Inspire, an organization formerly known as the Orange County Cerebral Palsy Association, which provides a variety of services to children with special needs. At the same event, the lodge also raised $5,000 for the state major project, which supports the Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State.
East Stroudsburg, PA, Lodge members distributed dictionaries to more than 260 third- grade students at Clear Run and Coolbaugh Elementary Centers. The donations brought the lodge’s total for the year to more than 640 dictionaries distributed. Pictured at Coolbaugh Elementary Center with PER Harold Litts and Secy. Carol Hutson are students (front, from left) Tyler Armand, Nandor Mancyik, and Donovan Smith with (back, from left) students Carmen Marroquin, Kasandra Romagno, and Kayla Garofolo.
In other news, lodge members treated the winners of their Americanism Essay Contest and their parents to dinner at the lodge and presented each winner with a savings bond, a certificate, and a US flag. More than 1,150 essays were submitted for judging by fifth- through eighth-grade students at East Stroudsburg Area School District schools. The winners of the seventh- and eighth-grade division were Lehman Intermediate School students Cathy Li (first), Emily Becker (second), and Francisca Sepulveda (third), while the winners of the fifth- and sixth-grade division were Stephen Lowre of East Stroudsburg Elementary School (first), Carissa Root of J. T. Lambert Intermediate School (second), and Stephanie Sezen of J. T. Lambert Intermediate School (third).
Plattsburgh, NY, Lodge members collected more than 4,000 used holiday cards and donated them to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, a home for neglected and abused children. Children at the ranch recycle used holiday cards by attaching new backs to them and reselling the cards as a fund-raising activity.
Rotterdam, NY, Lodge members and ladies auxiliary members, with the help of scouts from Girl Scout Troop No. 2506, delivered Christmas baskets, each of which contained food for a full Christmas dinner, to about 40 needy families. Lodge members and ladies auxiliary members also gave the children of the families gifts that they had requested.
State Capitol District, NY, lodges held their annual Charity Dinner- Dance at the Watervliet Lodge. More than 150 people attended the event, which raised nearly $1,400 to help local Elks who are in need.
Utica, NY, Lodge members distributed dictionaries to 1,350 third-grade students in 18 schools.
Webster-Fairport, NY, Lodge held its 41st annual Emergency Responders Recognition Dinner and honored 26 local police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service personnel and gave each of them a plaque in honor of his or her service. The lodge also treated the nearly 350 attendees to a meal.
State College, PA, Lodge members attended Court of Honor Ceremonies for new Eagle Scouts David Bastian, of Boy Scout Troop No. 32, Kevin Duffy, of Boy Scout Troop No. 380, and Evan Heiser, of Boy Scout Troop No. 20, and gave each of them a US flag and a certificate. For his Eagle Scout Project, Bastian designed and erected an entrance sign at a local church. Duffy’s Eagle Scout Project consisted of gathering nearly 1,600 books and more than 80 DVD movies to send to US troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. For his Eagle Scout Project, Heiser planned and supervised the construction of a front walk, a retaining wall, and some landscaping at a church parsonage. Pictured with Eagle Scout Bastian are (from left) his grandfather, Dr. Robert Bastian, and his father, Tim Bastian.
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Hendersonville, NC, Lodge members honored the winners of their Ameri- canism Essay Contest in a ceremony that was held at the lodge. The lodge received more than 250 essays from fifth- through eighth-grade students and awarded a certificate and a savings bond worth $100 for first place
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