Waxhaw Shrine Club Of Oasis Shriners · Shriners International
A social club for Nobles in the Waxhaw, North Carolina area — fellowship among Oasis Shriners, Shrinedom promoted in our hometown, and charitable work in support of Shriners Children’s.
This is the club’s public page — meeting times, calendars, fundraisers, and Oasis resources for everyone. Member-only information is not listed here; it lives in the private members app, behind the Members Login.
2027 Leadership
- Jason JolliePresident
- John A. MullenSecretary
- Rick PrimmTreasurer
- Mike PenegarDirector
- Wayne KingDirector
- Chris FormyduvalDirector
Oasis Shriners — 2026 Potentate & Divan
- Tim FarrisPotentate
- Donnie WrennChief Rabban
- Scottie CoxAssistant Rabban
- John CableHigh Priest & Prophet
- Larry SandersonOriental Guide
- William DePriestTreasurer
- Gary TaylorRecorder
- Tom Bridges1st Ceremonial Master
- Dave Mahan2nd Ceremonial Master
- Rick GarverDirector
- Larry PayneMarshal
- Nick WiederCaptain of the Guard
- Ben HamiltonOuter Guard
What the Club Is Doing
Fundraising for Shriners Children’s is the club’s real mission. Efforts in the works: a can tab drive, WxW vinyl stickers, one to two parties a year, a holiday toy drive, and an annual April chicken dinner with Waxhaw Lodge No. 562. Bring your ideas to any stated meeting — and send your photos and stories in through the Desert Dust page under Oasis Resources so the whole Temple sees what Waxhaw is up to.
About Us
The Waxhaw Shrine Club is an area club of Oasis Shriners, Shriners International — a hometown home for Nobles in the Waxhaw, North Carolina area.
Who We Are
Waxhaw had no local Shrine club serving its Nobles, so a group of Oasis Nobles here organized one. The club adopted its bylaws at its organizational meeting on October 29, 2026, at Waxhaw Masonic Lodge No. 562, and regular meetings commence in January 2027.
Membership is made up of Nobles in good standing in their Masonic Blue Lodges and in Oasis Shriners. We meet at Waxhaw Masonic Lodge No. 562 — dinner at 6:30 PM and meeting at 7:00 PM on the last Thursday of each month, January through October. The club is dark in November and December.
Our logo says it plainly: the Waxhaw water tower wearing a red fez — Shrinedom, right here at home.
What We’re Trying to Do
The club’s purpose is threefold:
- Fellowship — promote fellowship among regionally located members of Oasis Shriners
- Shrinedom at home — promote Shrinedom in general, right here in Waxhaw
- Help kids — support Shriners Children’s through charitable activities and raise public awareness of its work
That last one is the real mission. We’re building fundraisers the whole town can join — a year-round can tab drive, WxW vinyl stickers, club parties, a holiday toy drive, and an annual April chicken dinner with Waxhaw Lodge No. 562 — and using our talents to put Waxhaw’s good work in front of the whole Temple.
Our Officers & Board — 2027
- Jason JolliePresident
- John A. MullenSecretary
- Rick PrimmTreasurer
- Mike PenegarDirector
- Wayne King, P.P.Director
- Chris FormyduvalDirector
New Here?
If you’re an Oasis Noble in the Waxhaw area, come to dinner on a stated meeting night and get to know us. If you’re a Master Mason wondering how a man becomes a Shriner, start with Creating New Nobles under Oasis Resources — sponsorship, mentors, and the petition, step by step.
Waxhaw Meetings & Calendar
Our stated meeting is the last Thursday of each month, January through October, at Waxhaw Masonic Lodge No. 562 in Waxhaw, North Carolina — dinner at 6:30 PM, meeting at 7:00 PM. The club is dark in November and December.
Put the Stated Meetings on Your Phone
Download the club calendar file once and every 2027 stated meeting lands in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook — dinner, meeting time, and Lodge included.
2027 Stated Meetings
Club Calendar — Waxhaw Shrine Club
Our own club calendar, kept up to date by the club in Google Calendar — stated meetings, fundraisers, parades, and club nights as they’re set. Subscribe once and every update the club makes shows on your phone automatically.
Coming Up on the Club Calendar
About This Calendar
All ten 2027 stated meetings are on it — 6:30–8:30 PM at Waxhaw Masonic Lodge No. 562 (dinner 6:30 PM, meeting 7:00 PM), the last Thursday of each month, January through October. The club is dark in November and December. Fundraisers, parades, and club nights get added here as they’re set.
Oasis Events
What’s happening at our Temple. Featured events below are as listed on oasisshriners.org/events on October 31, 2026 — check the Temple site for the latest changes.
Looking for the Club & Unit Calendars?
Both Oasis calendars from the Temple’s Clubs & Units page — the Club & Unit Meeting Calendar and the Club & Unit Events Calendar — live together under Clubs & Units in the Oasis Events & Calendars menu, with the map of club and unit locations across the Temple.
