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One Mission – One Fraternity – One Million Campaign

For more than 134 years, The Moose has stood as a beacon of fraternity, family, service, and community impact. As we approach one of the greatest new era milestones in our Fraternity — reaching one million active memberships — we have an extraordinary opportunity to unite every Lodge, Association, and member behind a single shared mission!

The “One Mission – One Fraternity – One Million Campaign” is designed to generate excitement, increase membership engagement, accelerate recruitment momentum, and celebrate the collective efforts of our Fraternity as we approach the landmark achievement of one million memberships in The Moose.

The campaign strategically increases rewards as membership totals approach the one million membership threshold, creating sustained excitement and increasing urgency throughout the sponsorship process. By rewarding Sponsors, New Members, Lodges, and Associations simultaneously, the program ensures that each level of the Fraternity shares in both the responsibility and the celebration of this achievement.

This incentive program is designed to:

  • Increase new member growth across all Associations
  • Create healthy competitive engagement among Sponsors, Lodges and Associations
  • Reward local membership recruitment efforts
  • Publicly celebrate milestone membership achievements
  • Generate positive publicity and organizational momentum leading into the historic one-million-member milestone

Campaign Documents:

Moose International Lodge Grant Application Deadline Approaching

The Moose International Board of Directors has approved three grant programs for the 2026-27 Moose fiscal year totaling $3,000,000.

Lodge Grant Program

$2.0M is approved for grants that go towards infrastructure and improvement grants intended to make the lodge homes more comfortable and attractive for current and future members. Grants may be issued for up to $25,000 and can be used for projects such as painting, HVAC work, roofing, parking lot refurbishment, landscaping, patios and decks, children’s play equipment, kitchen equipment, social quarters and lodge furniture, etc.

Local Marketing Grant Program

$500,000 is earmarked towards lodges actively promoting themselves within their local communities with the purpose of attracting new members. Projects include, but are not limited to, youth team sponsorships, fair and festival participation, sports days/nights at local ballparks, radio, newspaper or billboard advertising, child or senior ID events, and Tommy Moose BOGO participation. Grants cap at $3,000 per lodge.

Lodge Signage Grant Program

$500,000 is approved for grants to refurbish, update or replace existing permanent signs on or near the lodge property. There is also a $3,000 limit per lodge for this program.

Applications open for all three programs on Monday, June 29th and can only be found on the administrator’s dropdown menu on LCL web. Lodges may apply for one, two or all three of the programs above as long as they meet these minimum requirements:

  1. Attendance at the 2026 International Moose Convention. At least one member representing the lodge needs to be scanned into an official meeting of The Moose in OKC for the lodge to qualify for grant consideration.
  2. Attendance at your Association 2025 Annual Meeting. At least one representative from your lodge must have attended your Association’s 2025 Fall Annual Meeting.
  3. Attendance at your Association 2026 Midyear Meeting. At least one representative from your lodge must have attended your Association’s 2026 Midyear Meeting.

Note that there may be additional requirements (membership, fraternal record, charitable giving, etc.) that may be taken into consideration when evaluating applications.

The Local Marketing and Signage Grant Programs will remain open as long as there are funds available or the fiscal year ends, whichever comes first. The Lodge Grant applications will close on Friday, July 31st.

There will also be a Grant Workshop at 2:30pm on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 (and repeated at 4pm) at the International Moose Convention in OKC that Moose International encourages everyone to attend. Also, the guidelines for each of these programs are attached and may also be found below.

2026-2027 Local Marketing Grant Guidelines
2026-2027 Lodge Grant Guidelines
2026-2027 Lodge Sign Grant Guidelines
2026-2027 Lodge Sign Grant Approved Samples

Changes to Women of the Moose General Laws

The following is a portion of Barb McPherson’s Keynote Address given at the 114th International Conference of Women of the Moose in Oklahoma City (2026).

During the February Grand Council meeting, the Grand Council recommended and the Moose International Board of Directors approved the following changes to the Women of the Moose General Laws.

Sec. 8 – relates to the name of a Chapter and the only way they can dissolve. The last sentence of the paragraph will now read “A chapter can voluntarily dissolve by a majority vote of the active members present at a meeting, under the authority of an authorized Official Visitor.” Too many chapters think they can just close by themselves. There is indeed a process that needs to happen in accordance with the IRS.

