u YORKTOWN, NY, Lodge members, with the help of a $1,000 ENF Promise Grant, hosted a DARE Graduation Ceremony, treated 140 graduates to food, beverages, and musical entertainment, and gave each graduate a US flag, a drug awareness coloring book, and several drug awareness pamphlets. Pictured are (from left) graduates Lolton Fallon, Patrick Talbot, Teddy Pecoroni, and Liz Pecoroni. In other news, lodge members staffed a drug awareness booth at the 22nd annual Yorktown Community Day and gave about 100 US flags and more than 2,000 pieces of drug awareness information to attendees.
u GREATER CAPE MAY, NJ, Lodge members staffed a drug awareness booth at the Whale of a Day Family Street Fes- tival and distributed drug awareness ma- terials, including about 100 toy airplanes and balloons, 200 Elroy dolls, coloring books, and bookmarks, and a number of pamphlets, pens, and pencils, to hundreds of children who attended the event. Pic- tured is young attendee Alexandria Siravo.
dedicated to combating violence, alcoholism, and drug abuse.
Mechanicville-Stillwater, NY, Lodge members honored the winners of their Drug Awareness Poster and Essay Contests in a lodge ceremony, which 225 students, parents, and educators attended. Lodge members reviewed 150 entries, chose first- through third- place winners in each of six age- groups, awarded each first-place winner a certificate and a drug awareness soccer ball, awarded each second- and third-place winner a certificate, and gave a gift card for ice cream from a local convenience store chain to each student who submitted a poster or essay. Lodge members also congratulated sixth-grade student Sky- ler Higgins on winning the New York State Elks Association essay contest.
Calabash, NC, Lodge members staffed the state association’s drug awareness trailer during the lodge’s annual
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Veterans Flea Market and distributed about 50 packets of drug awareness information to children and parents attending the event.
Greensboro, NC, Lodge members staffed a drug awareness booth and the state association’s drug awareness trailer at the Elks Day at the Ballpark event, gave ten free youth tickets to young fans, and gave drug awareness materials to about 425 people. In other news, the lodge donated $150 worth of bingo cards and mark- ers and the use of the lodge’s bingo equipment to the Walter Hines Page High School’s drug- and alcohol-free graduation night party.
Elyria, OH, Lodge members gave drug awareness coloring books, bookmarks, and pamphlets to 500 spectators at the town’s Memorial Day Parade.
Van Wert, OH, Lodge members, using $500 of a $1,000 ENF Promise Grant, treated about 300 boys and girls to a barbecue meal as part of the Van Wert City–County DARE Program’s graduation. The lodge also donated $100 to the program to help sponsor the program’s Benefit Scramble Golf Tournament.
In other news, the lodge, with the help of $500 of a $1,000 ENF Promise Grant, treated about 110 children who
attended the Van Wert City–County DARE Camp to lunch on each day of the three-day camp and treated the children to dessert on the last day of the camp.
Okmulgee, OK, Lodge donated $500 to the Okmulgee County District Attorney’s Office to support the office’s Drug Awareness Program.
Cottage Grove, OR, Lodge members honored Bohemia Elementary School fourth grader Irene Nichols-Ferguson in a ceremony at her school for winning the state Drug Awareness Poster Contest, presented her with a framed copy of her poster and a check for $150 from the Oregon State Elks Association, and treated her and her 30 classmates to dessert. Lodge members also honored the nine first-, second-, and third-place winners of the lodge’s Drug Awareness Poster Contest in a ceremony at the lodge and gave each of them a medal.
Myrtle Creek, OR, Lodge held four Friday night alcohol-free parties for teenagers and treated about 50 partygoers at each party to music, dancing, and treats.
Oregon State Elks Association Drug Awareness Committee Chairman Guy Smith offered to allow other Elks
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