Clubs & Units — Oasis Calendars
Straight from the Clubs & Units page at oasisshriners.org: both Oasis calendars and the Temple’s club & unit map. Oasis territory covers all of western North Carolina — its clubs are local fellowship groups like ours, and its units are organized for a specific purpose, most serving as the uniformed parading units. Both meet regularly, hold social events, and raise money for Shriners Children’s.
Club & Unit Meeting Calendar
When every club and unit in the Temple meets — the meeting calendar published by Oasis membership. The list below was read from that live calendar on October 31, 2026 and shows November and December; subscribe once and the live version stays current on your phone.
Club & Unit Events Calendar
Parades, fundraisers, ceremonials, and social events from clubs and units across the Temple — read from the live events calendar on October 31, 2026, showing what’s scheduled through February 2027. Subscribe for the always-current version.
Club & Unit Locations
Every Oasis club and unit on one map — handy when you’re traveling across the Temple and want to visit a club night.
The Temple’s location map opens in Google Maps, where you can zoom, search, and get directions to any club or unit in Oasis territory.
Creating New Nobles
Every Waxhaw Noble can bring in the next one. This is the path exactly as Oasis Shriners lays it out on its membership page — fun, fellowship, and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief, and truth, in a fraternity of nearly 200 temples in seven countries.
How a Man Becomes a Shriner
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Start as a Master Mason
Every Shriner is a Mason first. If your candidate isn’t a Master Mason yet, his road starts with a North Carolina lodge — the Grand Lodge of NC explains the path and what to consider before joining.
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Ask a Shriner to Sponsor You
To become a Shriner, a man must ask a current Shriner to support and sponsor his application. For most Waxhaw candidates, that’s you — a Noble who knows him, vouches for him, and walks with him.
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Or Get a Virtual Mentor at Be a Shriner Now
No sponsor yet? Be a Shriner Now pairs a candidate with a virtual mentor who answers his questions, guides him through the petition process, and helps him get to know members of his local Temple — by his side every step of the way.
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Complete the Petition
The candidate fills out the Petition for Initiation and Membership, signed with his sponsor, and submits it to Oasis Shriners. His mentor — or you — can help him with every line.
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Cross the Hot Sands at a Ceremonial
Once his petition is accepted, he is created a Noble at an Oasis ceremonial — the Temple holds them through the year. Watch Oasis Events under Oasis Events & Calendars for the next one and bring him.
Useful Links — From the Oasis Membership Page
Become a Freemason in NC
The path to Masonic membership is fairly straightforward — the Grand Lodge of North Carolina walks through the points to consider before joining the fraternity.
Become a Shriner
Shriners believe fun and philanthropy are central to fellowship — good men committed to making an even greater difference together. Start the petition and mentor match here.
Shriners International
A fraternal organization of men dedicated to brotherhood, compassion, and service to others. Shriners International — it’s more than a fraternity.
WebFez
My Membership Tool — Shriners International uses WebFez to help connect Shriners with other Shriners in an effort to grow their community.
South Atlantic Shrine Association
SASA promotes cordiality and friendship between the Shriners composing the Association and provides means for the exchange of ideas — our regional Shrine association.
Shriners International — Member Login
Sign in to your Shriners International member account for your record, resources, and the Member Center.
Oasis Shriners Headquarters
Questions about a petition or membership? The Temple office can help.
Oasis Shriners
604 Doug Mayes Place, Charlotte, NC 28262
Phone: 704-549-9600
The Desert Dust
The Desert Dust is the award-winning magazine of Oasis Shriners, published monthly from Charlotte. Read the latest issue here — then send in what Waxhaw is doing so the whole Temple reads about it.
Read the Magazine
- March 2026Volume 91, Number 3Read PDF →
- December 2025Volume 90, Number 12Read PDF →
How Waxhaw Gets In the Dust
Every club event, fundraiser, parade, and good deed is a story the Desert Dust wants. Use the form on this page to send the club secretary:
- Photos — from meetings, fundraisers, parades, and presentations
- Videos — clips from club events
- Writing — a few paragraphs about what happened, or a full story
- Announcements — upcoming Waxhaw events for the Temple to see
Submissions go to John A. Mullen, Club Secretary, who collects everything for the Waxhaw Shrine Club and forwards it to Vani, who manages the Desert Dust for Oasis (the magazine’s own inbox is DesertDust@oasisshriners.org). Include the names of everyone in your photos — the Dust prints names with pictures.
Submit to the Desert Dust — Waxhaw Shrine Club
Shriner Resources
The sites and words every Noble needs — our Temple, our philanthropy, and the Creed we live by.
WebFez — Member Portal
WebFez is Shriners International’s member portal: check your membership record, contact information, dues status, and Shrine activity. First time? Click Register on the WebFez login page — you’ll need your Shrine ID from your membership card. The same login also opens the Shriners International Member Center.
Oasis Shriners
Our Temple — Charlotte headquarters, Divan, clubs & units, and Temple news. 604 Doug Mayes Place, Charlotte, NC 28262 · 704-549-9600.
Be a Shriner Now
Know a Master Mason who’d make a good Noble? Start his path to membership here and pair him with a mentor.
Shriners International
The fraternity worldwide — news, education, the Member Center, and 200 chapters strong.
