Oregon State Elks Association

On behalf of our 56 lodges of the Oregon Elks Association, I welcome you to our new website and I encourage you to learn about the great Elk lodges in our state and the great work we do in our communities. From the pristine coastline of Oregon to the vast farmlands and high desert of central and eastern Oregon, Elkdom is thriving in our state. Oregon is home to not one, but two major state projects. You'll find information on the Elks Children's Eye clinic, a major project of the Oregon State Elks Association that has helped thousands of children see. You'll find information on our Meadowood Speech and Hearing camp, a summer camp for children with speech and language delays that works miracles.

You'll find great information here at this site on the lodges in our state, each of which will show you a unique and very special hospitality on your visit. In Oregon, you'll also find all major Elks programs are alive and thriving. From the Elks Hoop Shoot (which was started in Oregon by PGER Frank Hise), to astounding veterans programs, to extensive work in the community, you'll learn about it here.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting.

George Fry, President, Oregon State Elks Association

The Baker City Herald published an article this week on Baker Lodge #338's first woman Exalted Ruler, Debby Ray. It's a great article covering Baker City's commitment to Elkdom, and highlighting Debby's leadership of the Lodge and the support of it's members. Debby is quoted in the article as saying "I love it -- I lovewhat they do and what they stand for. I wanted to do more and be more involved".

Congratulations Debby on your fine representation of Elkdom.

The Article can be found here

Every year, Grand Lodge provides a training program open to all officers and members in the form of two pages of questions on the rules, protocols, and guidelines of our Order.  These questions are not always obvious and some require studying of our Statutes and other documents to find the answers.  In doing so, you will be rewarded with a deeper knowledge of our Order than can help you as an officer or a member.

You must be a registered Elk and registered member to access the quiz.  The manuals and documents are available from your Lodge Secretary, or online at elks.org or oregonelks.org

for direct access to the training test.

Many of you like to find out the news of other lodges in your area and around the state.  Lodge Bulletins contain a wealth of information on a lodge, but most Elks in the state only see the bulletin from their own lodge.

Following up on a request from the OSEA convention, we've created a spot on the OSEA website to host lodge bulletins from across the state.  We will be contacting lodges and asking them to add the OSEA website to their distribution, this way the bulletin will be available to all Elk members.   The collection is small today, but should grow over the next few weeks.

Grand Lodge has recently indicated that the lodge bulletins cannot be made public on the internet, therefore the bulletins are restricted to Elk members only.  Once signing in, you will see a new menu item on the main menu called "Lodge Bulletins".  Simply click on in and you'll be taken to a page where all the lodge bulletins can be accessed.  If you haven't registered, please do so -- it's easy and will give you access to a lot of additional information.  The page also contains instructions on how to submit your bulletins.