You Are Helping Keep Maine's Outdoor Traditions Alive
Kora Shriners brings Maine families, hunters, anglers, and conservation supporters together every year for a weekend built around the outdoors. The Expo fills the Shrine Temple in Lewiston with exhibits, demonstrations, and hands-on activities for all ages. Traditions get shared. New ones get started. Your support helps make it happen.
A Fraternal Community Rooted in Service
Kora Shriners is a Lewiston, Maine chapter of Shriners International, one of the world’s longest-standing fraternal organizations. Kora members have long shown up for this community, organizing events, supporting local causes, and building the kind of fellowship that keeps a community strong. The Outdoor Expo is one of Kora’s signature expressions of that commitment: a weekend open to everyone, built around something Mainers love.
What your support powers
Your support keeps Kora’s programs running and the Outdoor Expo coming back every year.
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Event planning and programming
The Outdoor Expo takes months of coordination. Exhibitors, demonstrations, activities, and logistics. Your support makes it possible. -
Outdoor education
Hands-on demonstrations, conservation programming, and family activities that connect people of all ages to Maine's outdoor heritage. -
Shrine Temple operations
Heat, utilities, maintenance, and upkeep of the Kora Shrine Temple in Lewiston, where community gathers year-round. -
Year-round community initiatives
Kora is active beyond the Expo. Member programs, local outreach, and community events happen all year. -
Transparent drawings and compliance
Audited entry records, published winners, secure checkout, and firearm transfer through a licensed FFL with background check.
How Kora Serves the Community
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Community events and gatherings
Kora organizes events that bring Maine people together throughout the year. From large annual gatherings to smaller local programs, these events create space for neighbors to connect, share, and support one another. -
Local outreach and giving
Kora members show up for this community beyond the event calendar. Local causes, charitable efforts, and community needs are part of what drives the organization year-round. -
Fellowship and membership
At the core of Kora is a brotherhood built on shared values. Members support each other, serve their community, and carry forward a tradition of fraternal commitment that has lasted generations. -
Preserving outdoor heritage
Kora has a deep connection to Maine's outdoor culture. Through events and programming focused on hunting, fishing, conservation, and outdoor education, Kora helps keep those traditions alive and accessible to the next generation. -
A home for the community
The Kora Shrine Temple in Lewiston is more than a meeting place. It is where community gathers, where events are held, and where the work of the organization gets done. Keeping it open and active is part of what your support makes possible.
Why it matters
Communities do not hold together by accident. They need organizations that show up consistently, bring people together, and invest in something larger than any one event or moment. That is what Kora Shriners does in Lewiston and across central Maine.
Through decades of service and fellowship, Kora has built something that matters: a place where neighbors become members, where traditions get passed on, and where the community has a home. That does not happen without ongoing support.
Your participation helps keep it going. The programs, the events, the people, and the place. Every entry is a vote for the kind of community that shows up for itself.
