This is an community project that St. Louis Lodge #5 started some 15 years ago and now lodges from Farmington, Park Hills, Frederick Town, and Bismarck have joined forces with #5 to serve Hot Dogs, coffee, iced tea and lemonade to the traveling folks that stop by the rest area we serve these refreshments and now to add to our menu we will be offering a BBQ hot dog plain hot dog or one with chili on it. There is no charge for these refreshments all we hope is that we may save a life or two by refreshing the travelers.

We currently are serving these at the north bound rest area 1 mile north of Bloomsdale Missouri. We owe a great deal of credit for the success of these Safety Coffee Breaks to The Missouri Highway Department for allowing us to use the facilities to serve these refreshments at the rest area's. Their employees assist us in every way possible to make this project a success.  Thank you MODOT.

If you happen to be traveling on I-55 north in Missouri and come by Bloomsdale just one mile north is where you will find us on Memorial Day The Fourth of July or Labor Day from about 11: AM to 5 PM stop by and try one of our world famous dogs. I say world famous because we have had guest from many foreign countries stop by and refresh with us. Some try and pay us for these refreshments, but we tell them we can't take money and their reply is no wonder they call you guys Odd Fellows. This is where our name Odd Fellow came from. In the 17th. century a few good men in England formed a society to assist people in need which was kind of odd, so they started calling them Odd Fellows and we are still proud in this century to say we are Odd Fellows.

Below are a few pictures of some of the Odd Fellows that help at these functions.