The highest elected official in the Loyal Order of the Moose made a stop at the Rochelle Moose Lodge Thursday morning on his trip to different lodges across the country.
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ROCHELLE – The highest elected official in the Loyal Order of the Moose made a stop at the Rochelle Moose Lodge Thursday morning on his trip to different lodges across the country.
Rodney Hammond, the current Supreme Governor of the Loyal Order of the Moose, paid a visit to the Rochelle Moose Lodge while on his way to the Mooseheart Child City and School in Aurora Friday. During his one year term as the Supreme Governor of the Moose it is his duty to travel across the country, attending to his every single state, visiting as many of the Moose lodges as he can.
So far, he has visited approximately 160 lodges in 26 different states.
“The primary responsibility of the Supreme Governor is to travel around the country visiting lodges, spreading the good word about the Moose and helping lodges by giving them new ideas,” explained Hammond. “For my Illinois visit, I started down south and have been making my way up, I had some free time before heading to Mooseheart, so I thought I would stop in and pay a visit.”
By the end of his travels, he will have visited approximately 300 lodges throughout the country.
Once arriving at the Mooseheart in Aurora, the board of directors will meet which will be followed by a tree lighting ceremony. Mooseheart is a residential childcare facility that aims to provide housing and schooling for children and families in need.
Mooseheart originally started out just for children and widows of former Moose members that had passed away, but has since opened its doors to anyone in need.