Santini with a certificate and a US flag. For his Eagle Scout Project, Santini created a pathway leading between a dam and a beach at a local lake and created a retaining wall to combat soil erosion.
Calabash, NC, Lodge members shipped 50 cartons of toiletries, candy, and other items to US military personnel serving overseas.
Goldsboro, NC, Lodge members honored the winners of their Ameri- canism Essay Contest, treated them and their families, 20 people in all, to dinner at the lodge, and awarded US savings bonds of $100, $75, or $50 for first-place, second-place, or third-place winners, respectively. The winners of the fifth- and sixth-grade division were Nicolas Meza (first), Alexis Reeves (second), and Elizabeth Barker (third), and the winners in the seventh- and eighth-grade division were Kevin Arnold (first), Amber Denning (second), and Emily Jones (third). Lodge members also congratu- lated Nicolas on finishing third in the state contest and receiving an addi- tional $200.
Greensboro, NC, Lodge members performed a patriotic ceremony for more than 4,100 fans prior to a Greensboro Grasshoppers minor league baseball game.
High Point, NC, Lodge, with the help of members of the lodge’s new Antlers Program, hosted a Little League Opening Day Cookout and treated nearly 1,000 Little League players and family members to lunch.
Chillicothe, OH, Lodge members honored the winners of their Ameri- canism Essay Contest in a ceremony at the lodge, treated them and their parents to refreshments, and awarded each winner a certificate and a savings bond. The winners at the seventh- and eighth-grade level were Chillicothe Middle School students Christian Collins, Kristen Eblin, and Keegan Francis. The winners at the fifth- and sixth-grade level were Southeastern Middle School students Makalia Mitten and Celina Morris and Unioto Intermediate School student Hayleigh Barney. Lodge members also
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West Milford, NJ, Lodge donated $1,700 to the family of two-year-old cancer patient Amanda Picinic, with the lodge PER Association and Game Dinner Committee each contributing $100. Pictured are (from left) Nick Konz (a friend of the Picinic family), Bruce and Debbie Moore (Amanda’s grandparents), Chris Picinic (Amanda’s brother), Cheryl Picinic (Amanda’s mother, holding Amanda), and Special Children’s Committee Chairman Kimberly Powell. In other news, lodge members awarded ten scholarships worth $500 each to high school students. The lodge also donated $500 to allow two local children to attend Camp Bubbling Springs, a local summer day camp, and paid for 20 children with special needs to attend a one-week session at Elks Camp Moore, the state major project, which is a camp for children with special needs.
In more news, the lodge donated $500 to Boy Scout Troop No. 3; $250 to American Legion
Boy’s State, a summer camp that teaches young men about the US political system; and $750 to sponsor a women’s softball team.
Greenwood Lake, NY, Lodge hosted a Court of Honor Ceremony for new Eagle Scouts Gregory Brunner and Brian Campagna, of lodge-sponsored Boy Scout Troop No. 121. Lodge members awarded each of the scouts a certificate and a US flag and inscribed their names on a plaque kept at the lodge. For his Eagle Scout Project, Brunner replaced an entryway at the Greenwood Lake Lodge that had been destroyed by winter storms. Campagna’s project consisted of restoring a veteran’s monument in Greenwood Lake by replacing crumbling cement, cleaning up nearly illegible plaques, and performing other repairs. Pictured are (from left) Scoutmaster Walter Andrews, Eagle Scouts Campagna and Brunner, and ER Robb Tipton.
presented Christian, Kristen, and Hayleigh with savings bonds from the Ohio South Central District for finishing first, third, and third, respectively, at their grade levels in the district contest.
Coshocton, OH, Lodge used part of a $1,000 ENF Gratitude Grant to donate $500 to Coshocton County
REACT, which provides volunteer assistance to official emergency radio communications, and $250 to the Walhonding Valley Fire District.
East Liverpool, OH, Lodge, with the help of a $1,000 ENF Promise Grant, held a Baseball-Softball Camp for 37 boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 14, treated the participants to
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