Member resources and ideas including recruitment, administrative, programming and community engagement.
Paper membership applications that arrive at Sons of Norway Headquarters by December 16, 2019 are guaranteed to be processed in time to count toward the year end totals for 2019. These totals are used to determine lodge recruitment contest numbers and delegate counts for the 2020 district conventions.
As of November 1st, the following Sons of Norway products have been repriced to include membership dues, eliminating the need for a separate dues payment: Guaranteed Issue Whole Life, Simplified Issue Whole Life and Single Premium Simplified Issue Whole Life. Those products have also been renamed Guaranteed Solution, Simple Solution and One Solution, respectively.
Starting on January 1, 2020, the simplified dues program that was introduced to US lodges in 2018 will be extended to members in Canada and Norway. As of that date, all lodges in each country will charge the same dues rates. There are two main dues rates: Individual and Family.
Sons of Norway’s Lodge Achievement program honors outstanding lodges and celebrates their excellence. The forms for the program—Lodge Achievement (LA), Family Lodge of the Year (FLOY), and American Fraternal Alliance (AFA) Year End Report—can all be downloaded as PDFs. There are also online versions of the LA and FLOY forms that can be filled out and submitted electronically.
In early October, lodge secretaries will be receiving their D63 Lodge Officer Update form for 2020. Elections are held in November, and the results should be reported to Sons of Norway Headquarters by 12/31/2019. You can report your election results using any of the following methods: Online Login to www.sofn.com: Enter your user name and password Click on the Lodge Officer Updates [...]
The Communications Toolkit contains essential tools for your lodge communication. Enhance your lodge communication with these resources for newsletters, social media and working with your local media outlets. Use the toolkit to access the following resources.
Want to help your lodge run more smoothly? Stay in the loop with these helpful pointers on things like online signup, adding family members to an existing membership, and more.
Join the Sons of Norway Foundation Board of Governors! The Sons of Norway Foundation Board of Governors is seeking talented Sons of Norway members who wish to join in the governance of this well-respected, fifty-three-year-old organization.
If someone whose membership has lapsed wants to become a member again, they are referred to as a reinstating member. A member can reinstate their membership in any of the following ways...
Sons of Norway has many different pins, certificates and plaques available to recognize membership achievements and milestones. Some are sent automatically from Sons of Norway Headquarters, while others are ordered by a lodge officer, typically the Financial or Membership Secretary.
