Beacon, NY, Lodge used a $1,000 ENF Beacon Grant to purchase 56 winter coats and donate them to the Astor Head Start early childhood education program to be given to needy students. Pictured are (from left) Astor Head Start representatives Meghan Mekeel and Ivette O’Sullivan, lodge grant coordinator Theresa Lewis, and Astor Head Start representative Maria Figuera.
In other news, lodge members and ladies auxiliary members attended a Christmas party at the Abilities First School, which is a school for children with disabilities. Lodge members and ladies auxiliary members dressed as Santa, Mrs. Claus, and several other costumed characters and gave snacks and Christmas presents to children who attended the party.
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In more news, lodge members provided a Christmas dinner for 68 senior citizens at the Beacon Community Resource Center.
tionally, the lodge raised more than $100 for the Elks National Foundation by selling Christmas decorations.
North District, NJ, and Northwest District, NJ, lodges donated $2,000 to the Passaic County Elks Cerebral Palsy Center to help purchase uniforms and equipment for the center’s sponsored Special Olympics team.
Piscataway, NJ, Lodge members hosted a Youth Activities Recogni- tion Dinner for 50 guests. After dinner, members presented certifi- cates and sweatshirts to the eight winners of the lodge’s Soccer Shoot. Lodge members also presented certificates to an applicant for a lodge scholarship and to three young volunteers in thanks for their assistance at youth events.
In other news, the lodge held a tricky tray raffle fund-raiser and raised $8,000 for the state major project, Elks Camp Moore, which is a camp for children with special needs.
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