A group of men and women that come together . We are a community-based fraternal organization
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was founded on the North American Continent in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 1819 when Thomas Wildey and four members of the Order from England instituted Washington Lodge No. 1. This lodge received its charter from Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows in England
"visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan."
* The strongest fraternal society on the continent.[which?]
* A great worldwide united brotherhood.
* A fraternity founded on the basis of universal brotherhood.
* Based on the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.
* Founded on the North American continent in 1819.
* Based upon the purest principles of equality.
* Non-political and non-sectarian.
* A source of comfort in times of trouble and adversity.
* A world-wide force that stands for all that is noblest and highest.
* An everyday guide for conduct, a mantle that should be worn always.
* An organization that favors no person for their wealth and frowns on none for their poverty.
* An ideal that exists in the heart and mind of every genuine Odd Fellow or Rebekah.
* Fulfilling a mission in the world which no other institution has successfully attempted.
* A vitalizing, sympathetic, and actuating influence in the lives of all its real members.
* A ministering spirit succoring the needy, cheering the despondent and protecting the helpless.
* The handmaid of virtue and religion.
* Founded on the inspired word of God as revealed to man in the Holy Bible.
