East Stroudsburg, PA, Lodge held its 46th annual Christmas Party for clients of Burnley Employment and Rehabilitation, which provides job placement and employment to people with disabilities. The lodge provided nearly 120 clients and staff members with lunch followed by a concert. Santa put in an appearance and gave a gift to each of the guests. Pictured with guest Lisa Stein is Santa (lodge member Charles Clapper).
In other news, the lodge held a Toys for Joy Dinner fund-raiser, which nearly 120 people attended. The event raised more than $1,500, which was split evenly between the Salvation Army and the Pleasant Valley Ecumenical Network, which provides food, clothing, and advice to families in need.
In more news, lodge members and Antlers Program members prepared food and served it to 64 needy families at Stroudsburg United Methodist Church.
McAllen, TX, Lodge members distrib- uted dictionaries to 300 students at James Bonham Elementary School in McAllen and John F. Kennedy Elementary School in La Joya.
Alexandria, VA, Lodge donated 150 pairs of safety glasses to West Poto- mac Academy. The donation was made with the help of the Safety Glasses to School Students Program, which is one of the Virginia Elks Association’s state major projects.
Clifton Forge, VA, Lodge held a Bingo Party for about 60 Special Olympians. The party featured lunch and bingo games, with gift cards as prizes.
Loudoun, VA, Lodge donated 12 pairs of safety glasses to the Loudon County Department of Parks, Recreation, and
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Vernal, UT, Lodge members awarded certificates and US flags to the nine finalists and three winners of the lodge’s Americanism Essay Contest in ceremonies at the winners’ schools. Lodge members judged 430 essays from fifth- and sixth-grade students. The winners were Vernal Middle School student Lauren Fletcher (first), Uintah Basin Christian Academy student Keni Labrum (second), and Vernal Middle School student Nikelle Young (third). Pictured at Vernal Middle School are (from left) Americanism Committee Chairman Martha Kay, winners Nikelle and Lauren, finalist Alivia Lewis, and ER Arlen Humphries.
Community Services and the Loudon County Area Agency on Aging for use in the agency’s four senior citizens centers. The donation was made with the help of the Safety Glasses to School Students Program, which is one of the Virginia Elks Association’s state major projects.
Martinsville, VA, Lodge members delivered Christmas food boxes to 40 needy families. The total value of the food boxes was about $1,700.
Beloit, WI, Lodge members distrib- uted nearly 810 dictionaries to third- grade students at 12 schools.
Green Bay, WI, Lodge held a Christ- mas Party for 12 young mothers and 16 children from the Marion House, a home for young single mothers. Also invited to the party were 12 scouts from Boy Scout Troop No. 1363. Lodge members presented each mother with a $10 gift card, each of the young children with a toy, and each scout with a gift bag full of snacks. The lodge also used part of a $2,000 ENF Gratitude Grant to donate $1,550 to the Marion House and presented a $200 Wisconsin Elks Association grant to Troop No. 1363. The scouts, in turn, donated their $200 grant to the Marion House. ■
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Clear Lake (Kemah), TX, Lodge members distributed more than 960 dictionaries to third- grade students at five elementary schools. Pictured at James F. Bay Elementary School are (from left) volunteer Cedric Carlen, Est. Lead. Knight Patricia Trimingham, Est. Loyal Knight Loraine McKinney, Bay Elementary Principal Erin Tite, Trustee Wayne Christopher, and Bay Elementary teacher Pamela Mattheus.
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