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Our Facebook Page enables our Lodge to create an authentic and public presence on Facebook that, by default, is visible to everyone on the internet. Every person on Facebook, can connect with our Facebook Page and then receive our updates in their News Feed and interact with us.
Elks Lodges are listed as a 501(c)(8) tax free status with the IRS because we are not open to the public. Since we are a private organization, our public Facebook Page cannot be used to promote our Lodge activities restricted to our membership.
It’s been said that our benevolence is Elkdom’s best kept secret. On our Facebook Page we need to tell the public about why we are the Premier Charitable and Patriotic Organization in the Nation. There we can post events open to the public, our community involvement, patriotic activities, veterans services activities, information on how to join and how to rent our banquet hall.
Facebook Groups allow people to come together around a common cause, issue or activity to organize, express objectives, discuss issues, post photos and share related content. Our newly created Facebook Group is linked to our Facebook Page; however, it’s a private group open only to Elks and their spouses. It’s here that we can promote our social activities, discuss Lodge business, share ideas, etc.
We ask that all our Lodge members and spouses on Facebook Like and Follow our Facebook Page and Join our Facebook Group. We would also appreciate your Comments on our posts as it will help to increase our audience reach.
We need your help to successfully pull this off. We already have four members on the team; and we need just a few more to get things rolling. Would you like to lend your videographic or social media skills and join our team in expanding our Lodge Facebook presence? If so, contact Jim Razz at 703-303-2672 or by email.
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This is a revision to this blog post originally dated June 19, 2020
If you have a smart phone and want to know what’s happening at the Lodge without depending on email, this solution may be for you.
Each Lodge has a Virtual Home Page on elks.org that will automatically detect the user’s device and optimize its display accordingly. On your smart phone visit go.veroelks.com to access our Virtual Home Page. Although this website displays very well on your desktop, its real power is on a mobile device such as a smart phone.
On the top left of each page on your mobile device, you’ll find three icons with a blue background. The gearbox icon on the right has options for Member Login at elks.org, Register for access there, Invite a friend to join and Search elks.org. Pressing the Elks icon in the middle takes you to the elks.org home page. The hamburger-shaped menu icon on the left, when clicked, will display this list of menu buttons:
- Welcome
- News*
- Calendar*
- Facilities
- Officers
- Contact Us
- Resources
- Members Only
- Gallery and Guestbook
- More Info
- State Association
- Elks National Foundation Site
* The News and Calendar are the two most popular pages according to our members. The News page has links to:
- Our Facebook Group
- The latest issue of the Lodge Lowdown published each Sunday
- A clickable list of our last 20 eBlasts
- The Queen of Hearts board
- How to join our email list
- The Elk’s Tale (Lodge Bulletin for members only with an account at elks.org)
The Calendar page lists all our events from our Lodge Master Calendar in Agenda mode. Just click on the event and details will pop up. At that point you can even save the calendar item to your own Google Calendar. There are also Week and Month views. This calendar is updated as any changes are made to the event details and is the same information displayed on our main website and Facebook Group.
You can even access our Lodge By-Laws in the Members Only page if you have an account at elks.org.
To conveniently access go.veroelks.com at the push of a button, put it on the home screen of your mobile device. If you don’t know how to do that, this article will show you how.
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