Our Mission

As an organization, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows aims to  provide a framework that promotes personal and social development. Lodge  degrees and activities aim to improve and elevate every person to a  higher, nobler plane; to extend sympathy and aid to those in need,  making their burdens lighter, relieving the darkness of despair;  to war against vice in every form, and to be a great moral power and influence  for the good of humanity. For members, the degrees in Odd Fellowship emphasizes a leaving of  the old life and the start of a better one, of welcoming travelers, and of helping those in need. The command of the IOOF is to "visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan.”  Specifically, IOOF today are  dedicated to the following purposes:

• To improve and elevate the character of mankind by promoting the  principles of friendship, love, truth, faith, hope, charity and  universal justice.

• To help make the world a better place to live by aiding each other,  the community, the less fortunate, the youth, the elderly, the  environment and the community in every way possible.

• To promote good will and harmony amongst peoples and nations through  the principle of universal fraternity, holding the belief that all men  and women regardless of race, nationality, religion, social status,  gender, rank and station are brothers and sisters.