to family members of military person- nel and veterans being treated at those hospitals.
New Mexico Elks Association donated $1,000 to Paws and Stripes, which provides service dogs to veter- ans to help them deal with post– traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries.
Athens, TN, Lodge members attended a solemn Memorial Day Service and paid tribute to the nation’s fallen veterans. During the service, lodge members participated in the dedication of a monument that honors all US military personnel who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan and specifically honors US Army SPC Nathan E. Lillard, who was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division when he died in Afghanistan on November 14, 2010. The lodge had previously donated $500 toward the construction of the monument. Pictured are (from left) American Legion Post No. 68 Com- mander and US Navy veteran Dick Pelly, VFW Post No. 5146 member and US Marine Corps veteran Jim Haney, Est. Lead. Knight and US Navy veteran Wayne Ingram, Gold Star Mother Helen Hyatt (Specialist Lillard’s mother), and ER and US Marine Corps veteran James Abbott.
Garden, which provides veterans being treated at the facility with a serene, natural environment.
Nashua, NH, Lodge members and ladies auxiliary members, with the help of scouts from lodge-sponsored Venture Crew No. 720 and volunteers from a number of other civic and youth organizations, placed more than 5,000 US flags on the graves of veterans in 15 cemeteries in Nashua and Hudson prior to Memorial Day.
Cedar Grove, NJ, Lodge members treated 25 veterans from the Lyons VA medical facility to a barbecue lunch and dinner and a visit with three beauty pageant winners.
Jamesburg, NJ, Lodge held a Chili Cook-Off fund-raiser and raised $1,000 for US Marine LCpl Colin Pascik (Ret.), who lost both his legs while serving in Afghanistan.
Red Bank, NJ, Lodge members participated in a Memorial Day Service to honor the sacrifices of US servicemen and women who gave their lives in the service of their country. A
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Greenville, TX, Lodge members visited the Clyde W. Cosper Texas State Veterans Home and donated 70 small US flags and 70 pocket mementoes, which consisted of stars that were cut from retired US flags, to the home to be given to residents. Pictured receiving his gifts is veteran Harold Snider, with (back, from left) Nursing Manager Debbie Wingfield and ER Rebecca Crabtree.
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lodge member gave one of the ad- dresses during the ceremony.
Ridgefield Park, NJ, Lodge donated $2,000 that was raised at the lodge’s Gerry Cassetta Memorial Golf Tourna- ment to the Fisher House Foundation, which provides temporary housing near several VA and military hospitals
Raton, NM, Lodge donated $500 to help provide food to riders participat- ing in the Run for the Wall, a ten-day motorcycle run from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, and back, the purpose of which is to honor the sacrifices made by all US veterans.
Roswell, NM, Lodge donated $3,100, which was raised at the lodge’s annual Shorty Burkett Memorial Golf Tourna- ment, to the Elks National Veterans Service Commission.
Clifton Park, NY, Lodge members and ladies auxiliary members refurbished a bedroom at the Guardian House, which is a shelter that will be oper- ated by the Homeless Women Veter- ans Project. The lodge also donated $500 to the project to help purchase a washing machine and dryer. In other news, lodge members treated four veterans residing at the Ellis Residential and Rehabilitation Center to breakfast at the lodge and gave each veteran a patriotic lei. At
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