January 2020
Don’t get the Illinois Odd Fellow in the mail? Subscribe here to get updates via email when new issues are posted!
2020 Regional Meetings/All Degree Days
All Regionals start promptly at 10am unless otherwise stated. Please plan on being at the Lodge by 9-9:30am to sign in or register for Degrees.
Feb 1st – Region #4 (North) Pioneer #70, Winchester, IL
Feb 22nd – Region #2 Memento #44, Farmington, IL
Mar 7th – Region #4 (South) Waterloo #27, Waterloo, IL
Mar 21st – Region #3 Mt. Zion #300, Mt. Zion, IL
Apr 11th – Region #5 Flora #151, Flora, IL
Apr 18th – Region #1 Sycamore #105, Sycamore, IL
Please visit our Scholarships page to view and download the IOOF Scholarship forms.
They are due March 1st, 2020! Any received after the deadline WILL NOT be considered.
Since 1985, the Scholarship Committee has awarded $606,000.00 in Scholarships to deserving students throughout the state of Illinois. Which is an average of $17,823.53 per year and 20-30 scholarships per year.
Also, be sure to check out the scholarships available through the Sovereign Grand Lodge at https://odd-fellows.org/programs/education-foundation/
Friendship
You gain a new family in the members of your Lodge and a vast network of Brothers and Sisters worldwide. By joining Odd Fellows with your friends it helps to give a deeper purpose and meaning to your friendship. We are a diverse organization and have members of all faiths, races, genders, occupations and abilities with over 600,000 members in over 10,000 Lodges in 26 countries.
Love
The historic command of the Odd Fellow is to “visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan.”
You get to take an active role in helping your community and the world be a better place. Local Lodges help out their communities in any way they choose and are unified together in State/National/Worldwide projects.
Truth
Be a part of the HISTORY and the MYSTERY. As an Odd Fellow you get to be a member of one of the world’s oldest and largest fraternal Orders AKA “Secret Societies”. Secret password, rituals, symbols, and more, all designed to “elevate and improve the character of mankind.” By taking these lessons to heart you become a better person and in turn make help to make the world around you a better place.
Interested in joining us? We would love to have you!
Odd Fellows Valediction
