Michael Hannigan
Fraternal Committee Director
Houlton #835
Lodge Activities-Ronald Darling
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All-American Lodge Contest Deadline Coming Up
Just a reminder that the All-American Lodge Contest form deadline will be on April 1, 2022. The form will need to be sent to your District Deputy. Your Lodge, its officers and members have worked hard all year, and now it’s time to possibly get some recognition for that hard work. All Lodges are encouraged to enter this contest. More information can be found by clicking the headline of this post.
Fraternal Committee
The Fraternal Committee is responsible for promoting programs that support patriotism and fraternal ties among the members. At the Local Lodge level, the Fraternal Committee is responsible for the following programs:
- Membership
- Elk Memorial Service
- Veterans/National Service
- Lodge Activities
- Americanism
- Patriotism Week
- Fly the Flag Program
- Flag Day Services; and
- Elks National Foundation
- Elk of the Year Award
- Officer of the Year Award
- Citizen of the Year Award
At the State Level, the Fraternal Committee promotes all of these programs, and encourages Lodges to conduct them locally. To encourage Lodges to be the best they can be, this committee conducts the All-American Lodge Contest, and promotes the following additional programs:
- Donate Life (organ donor program)
- Local Lodge Website Contest