“To care for the orphan & widow; visit the sick; relieve the poor; and bury the deceased.”

Membership has a number of benefits, such as:
• Opportunities to work on or participate in projects or fun events, such as dinners, socials, concerts, hiking, etc.
• Friendly faces to get to know, as new “brothers and sisters”.
•Monthly dinners & lodge business meetings.
• Odd Fellows Retirement Homes (2.5% off per year of IOOF membership)¹
• Three Links Campground in the California Sierras.
•Access to county-, state- and nationwide Odd Fellows events & benefits, such as scholarships, Rose Bowl Float project, etc.

Source: Sycamore Lodge 129

Notes:

¹There are over 400 active Lodges in the state today. They run four different care facilities in the state: the Children’s home in Gilroy, the IOOF Senior Housing Complex & IOOF Home located in Saratoga and “The Meadows” a gracious country retirement community and Skilled Nursing facility in Napa. They also support several charities: The Heart Fund, Visual Research, Arthritis, Scholarships, United Nations Educational Tour for youth, tree planting, and locally: Community Services, feeding the Homeless, Senior Centers and Youth Activities.

Source: Grand Sovereign Lodge