As a 45 year member of Alma Lodge #523 IOOF in Johnstown, Pennsylvania USA I was wondering if your You Tube videos have had a positive effect on increasing membership? Please feel free to look up almalodge on Google. We, unfortunately do not advertise that we give 2 $1,000.00 USD scholarships per year to students who are going on to higher education, nor that we donate $1,300.00 USD to 6 different food pantries twice a year, nor that we support a child care place called Mom’s house, 2 youngster baseball team’s locally, the Fireman’s fund for coats for children, along with the charities of our Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania’s charities. And the Soverign Grand Lodge’s float in the Rose Bowl Parade New Years Day. Yet I was asked just two weeks ago while coming out of the lodge hall “just what goes on inside that building.”
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have just started going to meeting at my local lodge best thing i have done yhis year
That's really brilliant to hear. We hope you make lots of friends there and get all the support you need, when you need it.
Am thinking of joining did you make any friends?
Nice video glad to be a new member
That's lovely to hear. We hope you enjoy being a member!
Nice video. In FLT
Thanks for the lovely comment!
Very touching story
As a 45 year member of Alma Lodge #523 IOOF in Johnstown, Pennsylvania USA I was wondering if your You Tube videos have had a positive effect on increasing membership?
Please feel free to look up almalodge on Google.
We, unfortunately do not advertise that we give 2 $1,000.00 USD scholarships per year to students who are going on to higher education, nor that we donate $1,300.00 USD to 6 different food pantries twice a year, nor that we support a child care place called Mom’s house, 2 youngster baseball team’s locally, the Fireman’s fund for coats for children, along with the charities of our Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania’s charities. And the Soverign Grand Lodge’s float in the Rose Bowl Parade New Years Day. Yet I was asked just two weeks ago while coming out of the lodge hall “just what goes on inside that building.”
I want to be apart of a non mean society
A Friendlier Society? If only this was true in my town.
Hi Roy, we're sorry to hear that. If you are happy to email us about your experience, we can have a look in to it? news@oddfellows.co.uk