For the past couple of months, Mountain View 244 has been hosting a new club, led by local resident Julia Peterson. Her group is actually a book club, except that lately they’ve also taken to doing crafts together. They’re friendly and social and open to anyone, so when they asked the Mountain View Odd Fellows …
Castro Street Window Display, June 2025 Mountain View Lodge #244 is very fortunate to be located on Castro Street in downtown Mountain View (the main street) where we put up different windows displays each month. Our June display is dedicated to LGBTQ Pride Month, that commemorates the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer …
I was happy to help make flyers and a poster and bring these to promote the Cave Degree Weekend during Grand Lodge Sessions and more recently at the Three Links Camp. I have learned that when I spend time with Odd Fellows, the things that are important to me, are often important to others. Live …
On Monday, June 30, 2025 the Cupertino Initiatory Degree Team met to welcome 3 new candidates into the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The evening began with a light dinner of vegetarian pasta, salad, sausage, and garlic bread. After dinner we got down to business by introducing from True Fellowship #52 Katy Crockett and Sam …
The second degree was held on July 1st at Bay View 109 in Redwood City. We had 6 candidates, representing True Fellowship 52 Cupertino 70 and host lodge Bay View 109. I’ve done a lot of degree work at this point, and I will say that the one we did July 1st was the best …