IOOF Lodge #83, Vacaville, Ca

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IOOF#83,  530 Main Street   Vacaville, CA 95688

Send mail to:   P.O. Box 5241   Vacaville, CA 95696

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 http://www.ioof.org/

 

 Lodge #83 Officers

2011

  Noble Grand 

 Steve Finnegan

Vice Grand

 Rick Trefz
Past Grand

John Keep

Secretary

Damon  Tyler

Treasurer 

 Glenn Beddow


Trustees:

Jim Lambright
Thomas Pardini

Damon Tyler 

Dan Musick

Rick Trefz
    

 

 

MEETINGS:

1st & 3rd Tuesdays

7:00pm

 

 

                 http://ioof83vacaville.tripod.com    
 
                CONTACT US

IOOF83Vaca@gmail.com

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We strive "to visit the sick, comfort the distressed, bury the dead, and educate the orphan."

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a fraternal organization founded in the 1700's in England. One explanation of the origin of the name states, "That common laboring men should associate themselves together to form a fraternity for social unity and fellowship and for mutual help was such a marked violation of the trends of the times that they became known as "peculiar" or "odd", and hence they were derided as 'Odd Fellows.'" The most widely known symbol of the IOOF is the three-link chain, signifying our creed of Friendship, Love, and Truth. The Order as we know it today was founded on the North American continent in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 1819. The first Odd Fellows Lodge in California was established in 1849 in San Francisco. Frequently, in early California, the first law and order in gold rush camps, and much of the medical care, was supplied by local Odd Fellows. The Vacaville Odd Fellows Lodge was chartered on March 5, 1859, the year before the Pony Express came to Vacaville and two years before the start of the Civil War. Since that time the organization has met continuously and has counted among its membership many of the leading citizens of the day. The Lodge annually donates groceries to the needy at Christmas, buys Thanksgiving dinners for families in need, and provides scholarships for graduating Vacaville High School seniors.

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IOOF #83 Vacaville     IOOF83Vaca@gmail.com