THE COALINGA ELKS LODGE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE MISSION OF THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF THE ELKS OF THE U.S.A. THIS MISSION IS TO INCULATE THE PRINCIPLES OF CHARITY, JUSTICE, BROTHERLY LOVE AND FIDELITY, TO RECOGNIZE A BELIEF IN GOD; TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND ENHANCE THE HAPPINESS OF ITS MEMBERS; TO QUICKEN THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN PATRIOTISM; TO CULTIVATE GOOD FELLOWSHIP; TO PERPETUATE ITSELF AS A FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS GOVERNMENT. THE B.P.O.E. WILL SERVE THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH BENEVOLENT PROGRAMS DEMONSTRATING THAT ELKS CARE AND ELKS SHARE.