ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT BEING AN ODD FELLOW IS THE VARIETY OF WAYS WE CAN HELP THOSE IN NEED. EVERY LODGE AND JURISDICTION IS GIVEN THE FLEXIBILITY TO FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES WHILE PARTICIPATING IN LARGER GLOBAL PROJECTS AS A WHOLE UNIT. BELOW ARE LISTS OF PROJECTS SUPPORTED AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS.
For information on our International projects, click any links below:
Educational Foundation Tournament of Roses Parade Float
SOS Children’s Village, Battambang, Cambodia Housing
Camps & Parks Pilgrimage for Youth
Smithville IOOF Ongoing Projects:
Smithville Lodges participate in the annual Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Projects by sponsoring forty shoeboxes. We collect items throughout the year then gather in October to put the boxes together and ready them for delivery.
Scholarships: Applicant must be a high school senior in Bastrop County, Texas OR a high school senior who is the child or grandchild of a member of Smithville Rebekah Lodge #180 or Smithville Odd Fellow Lodge #393. To download a PDF of the application, contact us at ioofsmithville@gmail.com or click here
Grand Lodge of Texas Scholarships:
The Grand Lodge of Texas awards multiple scholarships annually. For more information, click on one of the scholarships below: