Bill Campbell, Treasurer for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows St. Cloud Lodge 66, tells us about the blood drive they are having today and the history behind it! #oddfellows #stcloudnews | Positively Osceola

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is (yep they’re still around!) a fraternal organization who’s main focus was on philanthropy, specifically visiting the sick and helping people bury their dead. Pre health insurance and social programs there was a real need for that sort of thing (still kinda is) and a real lack of people helping people. That’s actually how they got their name: it was considered “odd” to help others! While they were super passionate about spreading good will they were super t