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Originally Posted by Bonded
You know, I was looking at some those clubs and lodges and it is too bad they don't really seem to exist for younger people. Looks like they were a great way to connect with the local community.
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I've been an Oddfellow for about 15 years now, dragged kicking and screaming into it by a friend who needed votes for his 'projects', what I found was different lodges have such different members, some are basically a bunch of guys in their 80's and they and the lodge itself are just waiting to die, but others have 'younger' members and are quite lively.
I love the good works we do in the community and I love spending time with the older guys who remind me of my long dead grandfather.
I'm not sure what the Mason's and Elks are up to but we Oddfellows are alive and kicking, next week I will proudly cook up breaded Oysters for the Ladner Lodges 120th annual oyster fest', the lodge was initially a fishermans lodge hence the Oysters, the lodge is about the oldest organization in Ladner and being part of something that has been around longer than the town is really very very cool.
In Friendship Love and Truth Brothers....