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Please submit only sites that relate to fraternal organizations specifically. If a site relates to an organization or type of organization that has a specific subcategory, then please submit to that category. College fraternities and sororities should be submitted to the Fraternities and Sororities category. Fundraising sites should be submitted to the Fundraising category.
Only sites in the English language are accepted. Please send sites written in other languages to the World hierarchy. |
Fraternal organizations identify themselves as brotherhoods and/or sisterhoods, with lifetime memberships, shared ideals and principles, and ritualistic traditions. These organizations may be formed with different purposes, including social interaction, public service, or mutual benefit (such as financial services or insurance for members).
Fraternal benefit societies provide social, educational and community service opportunities and offer members life, accident and health insurance and/or annuities.
Although all fraternal benefit societies are unique, by law each must:
•Be not for profit
•Have a representative form of government
•Have a system of local lodges
•Provide insurance and other benefits to members
Fraternal organizations with membership limited to or consisting primarily of a particular ethnic group and which identifies itself with that ethnic group.
The representatives of eleven bodies of men met in the City of Rochester, N.Y., on August 10, 1910. They were imbued with a desire to found a fraternal order whose sole mission in life was to teach to men the true principle of Fraternity: Liberty, Integrity, Fraternity, and Equality (LIFE). Thus the Fraternal Order Orioles was born.
| Sites should be about Masons or Masonic groups. |
Freemasonry is a worldwide social and community service organization, emphasizing personal study, self-improvement, and social betterment via individual involvement and philanthropy. This category is meant to list sites established by organizations and individuals relating to the "Masonic" fraternity and its related organizations.
Fraternal organization often called Redmen Lodges.
In 17th century England, it was odd to find people organized for the purpose of giving aid to those in need and of pursuing projects for the benefit of all mankind. Those who belonged to such an organization were called "Odd Fellows".This category is for sites for and about the fraternal organizations, including Odd Fellows Lodges and Rebekah Lodges.
The Order Knights of Pythias is an international fraternity which was founded in Washington D.C. on February 19, 1864 by Justus Henry Rathbone, and includes more than two thousand subordinate lodges in the United States and Canada, with occasional lodges having been formed elsewhere. The principles of the Order are Friendship, Charity and Benevolence.
For military fraternaly orders not chivalric in nature. (Hello, Cat Spider...)
Sites focusing primarily on expressing opinions against Fraternal organizations. (Hello, Cat Spider...)
Parodies of fraternal organizations.
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Please submit FOOLS sites only. |
Fraternal organizations that serves members of a particular occupation.
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Submit only sites for Loyal Order of Moose Lodges, Women of the Moose Chapters, State/Pro Moose Associations |
Fraternal organizations with public service as a primary identity and mission.
Fraternal organizations advocating racial supremacy, hatred toward other groups, terrorist activities, or similar beliefs that are generally hostile to specific people or groups outside the organization.
Men's social fraternity founded March 5, 1994, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Fraternal organizations that are affiliated with a specific religion or have a primary mission of a religious nature.
An international philanthropic and charitable fraternity.
Fraternal organizations with membership primarily below the age of eighteen years.
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