Elks Virtual National Soccer Shoot Competition

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In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Elks Soccer Shoot program; the Grand Lodge Activities Committee is pleased to announce the Elks Virtual National Soccer Shoot Competition; A national soccer shoot contest that will be based on a competitor’s winning scores at the State and Regional levels to determine a national champion.

Starting this year, the program will run from April 1st to March 31st of each year, and the Committee will announce the national champions for each age and gender group in April 2020. The program will be phased in over the next three years as follows:

  • Phase 1 (2019-2020) State Contest Scores Only
  • Phase 2 (2020-2021) State or Regional Scores (highest level of State Participation)
  • Phase 3 (2021-2022) Regional Scores Only

The Grand Lodge Activities Committee fully understands that many states do not currently participate at the regional level, so the use of regional scores will be phased in over the next three years. This will give the state associations an opportunity to participate, while forming a region with bordering states or to join an existing region.

By 2022 and beyond, regional scores only will be used. Any state that is not part of a region by that point will be placed into what will be referred to as the “Virtual Region.” This will allow State Associations and Territories to participate in the competition, and the highest scores will represent the Virtual Region. In other words, everyone will still have an opportunity to participate.

So, what will be different for this year’s State Contest (2019-2020)?

  • Each State Soccer Shoot Director is requested to submit a State Contest Report following the completion of their State Soccer shoot. This form is available for download from the Activities Committee page of Elks.org.
  • For Territorial Lodges; the Lodge representing that territory (e.g. Puerto Rico, Guam, Panama, and Philippines) will represent their territory in the contest, and the Lodge’s local director would complete and submit the State Contest Form.
  • For Hawaii; with Lodges on different islands; a virtual state score will need to be determined. Each island is encouraged to hold a soccer shoot; the scores for each island should be submitted on the State Contest Report; indicating the island name and the contest director for that island. The highest scores from all Hawaiian Islands will represent that state in the national contest.
  • State Contest winners will be requested to complete three 5-Shot tiebreakers for score (regardless if they are needed for the state contest). These will be used to break any ties from scores submitted by other states. If tiebreakers are needed at the state level to break a tie, the actual tiebreaker scores should be used, but only the first three need to be submitted on the State Contest Report. If a state omits this information from their form, the tiebreaker score for the competitor will be counted as a zero.

State Associations that would like to form a region with bordering states, join an existing region, or move to another region are requested to complete and submit the Soccer Shoot Region Change Form which can also be found on the Activities Committee page of Elks.org. This form will allow the committee to keep track of which states belong to a region, and which states would default to the virtual region.

Winners will be awarded with a special certificate and national champion’s lapel pin which they can wear with pride. These awards will be sent to the State Association (or Lodge) sponsoring the winner for presentation locally.

The Grand Lodge Activities Committee is excited to bring this program back to the national stage fulfilling our Grand Exalted Ruler Robert L. Duitsman’s theme of: “Honoring the Past—Embracing the Future.” If you should have any questions regarding this program, please feel free to contact me.

Fraternally,

Wayne D. Cotterly
Soccer Shoot Coordinator
Grand Lodge Activities Committee-Area 1

Statesville Elks – Band-aids for Kids

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Statesville Elks Lodge #1823 character band aids for kids donate to Brennan’s Children’s Hospital.
This is the second year that Statesville Elks has helped Brennan’s Children’s Hospital. The kids just light up to pick their favorite band aids. This year we also had kids from Elk’s members to help deliver them to the hospital!  Elks Care Elks Share!

King: Elks Lodge’s projects provide community support

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Article from http://www.dailyadvance.com/Albemarle-Neighbor/2019/07/27/King-Elks-Lodge-s-projects-provide-community-support.html

David King

David King

By Anna Goodwin McCarthy
Correspondent

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Whether he is blowing his official’s whistle on high school football fields under the Friday night lights or taking a leadership role in the Elizabeth City Elks Lodge, David King gives a lot back to the community he calls home.

