Newport, VT, Lodge donated a large US flag to each of six area nursing homes in honor of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Pictured with PER Raymond Dewing is Michaud Memorial Manor Continued Care Community Director of Nursing Helen Gagnon.
Wichita Falls, TX, Lodge members pre- sented the lodge’s $500 Charles L. and Helen Preston Scholarship to 20-year-old Haley Wooster (pictured), a woman with Down’s syndrome who is attending Eastern New Mexico University.
deaths of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Lubbock, TX, Lodge, in cooperation with Guardians of Children, a non- profit organization that works to prevent child abuse, held a West Texas Wind Bash, which featured swimming, games, a car show, and live music. The event raised more than $4,000 for lodge charities as well as $4,000 for the Guardians of Children.
In other news, the lodge, with help from members of Guardians of Children and Bikers Against Child Abuse, held a free Halloween Carni- val, which more than 300 area children attended.
Texarkana, TX, Lodge, in cooperation with the Texarkana Dart Association, held a joint fund-raiser and raised $4,500 for the Red River Valley Down Syndrome Society.
Front Royal, VA, Lodge members honored two local winners of the state
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Bremerton, WA, Lodge, with the help of a $500 ENF Gratitude Grant, donated nearly $3,000 to help build a Kids 4 Kids Playground for children with special needs. Pictured are (left) Kids 4 Kids Fund-raising Cochairman Alana Nixon and Est. Lect. Knight Sandra Read.
In other news, the lodge held a First Responders Night and honored 15 local emergency services personnel in Kitsap County. The lodge also held a Murder Mystery Theater fund-raiser, which featured dinner and a theater performance, and raised more than $4,100 for the state major project, Washington Elks Therapy Program for Children, which provides in-home therapy to children with special needs.
Americanism Essay Contest in a ceremony at the lodge. Lodge members presented students Monica Pendleton, who finished first in the fifth- and sixth-grade division, and Heather Landes, who finished second in the seventh- and eighth-grade division, each with a plaque from the Virginia Elks Association.
Winchester, VA, Lodge members taught Boy Scouts who were attending a Boy Scout Camporee how to properly fold the US flag.
Greater Spokane, WA, Lodge mem-
bers attended a Court of Honor Ceremony for new Eagle Scout Chad Connolly, of Boy Scout Troop No. 497, and gave him a certificate and a US flag. For his Eagle Scout Project, Connolly built several raised flower beds for the Valley YMCA.
Two Rivers, WI, Lodge members distributed dictionaries to 200 third- grade students in five schools. In other news, lodge members served 1,400 spectators who attended the fifth annual Kites over Lake Michigan community event to roasted corn on the cob. ■
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