77 held a degree for one very special member. Alison Holeman had been unable to be present for the previous conferral of the Golden Rule degree of the encampment back in March, and we had already decided that we would be doing the Royal Purple degree at the end of …
If you have an Odd Fellows Instruction Manual, you will know that a Grand Master visit (or any formal visit) is a meeting variation which adds content to a regular meeting. That Tuesday night (6/24/25), our meeting was called to order by Mike Bever, NG at the Saratoga IOOF Lodge #428 at 7:30 PM following …
REDWOOD CITY – On June 20, 7 pm, Bay View Lodge #109 presented their second monthly game night, a new tradition that is sure to be a winner and an ongoing activity for the SF bay area Oddfellows community and visitors. At the event there was a catered dinner consisting of delicious food from a …
7 Patriarchs from Barnes Encampment experienced the Royal Purple Degree at the Three Links Camp on June 27 and June 28. With help from Grand Patriarch Wendell Watson, Grand Master Rita Cooper, Deputy Grand Master Carlos Juarez, and Patriarch Tom Silva, Chief Patriarch Debra LaVergne and Barnes Encampment conferred the Royal Purple Degree on 5 …
I came to the Odd Fellows festival to help spread the word of the LARP working with True Fellowship 52. We thought it would be a good opportunity to showcase the LARP, answer some questions, and see if people outside our lodge might be interested in trying it out. When we got there Friday night, …
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Our local unit of the Ladies of the Oracle, Inanna Zuanna #9, had been dormant since the pandemic. It has revived recently at the insistence of Queen Annie Cronin, who was initiated with 9 other Queens during the Three Links Camp Festival weekend by Past Supreme Ashayhi Debra La-Vergne. Officers were elected and installed: Great …
On the morning of Friday, July 4th , the following call and response could be heard all through San Jose’s Shasta/Hanchett and Rose Garden neighborhoods: “What is the first link? Friendship! What is the second link? Love! What is the third link? Truth! Who are we? Odd Fellows!” Members of True Fellowship 52, including Scott …
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Patrick Landeza Presents, produced a Hawaiian concert on Father’s Day at our Cupertino Lodge. With over 80 in attendance, everyone enjoyed a meal that Patrick made plus top notch Hawaiian entertainment by Kupaoa (Lihau and Kellen Paik), from the island of Kauai and Mark Yamanaka, from the big island. Accompanying the musicians were many of …
The Cupertino 4th of July BBQ was quite a success. Over 40 members and guests made it. It was a great time to catch up with members in a social environment. Thanks to the prep team of Randee Chin, Stehpen Franke, Marvin Carter, Les Wong, Jordan Duval, Helen Bobias, Estelle Ramolete and chief BBQ’er Ron …
On June 25th, we held our second Cupertino and True Fellowship Kanikapila – Burger Fry, at the Cupertino Lodge. This event combined the Hawaiian music from Cupertino and the monthly True Fellowship burger bbq. It was great working with the True Fellowship team in running the event. Our attendance wasn’t that great, so we’ll need …