“And in all the land were no women found so fair as the Daughters of Job, and their Father gave them inheritance among their brethren.”
Job 42:15
Job’s Daughters is an organization of young women between the ages of 10 and 20 who are related to a Master Mason and share a common bond. Throughout the year, they perform service projects to help the community, the less fortunate, and other charities. They actively support the Hearing-Impaired Kids Endowment (HIKE) Fund, which purchases hearing assistance devices for hearing impaired children. They teach individual leadership by holding various offices within Job’s Daughters. Various scholarships are offered on a state and a national level.
Organized into local chapters called Bethels. Members of a Bethel elect their own officers, decide their own activities, and plan their own events.
Job’s Daughters exemplifies qualities that today’s young women want and need from organizations that earn their commitment . . . fun, friendship, helping others, and the chance to learn organizational and leadership skills.
Requirements for membership:
● Be a young woman from 11 to 20 years of age.(For girls, age 10 years; many Bethels have a JD 2 Bee Program.)
● A belief in God. (Individual religious beliefs are respected.)
● Be related to a Mason. (Help will be provided to identify a Masonic relative.)
● Be of good character and reputation. (Nobody is perfect, but members should strive to be the best they can be.)
● Petition a Bethel for membership. (Parents or guardians must approve of membership).
Purpose:
The purpose of the International Order of Job’s Daughters is to promote friendship among young women. It gives members the foundation on which to build the qualities needed to become contributing partners of society through personal growth.
Job’s Daughters is a service-oriented, non-profit organization created to unite young women who share the common bond of Masonic heritage.