Join us in Oklahoma City from June 30th – July 3rd, 2026 for the 138th International Moose Convention!
Named one of the Best Places to Visit by Southern Living magazine, Oklahoma City, also known as OKC, offers all of the culture, cuisine, attractions and amenities you’d expect in a modern metropolis. And with its rugged Western past, working stockyards and title as “Horse Show Capital of the World,” it’s rich in cowboy culture, as well.
Merely blocks away from the convention center, Industrial-chic Bricktown is a lively entertainment district, with repurposed warehouse spaces home to restaurants, piano lounges and chic wine bars. Yet despite its vibrant nightlife, you cannot visit OKC without paying your respects at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, which honors the victims, survivors and rescuers of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. From family fun to historic sites to outdoor adventures you won’t find anywhere else, Oklahoma City has plenty of hustle without all the hassle.
The Moose Legion Council had a very productive meeting on November 7, 2025. Changes to our Code of Rules submitted by Councilman J.C., and updated MLEC material submitted by Councilman Henry, was reviewed. The final version of each will be presented to the ML Council at our February 2026 meeting in Norfolk, VA. Our goal is to provide the MI Board of Directors copies for their approval.
Please continue with your efforts for a plus 1 in membership and retention.
God bless each of you and have a very Merry Christmas.
We are announcing our first ever Educational Rally that will be held at Mooseheart. This exciting 3-day event will take place from February 27th, 2026 to March 1st, 2026. Three new core courses will be available: Lodge Leadership Course, Administrative-Accounting Course, and the Money Management Course. We will be teaching courses that will benefit leadership in every aspect of our Fraternity. Lodge Level leaders, Women of the Moose, the Moose Legion, and Associations’ leadership are all encouraged and welcome to attend. For the instructors, we will have special sessions designed to give them ideas and support to help them be better educators! This will be 3 full days of collaboration and fun.
If you want to learn more about this event, visit our new online Education Portal! This is the new home for Moose Education, designed to make learning easier, faster, and more accessible for every member.
You can already find online courses available, and new ones are being added regularly. In a very short time, watch for the new online Administrator course and an Advanced Accounting course, both designed to help our leaders build confidence and sharpen their skills.
This is just the beginning… new features, resources, and interactive tools are being added all the time. We encourage you to explore the site, check back often, and grow along with us as MooseU continues to expand.
New capability has been added to allow Moose Legionnaires to track their progress toward satisfying criteria to earn the Fellowship Degree of Honor. A Moose Legionnaire must have a ‘My Membership Record’ account to access the information.
If the member does not have a ‘My Membership Record’ account, he will need to create one. If he already has an account, he simply logs in.
Once he is logged in, he should click on his Lodge record.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen and in the bottom right-hand corner, there will be a box entitled ‘Fellowship Degree of Honor Progress’, which contains a hyperlink. Click on the link.
A PDF containing real-time data will open. It includes the five mandatory criteria (all of which must be satisfied) and the 12 optional criteria (eight of which must be satisfied) for earning the degree. An item that has been satisfied will include a checkmark in the box next to it, as well as the date on which the item was completed. This will assist Moose Legionnaires in knowing what they still need to do to earn the degree and also allows for any discrepancies to be identified and researched in a timely manner.
This capability is currently available. A member must hold active membership in a Lodge and a Moose Legion to have access. Once a Moose Legionnaire has been reported as having been conferred with the Fellowship Degree, access will be removed.
Halfway through the Moose Fraternity fiscal year (May 1 – April 30,) Lodge Membership continues to show strength. As of October 31, membership stands at 931,564, an increase of 28,700 over the same time last year. If this trend continues, it will be the fifth straight year of membership growth for The Moose. Further, new member recruitment has been up during five of the first six months of this fraternal year. With the new Sponsor Incentive in place for the rest of the year (learn more here), it is expected that recruitment will continue its strong pace in 2025-26.
As our fraternity has its sights set on a fifth (5th) consecutive year of membership growth, the Moose International Board of Directors felt it was good timing for a new short-term Sponsor Incentive. Beginning November 1, 2025, each time you sponsor your fifth (5th) new or re-enrolled member into The Moose, you will receive a one-time use code can be used for one of the following:
One year of your own Lodge dues
Gifted to another member for one year of his/her Lodge dues
When using the Online Lodge Membership Application to sponsor a new or re-enrolled member into The Moose, it can be used to pay the applicant’s dues and the $20 application fee
There is no limit on the number of one-time use codes that a Sponsor can earn. This exclusive Sponsor Incentive ends on April 30, 2026, so don’t delay on making the personal invitation to join our fraternity. This program also applies to the Moose Legion and Women of the Moose.
