Dues

[Companion Joe]

Burdening ????

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Burden (v.) load heavily.

 

[dfreybur]

You can hold fundraisers to offset the cost of not charging enough to run your lodge in the first place. That can have the unfortunate affect it sidetracking the lodge from it's mission if the fundraiser takes a lot of time and effort to plan.

My mother lodge had a building that was originally on the tax roles. Every year there was a fund raiser to pay the taxes. The old timers report that this annual event with no choice but to be profitable drew the lodge together and drew the tenant appendent bodies together as well. Then lodges across the region were given tax exempt status. No more tax burden, no more funding event. Just saying it can work the other way as well.

 

[Warrior1256]

My wife and I both being retired these dues are, indeed, affordable.