BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF EL OF THE USA NEW MEXICO STATE ASSOCIA

TO INCULCATE THE PRINCIPLES OF CHARITY, JUSTICE, BROTHERLY LOVE AND FIDELITY: TO RECOGNIZE A BELIEF IN GOD; TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND ENHANCE THE HAPPINESS OF ITS MEMBERS; TO QUICKEN THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN PATRIOTISM; TO CULTIVATE GOOD FELLOWSHIP; TO PERPETUATE B.P.O. ELKS LODGES OPERATE. THE NMEA MANAGES THE CEREBRAL PALSY, VETERANS' SERVICE AND CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT TRUST AS ITS THREE MAJOR CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS OVERSEEING THE NATIONAL B.P.O. ELKS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AT THE LOCAL LEVELS.