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WV. Membership Increases by 93 New and Reinstated Members! The Annual Membership Report on Elks.org indicates that WV began the year with 5119 members and ended the year with 5212 members. That’s a gain of 93 members. Ten of our Lodges ended the year with gains in membership: Martinsburg, Lewisburg, St. Marys, Mannington, Wheeling, Huntington, Wellsburg, Elkins, Buckhannon, and Bluefield. Congratulations and thanks for your continued efforts to gain and retain members. The 5-year membership trend for most of our Lodges is still not great. Out of 19 Lodges only 4 have a positive 5-year membership trend, St. Marys, Bluefield, Martinsburg, and Mannington. Here are our overall numbers for the year. Lodge Membership +/5 Year Trend Martinsburg +57 +15.93% Lewisburg +24 -11.97% Mannington +24 +10.64% St. Marys +18 +33.19% Huntington +9 -15.01% Buckhannon +8 -9.58% Bluefield +7 +25.17% Wheeling +7 -6.82% Elkins +6 -2.68% Wellsburg +3 -33.67% Princeton +0 -10.77% Sistersville -2 -2.43% Parkersburg -2 -8.47% Morgantown -3 -8.33% Harrison Co. -10 -64.67% Fairmont -12 -18.37% Hinton -13 -30.30% Weirton -18 -31.00% Charleston -23 -34.19%
