Mountain View #244’s degree team, assisted by members of True Fellowship, hosted the First Degree on April 30th for Kersten Stanley-Jones of Mountain View, Miles Wolf and Ben Holden of True Fellowship #52 and Taylor Patrick of Mission Peak #114. We were delighted to have our Noble Grand, Katy Dickinson, back in town just in …
Black History Month, Mountain View Lodge #244, Sinéad and Ria Toolis
This month our lodge windows celebrated Black History Month with a special emphasis on an extraordinary person, Harriet Tubman.
On the evening of Monday, January 19th, Cupertino Lodge hosted Mountain View Lodge, True Fellowship Lodge, Saratoga Lodge, Philotesian Rebekah Lodge, and Clara Rebekah Lodge for a Dinner Installation lead by Grand Warden Adam Potolsky, District Deputy President Debra LaVergne, and District Deputy Grand Marshall Izzy Mahon. This was the largest Joint Installation for Odd Fellows …
National Penguin Day was on January 20 th. This month we dedicated our window to Penguins, concentrating on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic penguins.From – https://nationaltoday.com/national-penguin-day/We love penguins for lots of reasons: They walk around in tuxedos, they have a cute waddle, and they’re unique! And to show that we care, we observe National Penguin Day on …
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I am very new to Odd Fellowship, having only applied in 2023, and am honored to have been elected to be incoming Noble Grand of Mountain View, Lodge #244. Both of my adult children have been Odd Fellows for many years and I supported them at their lodge events long before joining. What inspired me …
In the space between Christmas and New Year’s, more than a hundred Odd Fellows and Rebekahs come together in Pasadena to put the last final touches on the Rose Parade float we do each year. This year, our district’s own Debra LaVergne and Elizabeth Satterfield, as they have done so many times before, joined in …
This month our window was given over to Fall, Thanksgiving and an Art Show. Passersby could look in the window and try to answer the thanksgiving puns! Would you be able to answer any? · The police arrested the turkey… They suspected fowl play · We didn’t cook a turkey… because we didn’t have thyme You get …
The Mountain View Odd Fellows launched the holiday season with a three-day art pop-up art sale that packed the lodge with color, creativity, and enough foot traffic to make Castro Street wonder if we’d started giving away free parking. Fourteen artists showed off paintings, stickers, ceramics, postcards, jewelry, embroidery, and even comic books (for anyone …
When the idea of a haunted house first came up, I was genuinely intrigued. I’d never been to one before and was curious to see what it would be like — little did I know I’d end up organizing the whole event! The Halloween Committee soon faced a few challenges. A broken elevator made the …
On Thursday, October 30th, Mountain View 244 held a first degree ceremony for three candidates. We are proud to announce that Joey Bennett and Sheryl Stanger of Livermore 219, and Alberto Garcia of Mission Peak 114, have received their first degree. Interestingly enough, this time none of the candidates were from district 107, but Mountain …