Shriners Children’s
The world’s greatest philanthropy — specialized pediatric care regardless of a family’s ability to pay.
Donate to Shriners Children’s
Send a gift straight to the hospitals and clinics our club’s fundraising supports.
Oasis on Social Media
Follow the Temple: Facebook (oasisshrine), Instagram (@oasisshriners), X (@oasisshriners), and YouTube (@oasisshrinemembership516).
The Shriners Creed
Shriners believe in God and that He created man to serve His purposes, among which is service to others in His name.
We believe that care for the less fortunate, especially children who suffer from burns and crippling diseases, is our institutional calling.
We are patriots, each willing to serve his country with fidelity and courage. We cherish independence under law and freedom with responsibility.
We honor family. We respect our parents, wives and children. We should instill in our children the tenets of this creed, and the heritage from which it emanates.
As individuals we pledge ourselves to integrity, virtue and nobility of character. Our intentions will be honorable, our relations will be trustworthy and our spirits forgiving of each other.
As brothers we offer each other fraternal affection and respect. Together we will support each other in adherence to this creed, so that we and our communities will be the better because of our fraternity and its principles.
As Shriners we look beyond ourselves to serve the needs of others, especially children who cannot help themselves. We believe Shriners Hospitals to be the world’s greatest philanthropy, and we covenant with each other to support its “temples of mercy” with spirit, time, talent and means.
So Mote It Be
Members Login
Member-only information — the club roster, contact cards, members’ phone numbers, and the club bylaws — is not on this public page. It lives in the private Waxhaw Shrine Club members app, and you need login credentials to see it.
Have a Login? Go to the Private Members App
Tap the button below to go to the private members app login. Sign in with the email and password you set up — that’s where members who have a key can reach the roster, contact cards, and bylaws.
Don’t Have a Login Yet?
Come to a stated meeting — dinner at 6:30 PM, meeting at 7:00 PM on the last Thursday of the month, January through October, at Waxhaw Masonic Lodge No. 562 — and ask about getting set up. New logins are set up for club members only.
Just Visiting?
Everything public is already on this site — meeting times, the club calendar, fundraisers, and Oasis resources. No login is needed for any of it. The bylaws are member-only — they live in the private members app, behind the Members Login above.
Fundraisers
Fundraising for Shriners Children’s is the club’s real mission. These are the efforts Waxhaw is building — bring your own ideas to any stated meeting.
Can Tab Drive
Save the pull tabs from cans — every tab collected goes to support Shriners Children’s. Collection runs all year long, with everything turned in by December 1. Custom collection containers are available for businesses that want to collect tabs for the club — ask any Noble to place one.
Custom WxW Shriners Vinyl Stickers
Custom Waxhaw (WxW) Shriners vinyl stickers, sold to raise money for the club and Shriners Children’s. Pick yours up at a stated meeting, or use the order form below — and put one where the whole town can see it.
Club Parties
Our parties will be the club’s money driver — the main fundraising engine that powers everything else we do for Shriners Children’s.
Dates are to be determined: before anything is scheduled, the rental agreement and insurance costs with Waxhaw Lodge No. 562 must be negotiated.
Holiday Toy Drive — Toy Drive 2027
Waxhaw’s holiday toy drive runs from October 1 through December 1, 2027 — collecting toys through the fall so local children have a brighter Christmas. Watch the Club Calendar for collection spots and drop-off details as the season gets closer.
Order Custom Stickers
Got a Fundraiser Idea?
Bring it to a stated meeting, or send the photos and story from the last one in through Desert Dust under Oasis Resources so the whole Temple sees what Waxhaw is up to.
Add to Your Phone
You can put this public site right on your phone’s home screen, just like a regular app. There is no app store and no download to pay for — this public page needs no password. (The separate private members app is reached through Members Login.) It only takes about a minute — just follow the steps for your kind of phone below.
When you’re done, look for this water tower icon on your home screen, with the name “wxw shrine” under it. Tap it any time to open the club app.
If You Have an iPhone
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Open this app in Safari. If you opened the link from a text or an email and don’t see Safari’s buttons, open Safari first and go to this page there.
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Tap the Share button — it looks like a square with an arrow pointing up. You’ll find it at the bottom of the screen (or at the top on some iPads).
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A list will pop up. Scroll down a little and tap “Add to Home Screen.”
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Tap “Add” in the top right corner.
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You’re done. Go back to your home screen and tap the water tower that says wxw shrine.
If You Have an Android Phone
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Open this app in Chrome. If you opened the link from a text or an email, tap the three dots and choose “Open in Chrome” first, if you see that choice.
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Tap the three-dot menu in the top right corner of Chrome.
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Tap “Add to Home screen” or “Install app” — different phones use different words, and either one is right.
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Tap “Add” or “Install” to confirm.
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You’re done. Go back to your home screen and tap the water tower that says wxw shrine.
Good to Know
Once it’s on your home screen, this works just like any other app — tap the water tower and you’re in. When the club updates the app, your copy updates on its own the next time you open it. You do not need to add it again.
Stuck on a step? Bring your phone to any stated meeting and ask any Noble — we’ll get it on your home screen in a minute.