The American Flag flying high above Fayetteville Elks Lodge #1081 was damaged during the high winds and the 14″ of rain from Hurricane Matthew last month. Exalted Ruler Doug Cooke with the assistance of the East Central District Deputy, Tommy H. Byrd , replaced the Flag with a new one and will be retiring the damaged flag.
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
