Outgoing GER Smith’s formal
report focused on the good news that contributions to the Elks National Foundation continued to set new records.
l In his last week as GER, Michael Smith received some pointers from Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher David Hernandez before throwing out the first pitch at a Monday night game at Chase Field.
Trust and noted that recent necessary repairs to the memorial building have cost the trust $147,000, and that the $1,050,000 remaining in the trust will not cover the rest of the repairs and future maintenance. He asked Elks around the country to consider holding a fund-raiser to help the trust con- tinue to keep the memorial building in “the condition such a magnificent edifice deserves.” He also noted that the building will remain closed to the public until the necessary repairs can be completed. Government Relations Committee Chairman Roland Seal’s report stated that the committee had received information from 1,978 of the 2,034 lodges and 46 of the 48 state associa- tions. These figures revealed that Elks and affiliated helpers had spent 10,941,872 hours volunteering to help those in need and that the total value of mileage, donations, and volunteer hours worked came to nearly $350 million. Seal also noted that thanks to an intensive campaigning effort by the Elks and other organizations, the IRS has decided not to implement a provision that would have required lodges to issue an IRS Form 1099– Misc to each individual or corporation from which they purchased more than $600 in services in a given year. Next on the podium was Public
T H E E L K S M A G A Z I N E
Elks Give Generously at Convention D
URING their national convention, Elks continue to hold both cre- ative and traditional fund-raisers to support worthy causes. Following a long-established tradition, the Grand Esquire’s station collected lost badges, along with lost wallets, cell phones, and other items, and returned them to their owners in exchange for a small donation to a charitable cause. This year, the donations benefited the BPO Elks Disaster Relief Program.
Pictured is Grand
Esquire Leroy Lewis with Mr. Weenie, who was later retrieved by New Hampshire State Elks Association President Lawrence Hart in exchange for a donation. Donations to the Grand Esquire’s station this year totaled $1,021.
A creative fund-raiser to benefit the Elks National Foundation was undertaken by the six oldest Elks lodges, those with numbers less than ten. The New York (No. 1), San Francisco (No. 3), Cincinnati (No. 5), Sacramento (No. 6), Louisville (No. 8), and St. Louis (No. 9) Lodges each contributed a pin to a limited-edition shadow-boxed pin set that was put together by members of the Louisville and Sacramento Lodges and sold for $100 a set. Nineteen of the sets were sold, raising $1,900 for the Elks National Foundation. Continuing a long-standing tradition of fund-raising for the Elks Na- tional Foundation, Exalted Ruler David Carr secured $1,355 in donations to the foundation in return for signing membership cards at the Exalted Ruler’s Ball on Wednesday.
u Among the Arizona Elks who worked to make the convention go smoothly for everyone attending were (from left) Timothy McKean, Roy Haddick, Marsha Haddick, and Charyll McKean, all of the Bullhead City Lodge.
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