ABOUT US
Our Leadership & Organization...
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Memento Lodge members meet at the Hall on the
1st & 3rd Thursdays each month at 6:30 pm. -
The Hall is located at 6240 Main St, Georgetown.
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Guests are always welcome. Come, see, like, join!
- The Memento Lodge #37 Board Members are:
Grand Master. . . . . . Yolanda Spain
Vice Grand . . . . . . . Angela Beardsley
Secretary. . . . . . . . . Joe Morgan
Financial Secretary. . Bill Elliot -
If you are interested in becoming an Odd Fellow,
let us know and someone will answer questions and get you started. Welcome!
OUR MISSION & VISION
The original IOOF groups' Mission & Vision was to work within their local communities to bring out the best in people by promoting events that helped bring people together in friendship, love, truth, faith, hope, charity & universal justice.
The members of Memento Lodge #37 are continuing is this tradition as we try to make the world a better place by our commitment to our local community through aiding the less fortunate, the youth, the elderly and the environment in every way possible.
OUR HISTORY
The Odd Fellow name came from the founding members of many different trades who were not able to join established beneficial groups. Perhaps this is where the phrase Odd Jobs originated.
Before social security, unemployment insurance, and health care was subsidized by employers. The folks in England were pretty much on their own.
The Odd Fellows purpose was to help members who were sick or in distress, help with members seeking employment, educate the orphans of members that died, and bury members in Odd Fellows Cemeteries with no charge to families.
Many of these Odd Fellows migrated to our East Coast then to California. With the gold rush in 1849, nearly every mining town of any size would soon have an Odd Fellow lodge. Odd Fellows are credited with bringing a sense of civility to their community.
CORE VALUES:
FRIENDSHIP, LOVE & FAITH
Ever since this IOOF was founded in 1855, our focus has not changed. We are here for the "neighborhood".
With that determination in mind, Memento Lodge #37 has developed a number of ongoing programs in The Georgetown Divide community.
IOOF owns and operates a youth camp each summer. It is near Mi-Wuk village and Twain Harte. It also owns and manages retirement communities, in Santa Rosa and Saratoga, CA.
Today our Lodge consists of a small band of men and women--Odd Fellow--that see the value in the preservation of our historical building and to keep serving our community's needs as a place to gather, celebrate, mourn, educate and entertain.
Memento Lodge provides annual scholarships to our High school seniors, sponsors students to attend 6th grade camp, sponsors youth sport teams, and provides the Hall for the annual Christmas Food Basket giveaway program.
The Hall provides a venue for fund raisers and programs for Rotary, Native Sons, Music On The Divide, Republican Women, 40 + years of Be Jazzed fitness, yoga classes, community information meetings, blood drives, weddings, wakes, provides a resource center in emergencies, and is rented for private parties such as birthdays and baby showers etc.
Join Us in our Community Service...
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Odd Fellow Hall Resources Center: Our hall has been used as a resource center for fire & weather emergencies. We provided food, wood, clothes, propane, dog food, water, etc. to those in need.
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Golden Sierra Scholarships: For about 10 years, we have donated scholarships to our Golden Sierra High School Seniors.
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Gold Country Girls Softball: We have sponsored the girl's softball team for over eight years.
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Pioneer Cemetery Bi-annual Clean-up: Every year we have a cemetery clean-up before Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
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Fundraisers: We hold events like Oktoberfest to raise money toward hall upkeep and improvements.
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Hall Clean-ups: We gather to ten to the yard and hall.