Congratulations to the following NC Elk Lodges on their 2016-2017 Freedom Grant recipients:
- Salisbury Elks Lodge 699 – West Central District
- Statesville Elks Lodge 1823 – West Central District
- Morganton Elks Lodge 1852 – West District
- Raleigh Elks Lodge 735 – East Central District
- Kinston Elks Lodge 740
- New Bern Elks Lodge 764
- Elizabeth City Elks Lodge 856
- Morehead City-Beaufort Elks Lodge 1710
You may well be proud of your respective lodge. This year there were a record number of Freedom Grant applications, with 484 Lodges submitting applications. It was a very competitive year.
Please pass on to your Lodges that didn’t receive Freedom Grants to consider using Gratitude or Beacon Grants to serve veterans and/or military members.
You can go to elks.org and then go to Elks National Veterans Service Commission for additional details and news.
Best regards,
Lee Littiken, State Chm
NCSEAI-ENVSC Committee