A Note from the Chief Executive Officer
“I love this time of year. The NCAA March Madness basketball tournament is in full swing and our favorite MLB teams are taking the field for the first literal swings of the regular season. In team sports there is a lot to be said about how you start the season and where you’ll wind up at the end of the year. Putting in the hard work during pre-season is only going to pay off, if you maintain and even elevate your competitive intensity throughout the season. Everything culminates in a final push to make the post-season and play for the championship.
The same holds true for our Moose Fraternity. If our new membership campaign year gets out of the blocks slow and with a lack of enthusiasm, it makes it that much harder as we near the finish line each April. The “Embrace Our Community” campaign year jumped right out of the gates in May 2024 with a strong commitment by our members to serve as the Heart of the Community, and to make the Moose Lodge the place to be for great entertainment, fun activities and incredible fellowship. As the year went on though, we began to let off the gas in signing new members and our retention efforts didn’t have the same zip. Sadly, as I write this, there are more than 160,000 members with expired dues and signing new members is down by nearly 12,000 versus last year.
During the late-night hours of April 30th and the early morning hours of May 1st, one Moose season will go and a new one will begin. We’ll need a strong finish to keep our membership growing for a fourth straight year. Then we’ll need an energy surge to kickoff the “Moving Forward – Giving Back” campaign year. As Moose, we want to be in championship contention every year. When we win, our children at Mooseheart and seniors at Moosehaven win as well. Together, let’s make the final push to success and then keep our fraternity moving down the path towards another winning year.
Thank you for standing out in the crowd and helping The Moose be No. 1 in your local community. Let’s Go Moose!! God Bless!
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