When earning a one-time use code, you will receive an email from Moose International with your exclusive 10-digit code. You will need to have a My Membership Record account to redeem the code. Follow the instructions in the email to redeem for one of the three options listed above. If you misplace or delete the email with the code, please contact the Helpdesk at (630) 906-3658 for a replacement code.
Recommendations for additional changes in the Code of Rules has now expired. The Moose Legion Council will review all received suggestions at our November 7, 2025 meeting.
October is Cradle Fundraiser and I’m looking forward to seeing all the Cradle’s posted in the lodges in Illinois and Oklahoma in my upcoming visits.
The September and October membership renewals are historically larger than other months. Please work your retention lists.
God bless each of you and have a wonderful Halloween.
The Moose will be loose for a few more years in NASCAR.
Moose Fraternity, Ross Chastain and Trackhouse Racing today announced the trio will continue their partnership through the 2026 and 2027 NASCAR Cup Series seasons on the team’s No. 1 Chevrolet with Chastain behind the wheel.
It will mark the seventh and eighth Cup Series seasons the fraternal organization has paired with Chastain on the track while using the 32-year-old, Alva, Florida native in membership and charity initiatives away from the track.
“The Moose Fraternity has been with me at racetracks and taken me to lodges across the country. They are salt of the earth, good people who I have watched give back to the community,” said Chastain.
Members of the Moose conduct approximately $50 – $70 million worth of community service annually. The Fraternity organizes and participates in numerous sports, entertainment and recreational programs in local Lodges and Family Centers in the majority of 43 State and Provincial Associations, and on a fraternity-wide basis. Lodges across the Fraternity are known for creating life-long bonds between members through activities and a shared concern for children in need, seniors and the communities in which they live.
Throughout the year, Moose International provides grants to a number of its lodges to help them market themselves locally, taking advantage of the heightened visibility anticipated through the national sponsorship of Chastain and the partnership with Trackhouse Racing.
Chastain has joined the Moose Fraternity’s philanthropic efforts.
He’s visited Mooseheart – a 1,000-acre residential childcare facility near Chicago, and Moosehaven, a retirement community in Orange Park, Fla., that has served members of the Moose since 1922.
“I couldn’t be prouder to say I am, and my family are, members of Tice and the Shores, Florida Lodge 1297 within the Moose Fraternity,” Chastain boasted.
There have been incredible moments for Chastain, Trackhouse and Moose on the track as well.
The Moose Fraternity livery adorned Chastain’s Chevrolet when he notched his second career Cup Series win at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in April 2022 in an exciting finish that saw Chastain move from third to first on the final lap.
But few NASCAR fans will ever forget the “Hail Melon” wall ride at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in October 2022. In the penultimate race of the season, Chastain rode the Martinsville Speedway walls on the final two corners to pass multiple cars and gain entry into the Championship 4 season finale the following weekend at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.
The maneuver, eventually outlawed by NASCAR for safety concerns, drew global praise and recognition as the video eclipsed more than 225 million views, and the event garnered 1.2 billion impressions. The No. 1 Moose Fraternity Chevrolet was the top-selling diecast in 2022, according to Lionel Racing.
Moose Fraternity will adorn the No. 1 Chevrolet as a primary partner for four races next season and as an associate partner for the full Cup Series schedule.
“We couldn’t be happier with our relationship with Ross and the Trackhouse Race team,” notes Moose CEO Scott Hart. “Ross has been a great ambassador for the Moose Fraternity and really understands our missions of helping children in need, as well as our senior members, and assisting the communities in which our lodges operate. Conversely, our members are huge supporters of NASCAR, the Trackhouse Race team and Ross Chastain, and this relationship allows our members to bond together around a high-profile activity where they can share some genuine passion during most weekends throughout the year.”
Moose Fraternity was one of the first corporations to support Trackhouse Racing when it acquired the NASCAR assets of Chip Ganassi Racing in 2021.
Moose and Chastain still have work to do in 2025.
Chastain will pilot the Moose Fraternity livery twice more this season – Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on Sept. 13 and Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on Oct. 26.
Chastain won the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte in May and is part of the 2025 NASCAR Playoffs.
