{"id":1654,"date":"2019-01-26T15:30:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T15:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2019-01-26T15:30:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T15:30:49","slug":"harry-marsh-lodge-12265-grand-united-order-of-odd-fellows-reaches-out-to-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/2019\/01\/26\/harry-marsh-lodge-12265-grand-united-order-of-odd-fellows-reaches-out-to-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Marsh Lodge #12265, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows reaches out to the community"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Harry Marsh Odd Fellows Lodge of Edgewater, Florida showed up during the holidays at Ocean View Nursing Home. The group was there to spread a little holiday cheer to the residents and staff. Santa and his fez-wearing elves visited every resident, giving out presents, Christmas cards and candy to all. Picture from left are: Lodge members Brandon Smith, Joe Piegaro, Jerry Cushman as Santa, Paul Mitchell and Dominic Conti.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Below see a letter to the editor at the paper, giving kudos to ODDFELLOWS for a job well done and how much it was appreciated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Harry Marsh Odd Fellows Lodge of Edgewater, Florida showed up during the holidays at Ocean View Nursing Home. The group was there to spread a little holiday cheer to the residents and staff. Santa and his fez-wearing elves visited every resident, giving out presents, Christmas cards and candy to all. Picture from left are: Lodge members Brandon Smith, Joe Piegaro, Jerry Cushman as Santa, Paul Mitchell and Dominic Conti. Below see a letter to the editor at the paper, giving kudos to ODDFELLOWS for a job well done and how much it was appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8rHzu-qG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6075,"url":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/2025\/02\/22\/the-harry-marsh-grand-united-order-of-odd-fellows-lodge-of-edgewater-florida-donated-1500-00-to-the-council-on-aging\/","url_meta":{"origin":1654,"position":0},"title":"The Harry Marsh Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Lodge of Edgewater, Florida donated $1,500.00 to the Council on Aging","author":"Sis. 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