Charleston Elks Lodge #623 is the local branch of The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Charleston Elks Lodge #623 is the local branch of The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The lodge building is at 720 6th St., just south of the historic square in Charleston, Illinois.
Our facilities include a club social room, dining room, and several meeting rooms and banquet facilities. Along with our weekly Wednesday night Queen of Hearts drawings, Friday night dinner specials, and other social events, the club participates in local and national charities and other community functions.
The lodge basement is currently home to the Charleston Community Theater's spring production of "Death of a Salesman." Rehearsals are underway, and opening night is March 31st. Please contact the Charleston Community Theater for ticket info.
Also known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks, the BPOE are an American fraternal order originally founded in 1868 by Joseph M. Norcross as a social club in New York City. Affectionately nicknamed "The Best People on Earth", the B.P.O.E is today headquartered at Elks National Veterans Memorial in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the leading fraternal orders in the United States, claiming nearly one million members.
To inculcate the principles of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity; to recognize a belief in God; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its Members; to quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and to provide for its government, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs, demonstrating that Elks Care and Elks Share.
