The Loyal Order of Moose is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888, with nearly 800,000 men in roughly 1,800 Lodges, in all 50 states and four Canadian provinces, plus Great Britain and Bermuda. It calls for capable and inspired leadership and for a generous giving of thought, effort and time according to the Moose Six-Point Community Service Program. Counting hours worked, miles driven and dollars donated, the Moose contribute between $70 million and $100 million worth of service every year to communities throughout the U.S., Canada and Great Britain. Community Service has been an ever-growing portion of the overall Moose fraternal program ever since its inception under the name "Civic Affairs" by then-Director General Malcolm Giles in the late 1940s. The kaleidoscope of all that is Moose Community Service was organized into a "Five-Point Program" in the early 1990s, then expanded in mid-decade to the "Six-Point Program" with its familiar logo at left.
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The Men and Women of the Moose
Proudly Sponsored the Special Olympics
2010 USA National Games Softball Tournament In Lincoln, Nebraska --
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Can teenagers persuade younger children to make positive choices in life? “YES!” say the teens and adults who work together in the MOOSE YOUTH AWARENESS PROGRAM. For more than two decades, we have organized high school students into a highly effective “speakers’ bureau” with the goal of educating preschool and elementary school children on a variety of topics, such as drug and alcohol abuse, child abuse, “stranger danger”, bullying and peer pressure and healthy habits and nutrition.
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TOMMY MOOSE, the Moose Fraternity is Helping Police, Firefighters and Paramedics In Their Work -- More Than 75,000 Times Over So Far! Since 2002, more than 75,000 TOMMY MOOSE plush dolls have been presented, free of charge, by Lodges and Chapters of the Loyal Order of Moose and Women of the Moose to police departments, fire departments, and paramedic/ambulance units all over North America. The concept is simple: With several TOMMY dolls always on hand in an emergency vehicle, public-safety personnel have a soft, comforting companion handy to give to a child who is suddenly facing an otherwise overwhelming trauma--be it an automobile accident, a house fire, a weather disaster, or other calamity. Moose International headquarters has received scores of thank-you notes from fire chiefs and police chiefs for making TOMMY MOOSE available -- but perhaps none so compelling as the following excerpted correspondence, written May 17, 2009 by Chief Chris Paitsel of the Piedmont City, WV Police Department:
Dear Members:
Last year, I was the investigating officer on several sexual abuse cases. these involved children from the ages of 7 to 13 in the small community I serve. The children had to be interviewed to determine the extent of what had happened to them. Needless to say these children were very scared and apprehensive about being interviewed. When the first interview started it became difficult for the child to talk. I then remembered that Keyser (WV) Moose Lodge No. 662 had supplied us with Tommy Moose to give out to children. I quickly obtained a Tommy Moose and gave it to the child. The child's expression on seeing Tommy was one of joy. The child became more relaxed and was able to tell what had happened. When I interviewed the other children, they too were given a Tommy Moose. The difference in each child's fear of the interview before and after Tommy Moose was amazing. The children were able to open up and be interviewed about the crimes that were committed on them. In the end the person responsible for the crimes pleaded guilty, and received a 25-year sentence. I feel that because of Tommy Moose, I was able to obtain enough evidence that the accused had only one choice--to plead guilty. Tommy Moose is now standard equipment with me. Sincerely grateful,
Chief Chris Paitsel
Piedmont City (WV) Police Department
