About the Shriners

Shriners International is a fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, truth and relief.  It is an appendant body to Freemasonry.

There are approximately 350,000 members from 195 chapters in the US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, the Republic of Panama, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Europe, and Australia. The organization is best known for the Shriners Hospitals for Children® that it administers, and the red fezzes that members wear.

​Shriners are committed to:

• Being the premier fraternal organization for men of good character.
• Providing attractive, quality programs and services for its members, their families and their friends in a spirit of fun, fellowship and social camaraderie.
• Fostering self-improvement through leadership, education, the perpetuation of moral values and community involvement.
• Serving mankind through the resources of its philanthropy, Shriners Hospitals for Children.