Sec. 86 paragraph h. – relates to the Nominating Committee – and what happens in the event of a tie when voting on nominees. The last sentence of that paragraph has been changed to read “In the event of a tie, the nominee is not placed on the slate. The nominee may resubmit her name at the next Nominating Committee meeting.”

Sec. 94 paragraph c. relates to the Officers earning honors and Training. This section will now read “Training for Elected Officers (including the Junior Past Regent), as outlined in a Moose International policy from the Women of the Moose Headquarters must be completed within 60-days of taking office. Training is valid for three (3) years. Anyone who intends to hold office after her training dates have “expired” must take the appropriate training again. Specifically, should the officer’s training expire while holding office, she may finish out the term without retraining, but training must be retaken if she plans to hold office during the next fiscal year.”

These changes become effective August 1st so this will give the Officers who need training time to attend prior to the conclusion of training on October 31st. Anyone who has already attended training since February 1st has been given credit.

This does not supersede the need to attend training to earn the Golden Gavel, College of Regents or Star degree during the year the member is attempting to qualify for their honor.

Chastain at the Brickyard this Sunday

Moose Fraternity NASCAR driver Ross Chastain heads to Indianapolis this weekend to compete in the Cup Series’ Brickyard 400. He hopes to avoid a similar incident as last year when he spun after contact with Michael McDowell in turn 3, hitting the wall early in the race and ending his day.

This weekend marks Chastain’s sixth Cup Series start on the oval track at Indianapolis and three Cup Series starts on the road course layout at Indy. Since driving for Trackhouse Racing on the oval circuit, his best finish is 15th, earned in 2024.

“Tire testing there last month got me reacclimated with the track a bit, but it changes every day with the different weather, so it will still be a challenge this weekend. I enjoy the oval and that’s what everyone knows the Brickyard as, the oval, not so much the road course. But no matter the course layout, I still enjoy racing there and really want a trophy from there. It is a crown jewel after all.” – Ross Chastain

Members looking to cheer Ross on at Indy can tune into TNT Sports on Sunday, July 26th at 2:00pm ET.

Activities

For additional information on any of these tournaments, or if your lodge would be interested in hosting a future tournament, please contact:

Activities Department
Mooseheart, IL 60539-1172
630-966-2214

Story Submissions

Tell us about the good work of your Lodge/Chapter for the chance to be featured in the Moose Magazine or on the Heard of Moose? Facebook page!

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    If necessary, additional photos can be emailed to moosetalk@mooseintl.org. Please include the Lodge/Chapter Name & Number and a short description of the event.

Convention Updates

Moose International would like to thank all of the volunteers who contributed their time and efforts to make the International Moose Convention in Oklahoma City a success. The annual meeting is a huge undertaking, and many members stepped up to help things run as smoothly as possible. We couldn’t do it without you, so please know your efforts were appreciated.

Annual Reports:

Awards:

New Appointments:

  • Chairman of the Board: Mark Penzkover
  • Grand Regent: Connie Haas
  • Moose Legion President: Steve Hennon

Audio & Visual:

June Message from R. Helton Shaw

Moose Legionnaires we missed our membership goal for 2025-2026. Every jurisdiction should be active with membership building and retention of their current members.

May 2026 ended with a trip to Mooseheart for our Moose Legion Council meeting, a bus trip to Camp Ross, 5th and 8th grade promotion, Mooseheart School graduation and then conferral of the Pilgrim Degree of Merit in the House of God. A fun filled week of activities.

My President Project goal was met and exceeded thanks to every fraternal unit in the Int. Moose Legion, especially the help of Old Dominion #148. Many thanks to the Lodges, LMLC’s and Old Dominion #148 for their exceptional efforts to make my President Project goal. I also want to thank every personal donation to my Presidents Project which to me expressed each individual’s commitment to The Moose and Moose Legion.

I’ll see you soon at our International Convention in Oklahoma City, OK.

God bless Mooseheart and Moosehaven.

Moose Magazine Online

Moose International is happy to announce a more user-friendly version of Moose magazine for mobile devices – perfect for members who are busy and on-the-go! The new and enhanced version features flowable text and adjustable font size so you no longer have to struggle to read stories from your phone or tablet! In addition, the contents view makes it easy to see all the stories/features at once so you can jump to your favorite section much faster, while still being able to see the traditional/page view if you desire. A tutorial is also offered to walk you through all the features/benefits of the new platform at the beginning. We hope you enjoy this new enhanced version of Moose magazine, making it easier for those of you on the go to stay connected! Check it out for yourself!