2484 Rancho Cordova

To inculcate the principles of charity, justice, brotherly lover and fidelity; to recognize a belief in god; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itself as a faternal organization, and to provide for its governance, the benevolent and protective order of elks of the United States of America will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs, demonstrating that elks care and elks share.