On Thursday, May 29th, once again, Mountain View Lodge #244 hosted a fully produced First Degree to welcome Helen Bobias (Cupertino #70)and Victor Gonsalves (Mountain View 244). Despite many schedule conflicts, a successful production of the degree was performed in all its dramatic themes of Friendship, thanks to the efforts of several Lodges, including True …
On Friday, March 21, 2025, Mountain View Lodge #244 had its first open board game night. Our group was small, but we had fun! We played a couple rounds of Sequoia, a dice game in which players compete to build the tallest trees by rolling six-sided dice pairs. We learned a card game named Plums, …
In March, the window theme for our Odd Fellows Lodge on Castro Street was Women’s History Month and the fight of universal suffrage in the United States. The Suffragettes Today, women over the age of 18 take it for granted that they can vote. The right for Universal Suffrage was no walk in the park …
A full team robed in red, purple, and white satin presented the mysteries of the 1st Degree to thirteen candidates on 27 March 2025 in Mountain View. Because a Rebekah degree event was also held that night, three energetic and enthusiastic Odd Fellows lodges joined in the 1st Degree team: Cupertino #70, True Fellowship #52, …
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 smaller window is dedicated to Odd Fellows and Rebekkahs. Our larger window has a changing …
By Sally Calpo Mountain View Lodge #244 is starting a new board game night series on 3rd Fridays of the month, following in the footsteps of True Fellowship #52 in San Jose. It will start at 7:30pm and run until around 10:30, though if we have to go longer to finish up a game that’s …
By Michael Greenzeiger On Sunday, February 2, Xanadu Sanctorum #321 of the Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans (AMOS) held its annual installation of officers in Mountain View which was presided over by District Deputy Supreme Monarchos Ron Myres. The new officers installed were Mason Wolf, Grand Monarch; Tom Blackburn, Grand Counsellor; Michael Greenzeiger, Registrar/Collector; Henry …
February 6 was an exciting day for our lodge as we witnessed the installation of our new officers for 2025. The installation kicked off with a Venezuelan dinner catered by CaliCaracas, a Latina-owned catering company in Mountain View and organized by our incoming Vice Grand, Sister Katie Dickinson. We had a lovely cake for dessert. …
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The District 107 Youth Pilgrimage Scholarship Committee received several essays for its contest. The winning essay was written by Bao Nguyen, a junior at Oak Grove High School in San Jose. He’ll spend 2 weeks in the Eastern US with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Pilgrimage, and is very excited for the upcoming opportunity. …
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 @ MOUNTAIN VIEW
This Halloween, Mountain View Lodge plans to dress up its lodge to host a crew of pirates and miscellaneous strays who wander in to gape in awe at our spooky establishment.