Platinum Award	Connellsville 16 St Marys 146 Galeton 826 2nd Year Platinum: North East FC 2568 Greenville FC 276 Franklin FC 83
Gold Award	Oil City 78 Jersey Shore 214 Muncy Valley 866 Williamsport 145 Elkland 746 Selinsgrove 1173
Silver Award	New Kensington 53 Wilmerding 86 Port Allegany 460 Titusville 84 Canton 429 Carlisle 761 Union City 882
Bronze Award	Susquehanna 794 Middleburg 1229 Tunkhannock 1276

What are the requirements to receive a Premier Lodge Award? Click here  for a handy checklist to see what your lodge needs to do to receive this award. Here are the qualifications:

The Premier Lodge Award was introduced at the 2007 International Convention in Orlando, Florida. The program is designed to recognize those lodges that truly exemplify a successful fraternal operation. A lodge must meet 5 mandatory criteria and at least 5 of 10 alternate criteria to earn the award. The more alternate criteria are met, the higher the award level.

The mandatory criteria are:

• Increase in active membership over prior fiscal year
• Increase in total equity over prior fiscal year
• Increase in Endowment Fund donations over prior fiscal year
  OR
  Lodge per capita contributions to the Endowment Fund equal to or exceeding the fraternity-wide per capita (average of $2.10 per member over last 2 years)
• Representation at International Convention, Association Annual Convention and Association Mid-Year Conference (2 out of 3)
• Submission of Moose of the Year nomination form by July 1

The alternate criteria are:

• Four completed Community Service reports submitted by the quarterly deadlines
• Two completed Family Activities reports submitted by semi-annual deadlines
• Submission of Moose Legionnaire of the Year nomination forms by July 15
• Submission of Rookie of the Year nomination form by July 1
• Two high school students sponsored to Association Youth Awareness Congress
• Report a number of new and former member applications equal to, or greater than, 15% of the Lodge's 4/30/2010 Active Members
• At least $100 contributed to the Safe Surfin’ Foundation
• Participation in Tommy Moose program
• Representation at International Convention, Association Annual Convention and Association Mid-Year Conference (Attendance at all three)
• Representation at leadership training session for Lodge officers

A Lodge must meet all five mandatory criteria and a minimum of five alternate criteria to earn the award. The level of award earned increases with the number of alternate criteria met. The levels for the award are:

• 5 mandatory criteria met + 5 alternate criteria met = Bronze Award
• 5 mandatory criteria met + 7 alternate criteria met = Silver Award
• 5 mandatory criteria met + 9 alternate criteria met = Gold Award
• 5 mandatory criteria met + 10 alternate criteria met = Platinum Award

The office of the General Governor reserves the right to advise the Department of Fraternal Programs not to grant a Premier Lodge Award to a lodge, even if the lodge has met the prescribed criteria. Reasons for a lodge to be refused by the General Governor's office include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lodge was delinquent in payments to Moose International (ex. - monthly consolidated statement, risk pool premiums, catalog sales invoices)
• Lodge was delinquent in paying or did not pay premiums for workers' compensation insurance
• Lodge did not seek or acquire approval of dispensation as required by the General Laws of the Order

If a lodge is refused the Premier Lodge Award at the recommendation of the General Governor, the lodge can appeal the decision. The appeal must be approved by the General Governor before the Department of Fraternal Programs will proceed with verifying that the necessary criteria are met.