Meet Your 2019-2020 NCSEA State President

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Biography of Shari Driscoll
North Carolina State Elks Association State President
2019 – 2020

A Utah native, Shari was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 15th to Ben and Ellen Adams. The oldest of three sisters, Shari spent her childhood camping and enjoying the beautiful Wasatch mountains in Utah. Shari graduated from West Jordan High School and shortly after began working for American Express Company at their Travelers Check Operation Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Shari worked in the Customer Service and Account Reconciliation departments.  It was there that she met Phil Driscoll.

Shari and Phil were married in 1992 and have one beautiful daughter, Whitney. Shortly after getting married, Phil’s career moved them across the country to Jacksonville, Florida. Throughout the next eight years, Phil’s career would again move them to High Point, North Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, and finally back to High Point where they decided to stay. During this time, Shari worked for several different companies, including Ruff Hewn Clothing, where she assisted with creating new manufacturing manuals for the business.  She also worked for over 15 years with Meridien Marketing during the bi-annual High Point Furniture Market as an International Sales Consultant.  Shari also volunteered at the High Point Regional Hospital in the Emergency Room for over 10 years.

Phil joined the High Point Elks Lodge in May of 2001. Shari immediately became very involved with the Ladies Auxiliary, making fast friends and serving for two years as Treasurer and two years as President before joining the organization’s advisory board. It was at this time she realized that she could better support her Lodge by becoming a Member and learning more about the business of the Lodge. Shari was initiated on February 13, 2008 and was quickly elected as Lodge Secretary, a job she still holds.  She became High Point’s first ever female Exalted Ruler in 2011 and worked her way through the West Central District positions to become District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler in 2015.  She has received numerous Lodge awards and has attended 6 Grand Lodge Conventions.

Shari was elected North Carolina State Elks Association President – Elect in 2018 and was installed as North Carolina’s first ever female State President in May 2019.

In addition to Secretary, Shari is High Point’s volunteer Lodge Office Manager, and spends much of her time handling the daily operations of the business.  In any spare time she gets she loves to travel, in particular to the Dominican Republic.  Shari also enjoys crafting, faux finishing, and being creative in “Bay Three”, her workshop.  Each year, Shari creates a special one of a kind piece of furniture and donates it to the annual Camp Carefree Gala’s silent auction.

Shari’s State Pin

My pin is in the shape of a Claddaugh.  The claddaugh is a traditional Irish symbol which represent Love, Loyalty, and Friendship.  I selected it as a tribute to my Irish husband Phil, as I could not be in this role without his love and support.  It also represents how I feel about the Elks, and I believe it mirrors our virtues of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love, and Fidelity.  The letters below my name on the back of the pin represents my personal motto – Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History!

 

New Auditing & Accounting Manual

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The new Auditing & Accounting Manual is online at Elks.org.  As a reminder all lodges must use the Grand Lodge Chart of Accounts as posted in this manual starting with the 2019-2020 lodge year.  Additional account numbers may be added as sub numbers to the accounts listed, for example; 30100 is “Member Dues.”  You could add 30100-01 as “Regular Member Dues,” 30100-02 as “Life Member Dues,” and 30100-03 as “Associate Member Dues.”  The only restriction on sub-accounts is that the first five (5) digits must be one of the standard set of accounts.

If you are not already using the Grand Lodge Chart of Accounts you should begin your conversion process now in order to be ready for April one.  All reports, budgets, P&Ls must use the Chart of Accounts as listed in the new revision of the Auditing & Accounting Manual.

Arthur H. Frost, III
Grand Lodge Sponsor

Where Is Your Lodge?

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(Updated charts added to the bottom)

Where Is Your Lodge?

As we begin a new Lodge year in Elkdom all of us, every Officer, Member, and Lodge must put our full effort into curbing the decline of membership in our Order. If we each put our mind to it this challenge, we have been faced with for the past thirty years can be reversed. Remember the challenge is not only getting new members but also keeping the ones, we have and reinstating ones we may have lost previously. Below is a chart labeled “RACE TO THE BOTTOM.” This chart reflects the current number of delinquents as of 01/13/2019. My challenge to each lodge is to get to bottom of this list with the least number of delinquents as fast as you can. I will ask that this first list be posted on the Web site and I will update the chart on the Web as new information becomes available, at least every two weeks, so you can see how your lodge is doing. How fast can your Lodge get there?

Arthur H. Frost, III
Grand Lodge Sponsor

RACE TO THE BOTTOM

Updated 02/19/2019

Calabash Donates Computers to Senior Center

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The Calabash Lodge recently donated two computers to the Brunswick Senior Resource Center in Calabash, thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Charitable Trust.  The new computers will allow access to a computer for the 1500+ Brunswick County seniors who are registered at the Center, who do not have home computers or internet access.   The Elks Lodge will also be providing volunteers, as requested, to assist any seniors that need advice on how to use a computer or navigate the web.

Pictured with the new computers are Holley Norris, Assistant Director of the Center, Lodge Trustee Mark Kerr, and Leading Knight Bob Paoletti.

Donation to non-profit organization High Point LEAP

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The High Point Elks Lodge presented a Charitable Trust Grant check for $1,000 to support High Point LEAP’s new Food Pantry.  This money will be used to buy new kitchen equipment and help
stock the Food Pantry.  High Point LEAP is a local non-profit focused on uplifting children and families through literacy.

People in photos from left to right:  High Point Elks – Phil Driscoll (Lodge Grant Chairman, Shari Driscoll (NC State President – Elect), Claire Robinson(Executive Director – LEAP and Tim Ilderton (Board Chair – LEAP)

 

 

Statesville 2019 Veterans Dinners

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 The Statesville Elks Lodge #1823 has kicked off the 2019 Veterans Dinners at the lodge working with the Salisbury V.A. to make sure our Veterans have a great night away from the hospital for a road trip.

Statesville Elks have a board posted of thank you letters that the Veterans have them selves mailed back to the lodge thanking them for a great dinner and letting the Elks know what it means to them that Elks Care Elks Share.

January 17 was the first dinner the members and guest were pleased to feed 33 Veterans from the V.A. and 5 Veterans from the Statesville Veterans Transitional Home that opened  Jun 14, 2016, Statesville Elk members stop by the home to help meet needs around holidays to make sure the Veterans in transition have plenty of food and supply’s to help them out.

 Added pictures from the first dinner for the Elks and Veterans.