EAGLES Background

Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary Milestones

Date Milestone

1898 "Order of Good Things" established. Later that year, the organization changed its name to Fraternal Order of Eagles and formed the first aerie.

1904 First public plea for Mother's Day

1927 Creation and formation of the Ladies Auxiliary

1935 Support for enactment of Social Security Law

1944 Eagles Memorial Fund established

1954 Nearly 10,000 Ten Commandment plaques distributed

1955 First F.O.E. Ten Commandments monument placed in Ambridge, PA; first F.O.E. Ten Commandments monument placed on the grounds of a state capital, Denver

1957 Nationwide "Jobs After 40" program inaugurated

1967 Jimmy Durante Children's Foundation established

1972 Golden Eagle Fund established

1983 Max Baer Heart Fund offered first grants for aerie-sponsored CPR classes; $405,000 donated to Eagles' Truman Cardiovascular Lab at Research Medical Center, Kansas City; Golden Eagle Fund donated $5,000 in grants to institutions conducting Alzheimer's research

1985 Donations to St. Jude Hospital top $1 million

1988 Eagles matched grants up to $500 to sponsor Drug Education Seminars

1991 Eagles supported Operation Desert Storm with mail and food packages

1995 $50,000 donated for the Eagle Alcove of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Roosevelt was a lifetime F.O.E. member)

2001 Memorial Foundation established Attack on America Fund and raised $500,000; F.O.E. purchased property to consolidate international headquarters

2002 International headquarters opened in Grove City, Ohio

2005 Eagles re-dedicated Ten Commandments monument at international headquarters; F.O.E. generously supported development of a new scoliosis brace named the "Eagle Brace"; F.O.E. signed first year contract with Braun Racing for FOE.com-sponsored care

2006 Eagles worked with local government leaders to keep "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance; F.O.E. signed second year contract with Braun Racing and announced opening of Race City Aerie in Mooresville, North Carolina

2007 Eagles supported American Eagle & Literary Challenge in quest to name June 20 National Eagle Day

1898-Order was founded in Seattle on Feb. 6

1908-Sponsored America’s First Mothers Pension Law.

1911-Sponsored America’s First Workmen’s Compensation Law

1923-Sponsored American’s First Old Age Pension Law.

1926-Creation and Formation of ladies Auxiliaries

1935-Supported Enactment of Social Security Law.

1941-Dedicated Eagle Dormitory at Boys Town,NE

1944-Established the eagles Memorial Foundation

1950-Financed the Entrance to the Chapel of the Four Chaplains.

1953-Established the Eagle House in Free Berlin, Germany

1957-Inaugrurated Nation Wide “Jobs after 40 Program”

1959-Established Eagle-Care Trade School in Naples

1960-Dedicated Eagle Village in FL as Senior Eagle Retirement Home

1962-Established Eagle-Care Trade School in Abadan, Iran

1963-Established Eagle House at Beynan, Turkey

1964-Established Eagle House at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

1965-Established Eagle House at Israel and Tunisia

1966-Establishment of Ralph Bird Memorial Library at Eagle Village

1967-Establishment of Eagles Jimmy Durante Children’s Fund

1968-Established Eagle House at Columbia, South America

1969-Established Eagle House in the Philippine Islands

1970 -Established Eagle Ridge Village, Topeka, Kansas

1971-Established Max Schroeder Eagle House in South Korea.

1972-Established Golden Eagle Fund.

1974-Established Jimmy Durante Eagle House at Managua, Nicaragua.

1975-Initiated “Blow the Whistle on Crime” Program

1976-Contributed to Danny Thomas, St Jude’s Hospital

1977-Established Eagle-Care Weaving Center, Guatemala

1978-Established “Hubert H. Humphrey Eagle Care School” in Honduras

1979-1st Telethon for Hughen School for Children, Port Arthur, Texas

1980-Eagles’ Bob Hope High School dedicated at Hughen School, Port Arthur, Texas

1981-Terry Fitzpatrick Firehouse at Alliance, NE, Boy’s Ranch

1982-Established Eagle Poland Eagle Care Program

1983-First Memorial Foundation Scholarship to First Graduate of Bob Hope High School.

1983-Max Baer Heart Fund Offers First Grant to Aerie sponsored CPR classes.

1984-$405,000 Donated to Truman Cardio-Vascular lab

1984-$5,000 Golden Eagle Grants for Alzheimer’s Research

1985-Established child Abuse Hot Line at Child Help, USA

1986-Alzheimer’s Disease Fund Established.

1986 “Crack Down on Crack” Drive

1986-Sutter’s Hospital Donations reached $600,000

1987-Eagle-Care Drive to help poor in Belize.

1988-Up to $500 matching grants to Aeries, & Auxiliaries

1988-Dolores Hope Library dedicated at Bob Hope High School.

1989-Petition drive to make desecration of American Flag a federal crime

1990-Memorial Foundation grants increased to $4000.00 each school year per student, $20,000 for all years to age 24

1991-Supported Military in Operation Desert Storm with mail and food packages

1992-Fund launched to aid Hurricane Andrews victims

1992-Eagle Mildred & Claude Pepper Foundation

1992-Co-Sponsor health care/symposium

1993-Fund launched to help Mid-West flood victims

1993-Memorial foundation funds scholarship program at Chapel of Four Chaplains

1994-Established Eagles Donor program

1995-Donated $50,000 for Eagle Alcove of the Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial, Roosevelt was a lift-time member of the Eagles,.

1996-Memorial plaque honoring those who lost their lives in World War II, dedicated at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii

1997-Cancer telethon in Rochester, Mn reached $4 million-plus mark in donations to Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

1998-FOE celebrated “100 years of Eagle Pride” $1 million in charity grants presented at 100th convention

1999-Establishe H>O>M>E> charity fund. Administered by the memorial foundation allows donors to designate and support organizations not already provided for by the Eagles’ Charitable organizations.

1999-Established the G.R.E.A.T. program gang resistant education and training. Administered by the Memorial Foundation