As recently as 2017 Portneuf Lodge #20 in Pocatello, Idaho was moribund.  Six people met twice monthly in a dusty old hall downtown with a worn-out, broken sign out front.  It might as well have said that the lodge was permanently closed.  Then something remarkable happened—the lodge decided to spend some money to fix up its sign.  The newly painted and refurbished sign, with its glorious neon lights, was soon lighting up the night in Pocatello.  The new sign gathered interest from the local newspaper and from sign communities online.  That one fixed-up sign became the genesis of the revival of Odd Fellowship in Pocatello that now has other fraternal orders interested in what's going on at the Odd Fellows Hall.  Sister Jessica Lewis and Brother Dustin Irish-Webb join us to tell the amazing story of the Pocatello revival and how they have turned their hall into a hive of regular activity that has the whole town buzzing.  The Shoutout for this episode goes to Winslow-Hammonton Lodge #40 in New Jersey for their upcoming recreation of the first Odd Fellow lodge meeting in Baltimore in 1819.  In the Odd Podge, Toby talks about his lodge's German dinner returning from its pandemic hiatus, Jessica shares her passion for a local charitable organization, Ainslie talks about an endearing gift his lodge gave to one of its stalwart members, and Dustin invites everyone to "tune in to Portneuf," which you can do on their website.

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