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Updated: February 23, 2021To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Odd Fellows'...

Updated: February 15, 2021We are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the founding of Odd Fellows...

Updated: Februrary 8, 2021We are recognizing the 10th anniversary of the founding of Dedicated...

Updated: January 30, 2021In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Dedicated...

A lot of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs from around California and, frankly, from other jurisdictions write to me. Most messages are supportive.

While a handful of Odd Fellows Lodges in California are growing, and another handful are maintaining a static membership, the vast majority of Lodges in this State are shrinking. The math is not complicated.

I recently came into possession of a rare volume, entitled The Illustrated History of Odd Fellowship, written by Theodore A. Ross, who at the time of its publication had served as Grand Secretary of the Sovereign Grand Lodge (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) for close to 20 years. It’s quite a tome, numbering well over 600 pages. I’d like to quote a couple of passages from this book which you may find interesting:

Updated: January 2, 2021The Odd Fellows of California continues to celebrate the 10th Anniversary...

Recruiting new members into the Independent Order of Odd Fellows is essential for our future success. Here are 10 tips you can use to bring new members in to your local Lodge!

What will happen if the Odd Fellows in California and across the United States fail to evolve? Perhaps they go the way of the dinosaur and the dodo bird, and eventually become extinct. The goal of the Dedicated Members for Change is to avoid that outcome..

Precisely ten years ago today – on December 11, 2010 – The California Odd Fellows “Dedicated Members for Change” (DMC) was formed. DMC was the brainchild of its three founding members…