Elks National Youth Week T
Ponca City, OK, Lodge held a Dinner in honor of 1960 Olympic gold medalist Doug Blubaugh to help the Ponca City Takedown Club erect statues of Blubaugh and his teammate Shelby Wilson to commemorate their victories in the lightweight and welter- weight categories of the freestyle wrestling competition at the 1960 Olympic games in Rome, Italy. The lodge, with the help of a $500 ENF Gratitude Grant, donated $1,100 to the cause, and lodge members donated a further several hundred dollars. Pictured with Blubaugh is ER Judy Branch.
Bristol, PA, Lodge members distributed dictionaries to about 850 third-grade students in ten public schools and four private schools. Pictured at Mary Devine Elementary School are (from left) ER Linda Bourget-Fenimore, students Jessica King, Sage Helmick, and Michael Murphy, and teacher Michele White. In other news, the lodge held an ENF Flea Market fund-raiser, which featured 23 vendors, and raised more than $500 for the Elks National Foundation.
HE FIRST WEEK in May is designated as Elks National Youth Week to honor and promote the youth of our nation. The Grand Lodge Youth Activities Manual states “the Elks National Youth Week will start on the First Sunday in May.” Please adjust your corre- spondence and activities so that your lodge will be prepared for the Elks National Youth Week, which will commence on Sunday, May 1. The week is a great opportunity to highlight the ways your lodge
supports boys and girls in your community the year round, through a banquet or banquets honoring scholastic award winners, Hoop Shoot and Soccer Shoot participants, ball teams sponsored by the lodge, and Girl and Boy Scout troops. There are a number of other activities that your lodge members can organize during the week that would be attractive to boys and girls in your community, including government day and numer- ous other youth events.
Special planning is necessary for this program since it occurs so soon after the election and installation of the new lodge officers. For this program to be conducted properly, it is helpful if the same lodge Youth Activities Committee person be retained year-to-year to ensure continu- ity. If he or she is doing an outstanding job, the planning can move smoothly through the transition to the new lodge year without a break in the follow-through.
State governors, city mayors, and other community leaders should be asked to proclaim Elks National Youth Week or issue a special support- ing message to the public.
The Grand Lodge Youth Activities Committee sponsors a contest for the National Youth Week. This is an opportunity for subordinate lodges to enter and be recognized for the best and most constructive Youth Week Program. All contest material should be attractively prepared in bro- chure form with photographs, publicity, and detailed information about how the lodge conducted the program. Winning brochures will be dis- played at the Grand Lodge Convention in Phoenix, Arizona. First-place winners will receive their awards during the Youth Activities Committee report at the convention.
It is extremely important to realize that the contest is based on activities taking place during the Elks National Youth Week. Contest rules and details of the brochure preparation are in the Youth Activities Manual. The brochure must be postmarked no later than May 29, 2011, and mailed to Theodore Balash, Member, GL Youth Activities Commit- tee, 400 Pheasant Dr., Fallon, NV 89406.
Assistance is only a phone call or an e-mail away. Please contact your area Grand Lodge Youth Activities Committee member listed in the GL Youth Activities Manual. Participating in this contest clearly demonstrates that Elks Care— Elks Share.
Theodore Balash, Member Grand Lodge Youth Activities Committee
Lodge members treated the 300 people who attended to snacks at a reception following the ceremony.
Murrells Inlet, SC, Lodge donated $2,000 to the Georgetown Hospital System Foundation’s Pam Sloan Fund, which provides breast cancer screen- ing and treatment to women who have no health insurance.
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Chisholm Trail, TX, Lodge members, with the help of a $500 ENF Gratitude Grant, distributed more than 1,100 dictionaries to third-grade students in local elementary schools.
In other news, the lodge held its annual Chili Cook-Off. The event featured seven competitors, drew 35 attendees, and raised $150 for the Elks National Foundation.
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