1996 West Covina

To inclulcate the principles of charity, justice brotherly love and fidelity, to recognize a belief in god, to remote 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 fraternal organization, and to provide for tis 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.