When he’s not volunteering, King is busy in his job as professor of counseling and psychology at Mid-Atlantic Christian University.

Originally from Virginia Beach, King moved to Elizabeth City in 1986 after accepting a civilian position at the U.S. Coast Guard Base. King worked in various positions, including as director of family services in the federal civil service, mostly with the Coast Guard, before retiring in 2013 after a 32-year career.

King earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the College of William & Mary, a master’s degree in counseling from Regent University and his doctorate in psychology from Capella University.

King recently completed a year as the district deputy grand exalted ruler of the Elks, representing the 11 lodges in the East District of North Carolina. King said one of his responsibilities was coordinating the lodges’ efforts to help aid eastern North Carolina communities in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. He also currently serves as secretary of Elizabeth City Elks Lodge #856, where he’s been a member for 17 years.

King said he first became involved in the Elks Lodge almost two decades ago after learning about the organization from his barber, Pig Foster, who was a member.

King said the Elks Lodge has supported the community through various projects. It’s provided technology and furniture for the Benjamin House; sponsored local parks and recreation children’s baseball teams; and assisted literacy efforts by the Albemarle Alliance for Children and Families. The civic group also awards college scholarships to high school students, which are available through the organization at https://www.elks.org/.

One of King’s hobbies is geocaching, an outdoor activity that involves participants hiding containers called geocaches at specific locations marked by coordinates and other participants finding them by using global positioning system receivers or other navigational devices.

During the fall, King also serves as a referee for high school football.

“I’ve always enjoyed officiating,” he said.

King and his wife, Judy, are both members of the Elks Lodge. The couple live in South Mills with their basset hound, Josephine. When he’s not working or volunteering, King enjoys spending time with his wife and their children and grandchildren.

For more information about becoming a member of the Elizabeth City Elks Lodge #856, email: members@elizabethcityelks.org.

Auditing & Accounting (NEW)

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The new version of the Auditing & Accounting Manual should be posted on elks.org this week.  With it we can begin the implementation of the Financial Reporting System (FRS).  Each lodge should have received an email from me with some description and instructions regarding the FRS.  Look for more announcement from the Grand Lodge including videos and more instructions.  Stay tuned changes will come quickly.
Jack Frost

Meet Our 2019-2020 District Deputies

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Introducing Your District Deputies for the
2019-2020 Year

The North Carolina Elks District Deputies for the 2019-2020 year are pictured here along with North Carolina State Special Deputy John Boyd: L-R: East Central, Joe Clancy; West Central, Kevin Black; Special Deputy Boyd; West, John Farmer, and East, Kevin Fogarty.

The Members of this Association of Elks wish you each a productive and successful year and look forward to your Clinics and your visits to our Lodges.

Auditing & Accounting – Read ASAP

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If your lodge has started to work on converting to the “Standard” Chart of Accounts as presented in the most current version of the Auditing & Accounting Manual; STOP!
Every lodge will still have to convert to and use the standard Chart of Accounts, just not the set currently available.  I know that I have previously urged all to proceed as rapidly as possible but with the passage of the resolution is resulting in major changes.  We (Auditing & Accounting Committee and the IT Committee) are planning to have a new manual with a new Chart of Accounts out by the first of September if not sooner.  So again tell all to hold off on any conversion until the announcement comes out.
Jack

Thank You from Our State Sponsor

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THANK YOU!!!

I wish to thank all of the North Carolina Elks Lodges, and Elks who sent me get
well wishes over the past couple of weeks. They are truly appreciated. I am
doing as well as can be expected. Cannot put any weight on the one leg so am
limited to “hopping” along with a walker or riding in a wheel chair. The doctors
say that it will be three months before we talk about surgery to replace the hip.
Until then I am very limited in my travels.

Again, Sharon and I thank you for your thoughts and prayers and I will keep you
updated as we go forward.

Jack Frost