Lakewood, CO, Lodge donated $2,000 to the Action Center Food Bank; $600 to CASA of Adams and Broomfield Counties, which cares for abused and neglected children; $600 to the Tennyson Center for Children, which treats children with special needs who have been abused; and $300 to the Hope Food Bank Ministry. The lodge also donated $400 worth of toy stuffed animals to Children’s Hospital Colorado. Pictured are (from left) ER John Collier, lodge Charity Queen Donna Dyrkopp, CASA board member Fred Marvel, and CASA Executive Director Simone Jones.
and raised nearly $2,300 for the Elks National Foundation.
York, ME, Lodge members honored York Middle School student Sarah Campagna for winning the lodge’s Americanism Essay Contest.
Calvert, MD, Lodge members awarded $2,000 scholarships to Patuxent High School student Jordan Goldstein and Huntingtown High School student Lindsey Vasko and a $1,000 scholar- ship to Northern High School student Anna Elkins.
Auburn/Webster, MA, Lodge members distributed nearly 840 dictionaries to third-grade students in five schools.
Falmouth, MA, Lodge held a Crock Pot Cook-Off fund-raiser, which featured 25 entries, and raised more than $500 for the lodge scholarship fund.
Greenfield, MA, Lodge members distributed 180 dictionaries to third- grade students at four schools.
Marshfield, MA, Lodge donated about 30 bags of food, worth about $700, to the local food pantry.
Hastings, MI, Lodge donated a $2,000 ENF Beacon Grant to the lodge’s Operation Suitcase Program, which provides suitcases containing clothing, blankets, and toiletries to children entering the foster care system. The grant provided 25 full suitcases for the program.
Sturgis, MI, Lodge donated $500 to help a group of students from Centre- ville take part in a statewide Youth in Government activity.
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Derby, CT, Lodge held an Eagle Scout Recognition Banquet for 23 Eagle Scouts from the Housatonic Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Lodge members gave each Eagle Scout a framed certificate and a US flag in honor of his achievement. The lodge also donated $250 to the Housatonic Council. Pictured with Eagle Scout Jake Johnson, of Boy Scout Troop No. 27, are Est. Lect. Knight Margaret Maillet and ER Jerome Coolidge.
Eveleth, MN, Lodge held a Family Skating Party at an indoor hockey arena for about 70 children from two local elementary schools and 50 of their parents. The event featured skating, a hockey puck shooting con- test, several other games, and snacks. The lodge held the event with the help of a $2,000 ENF Promise Grant.
Faribault, MN, Lodge members and Antlers Program members volun-
teered to assist the US Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program with toy distribution. During the event, members of 410 families picked out toys for nearly 1,100 children.
Rochester, MN, Lodge hosted an Awards Dinner for the three winners of the lodge’s Americanism Essay Contest and their parents. Following the dinner, lodge members presented each of the winners with a certificate,
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