After being one of several Moose Lodges around the state the Premier Lodge Award, YOUR Holly Moose Lodge was chosen as the 2024 LODGE OF THE YEAR. Congratulations to each and every one of our 1600 plus members. It is your continued membership, donations, participation, volunteer work that made this achievement possible. Without you, our members, we have no lodge. So THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to YOU for your support!
The following is the MMA criteria needed to become eligible for such an honor.
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Beginning May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025, in order to earn the Premier Lodge Award a Lodge must:
1) Increase Active Membership over the fiscal year ended 4/30/2024
2) Increase in Total Giving to Moose Charities, excluding amounts for Safe Surfin’ over the fiscal year ending 4/30/2024. Includes Youth Awareness and individual Donor Circle donations to Moose Charities for your members.
OR
Lodge per capita contributions to Moose Charities during the fiscal year ending 4/30/2025 must equal or exceed the fraternity-wide per capita average of $8.69 per member (as established during the prior 2 calendar years)
3) Submit Heart of the Community Reports and receive a grade of “Good” or better on each report
4) Indebtedness on the monthly Moose International Consolidated Billing Statement is less at April 30, 2025 than the balance due shown on the May of 2024 statement (any April 30, 2025 balance of zero or less is considered less than the prior year)
5) Submission of Moose of the Year nomination form by established deadline
6) Lodge must be represented at the 2024 International Convention
7) Lodge must remit Endowment Fund contributions to Moose Charities in at least 10 months during the year
Lodge must hold an Orientation/Lodge enrollment a minimum of every two months during the year
Congratulations to this year’s winners! View the full listing here.
Leadership Awards
When the Lodge qualifies for the Premier Lodge Award, both the President and/or Administrator can earn a Leadership Award, qualifying each of them for 100,000 Moose Rewards points. In order to qualify, the following criteria must be met individually:
– Must serve a full term from May 1 through the following April 30th
– Must be an active Chapter/Moose Legion member at the close of their term, April 30th
– Must sponsor at least three members into the Moose during term of office
– Must, during their term of office, have personally attended all meetings below during their year of service (Alternate Delegates qualify for a Lodge’s representation but does NOT qualify for the Leadership Award)
Association Annual Convention AND Association Mid-Year Conference
2024 Moose International Convention
– Must have successfully completed the minimum required training, pursuant to the Training rules and regulations
Without exception, ALL of the above conditions MUST be met in order to qualify for the award.
***At the discretion of the Chief Compliance Officer, a Lodge may be disqualified from earning the Premier Lodge Award or Leadership Award for failing to abide by our General Laws.
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