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The true origination of the Odd Fellows is lost in the mystery of history. Some historians trace its roots back to the Medieval Trade Guilds of the 12th and 13th Centuries. Others estimated that it existed before 1650. What is clear is that there were a number of Odd Fellow groups in England in the 1700's.
The earliest surviving printed official lodge record is said to be the “Rules of Loyal Aristarchus Lodge no.9” in England dated March 12, 1748. This establishes the fact that this lodge had been operating for some time prior to this date, and its number indicates that at least eight other lodges had existed up to that time.

Since then, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows had spread throughout the world where it currently have about 10,000 Lodges located in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Since 2001, The IOOF has been fully co-ed and all genders can join Odd Fellows Lodges.

We meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings at 7pm dinner is served at 6pm before the meeting. Public is welcomed to reach out and join us for dinner and fellowship.

218 S. Bridge St. Yorkville, Illinois

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is thought to have officially began in the 1700's has been in existence as it currently is since 1819 in the United States and is now a worldwide fraternal organization. Our lodge was chartered through the Sovereign Grand Lodge and the Grand Jurisdiction of Illinois on October 10th, 1855 in Little Rock, Illinois. In 1944 the Yorkville Odd Fellows Lodge consolidated with Little Rock and in 1965 we built a building in Plano. In January of 2023 we moved the Lodge to Yorkville. We are a group of men and women looking to make a difference in our community and the communities we serve! We enjoy spending time as a group taking in local activities and events as well as fundraising and working with the public to help our friends and neighbors! F,L&T are the letters commonly associated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows- they stand for Friendship, Love and Truth. They serve as the cornerstones of our association

12Oct

True Crime Club

10/12/2023 06:00 PM
210 South Bridge Street, Yorkville, IL, USA

We will be going over our assigned case! Missed the first one, no problem! We meet the 2nd Thursday of every month at Rowdy's to discuss our agreed upon case, documentary, Pod Cast, book or anything else we decide! Newcomers are always welcome and new cases are assigned every month! It will be cash bar and food can be ordered.

21Oct

Pink Pancakes for Breast Cancer Awareness

10/21/2023 10:00 AM - 10/21/2023 01:00 PM
210 South Bridge Street, Yorkville, IL, USA

We will serve up a PINK PANCAKE BREAKFAST and Rowdy's will quench your thirst! We will also have raffles and fun!

09Nov

True Crime Club

11/9/2023 06:00 PM
210 South Bridge Street, Yorkville, IL, USA

We meet the 2nd Thursday of every month at Rowdy's to discuss our agreed upon case, documentary, Pod Cast, book or anything else we decide! Newcomers are always welcome and new cases are assigned every month! It will be cash bar and food can be ordered.

14Dec

True Crime Club

12/14/2023 06:00 PM
210 South Bridge Street, Yorkville, IL, USA

We meet the 2nd Thursday of every month at Rowdy's to discuss our agreed upon case, documentary, Pod Cast, book or anything else we decide! Newcomers are always welcome and new cases are assigned every month! It will be cash bar and food can be ordered.

14Sep

True Crime Club

9/14/2023 06:00 PM
210 South Bridge Street, Yorkville, IL, USA

This will be the introduction to our True Crime Club. We will introduce ourselves to each other and pick our first topic! Going forward we will meet the 2nd Thursday of every month at Rowdy's to discuss our agreed upon case, documentary, Pod Cast, book or anything else we decide! It will be cash bar and food can be ordered.

31Aug

Meet your Odd Fellows

8/31/2023 06:30 PM - 8/31/2023 09:30 PM
210 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL, USA

Come on down for some great food and drinks and learn who the ODD FELLOWS are and what we do. Maybe you will find out that you too are Odd Enough!

Donations can be made directly to the lodge to help us grow and do more activities locally. We can also accept tax deductible donations to be used ONLY FOR CHARITY work through our non profit Illinois 'Odd Fellow Charities Inc.' Please feel free to reach out to us and we will happily work with you or your corporation. We are set up to accept PayPal and Venmo we would prefer a person to person transaction as we like to know who are donors are, we feel that these personal interactions are often missing in todays high paced world!
If you know of local projects or families that could benefit from our assistance please let us know. TOGETHER, WE CAN DO IT! MAKE YORKVILLE ODD!