The Mid‑State Shrine Club, which includes members from Foster, Eddy and Wells counties, is a part of El Zagel, one of the two temples organized in the southern half of North Dakota and part of Minnesota. This club was started on December 17, 1962.

This Shriners club was originally started by Masons who wanted to get together for "the fun of it" but that turned out to be just part of the organization. The Shrine is involved in raising money for Shrine‑operated crippled Children's hospitals, and three Shrine‑operated burn institutes. Another project is to send the fifth grade students in the county to the Shrine Circus. This project is looked forward to by the children when they reach the fifth grade.

Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 251