May 4, 2016
Goldsboro Elks Lodge #139 entertained 31 students and parents at the Lodge for Dinner and Awards during our Lodge Meeting.
Goldsboro Elks Lodge #139 presented checks and certificates to students for the Elks Essay Contest (grades 5 – 8), Most Valuable Students (Grade 12),and Nursing Scholarships. Pictured front row left to right: Essay winners Colby Thompson (First Place in East District), Kezia Knox( Essay Winner), Rachel Muscher (MVS) Ellison Best (Essay Winner),Will Fickling (First Place in East District and Second Place in State Essay Winner), Bailey Jones (Essay Winner),Alex Wingate(Scholarship/Essay Chairman) . Back Row: Joe Lawrence(Exalted Ruler) Jackson Carter(MVS) Carlie Ann Powell(Nursing Scholarship), Jacob Seate( $1,000 MVS Scholarship, Tanner Brock(Essay Winner). Total awards were $1850.00
Absent when pictures was taken: Fiona Pedrick (MVS)
Calabash Elks Lodge Treats Residents of Boys & Girls Home
For National Youth Week
In honor of National Youth Week, nine young men from the Waccamaw Boys & Girls Home of North Carolina were treated to a day of fun courtesy of the Calabash Elks Lodge. Arriving in Calabash they were taken to Tropical Adventure Miniature Golf where they had fun playing 18 challenging holes. Following an hour at Tropical Adventure they took a short trip down the road to the Back Porch Ice Cream Shoppe where they got to choose the ice cream treat of their choice.
Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina, Inc. is dedicated to providing a comprehensive array of residential and community-based services to meet the needs of vulnerable children by addressing their physical, emotional, social, educational and spiritual development.
My theme for the coming year is borrowed from Michael Smith, a Past Grand ER. It is “Be Proud, Be Loud and Be Visible“. Every Lodge does a lot of things for their community that we should be Proud of, such as Americanism contests, Drug Awareness programs including red ribbon week, scholarships, the Hoop Shoot, service to our veterans, sponsoring Camp Carefree and donations to various community projects. All of these are things to be Proud of, but how much of this is known to the people of your community? We need to be Loud and let the community be aware of what we do. If you have an award ceremony, take pictures of the presentations and try to get them published in the local paper, perhaps in the club section if they have such a section. This is how you can become more Visible. If you have a designated public relations person, every Lodge should have such a person, have this person try to get your events posted in the local paper or on your web site or Facebook page so the community can be made aware of what we are doing.
Fraternally,
Peter Breidenbach
On Wednesday, May 11th, 2016, a group of NC Elks Attended the NC State Veteran’s Council “Veterans Legislative Day” at the NC Legislative Building at 16 West Jones Street, Raleigh, N.C.
NCSEAI State Chairman of the Elks National Veterans Service Commission Lee Littiken along with Paul Hampton, NCSEAI State Chairman of Government Relations Teddy Acton, his wife Vickie and
East District Chairman Jack Strickland set up their NC Elks Booth with a beautiful display board of NC Elks Lodge Activities across the State of North Carolina. There were handouts for visitors of our ENVSC Flyers, along with lapel pins to “Support the Veterans”. Refreshments of baked cookies and bottle water were given out to visitors during the day.
Our delegation met with Speaker of the House Tim Moore in the House Chambers at 10:00 AM that morning. Lee Littiken and other members of the council met with Senator Pate at 8:30 AM that same morning to review our 2016 Legislative Goals. North Carolina is 8th in the nation with a veteran population of 775,020. This annual Veterans Legislative Day is done to help our House of Representatives and Senators become aware of our veterans needs, providing assistance to them in passing such House & Senate Bills introduced.
Group picture: Vickie Acton, Teddy Acton, Jack Strickland, Lee Littiken, Paul Hampton
Calabash NC Lodge – On April 21, 2016, the Veterans’ Affairs Committee hosted their 9th annual “Vet Day at the Lodge,” – a day of activities which included, a fishing trip to the Sunset Beach pier, lunch, and a very special game of BINGO. The annual event is designed to recognize our senior veterans for their service and make their days “Just a Little Bit Brighter.”
The committee invited veterans from Summit Place Assisted Living in Little River, SC, the Shallotte Assisted Living facility in Shallotte, NC, and the North Carolina State Veterans Retirement Home in Fayetteville, NC.
Twenty (20) World War II and Korean Conflict-era veterans, some wheelchair-bound, traveled from their respective assisted living facilities to the lodge in Calabash, NC. From there, the veterans were all transported to the fishing pier in nearby Sunset beach, NC for a few hours of fishing and camaraderie where the members of the Elks’ committee supplied fishing poles, bait, and assistance to those who were hoping to catch the “Big One!” The group caught a total of 8 fish that day! The entire group reconvened back at the lodge dining room for lunch cooked and served by committee members, followed by a very special game of BINGO, where — the BINGO numbers are called until “Everyone” has had the opportunity to yell “BINGO,” and garner a prize.
North Carolina made an excellent showing at the National Hoop Shoot Finals in Chicago. The following are the results for our participates:
Girls 8-9 Aniston Chapman 18/25 tied for 6th
Girls 10-11 Alexis Wolgemuth 18/25 tied for 7th
Girls 12-13 Brianna Lewis 25/25 tied for first 14/15 in shoot off finished runner up.
Boys 10-11 Grant Malloy 20/25 tied for 5th
The North Carolina Elks are very proud of all of these youth for their performances in the Hoop Shoot Finals. To Brianna Lewis we wish you well in your endeavors. To the other three youth hopefully we will see you again next year.
NC Hoop Shoot Director
Mark Alderman
To view all results, visit: http://www.elks.org/hoopshoot/liveResults.cfm
From the six youths that competed from North Carolina in the Elks Hoop Shoot Southeast Central Championship held in Frederick Maryland on March 12, 2016, four will be advancing to the Elks National Hoop Shoot Finals in Chicago Illinois on April 16, 2016.
- 8-9 Girl Division Champion Aniston Chapman making 20/25 free throws – representing Hickory Lodge # 1654
- 10-11 Girl Division Champion Alexis Wolgemuth making 20/25 free throws – representing Hickory Lodge # 1654
- 10-11 Boy Division Champion Grant Malloy making 31/35 free throws in shoot off- representing Charlotte Lodge #392
- 12-13 Girl Division Champion Brianna Lewis making 22/25 free throws – representing North Wilkesboro Lodge #1846.
Each one of these youth will be competing against eleven other youth in their age group. One boy and one girl from each division will win a national title at the National Finals, and have their names inscribed in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Two National Champions will receive the Getty Powell Award for the most baskets made during the National Finals. Mark Alderman NC Elks Hoop Shoot Director encourages all Elks, family, and friends to visit www.elks.org/hoopshoot and click on send contestant greeting, and send any youth a good luck message.
Fund raising pins for the new GER Michael Zellen are available by sending your check of $100 to Richard Palanzo SDGER 27 Middle River Rd. Danbury, CT 06811-4313. Two pins from the same household would be $150. These pins will give you an invitation to the new GER’s cocktail party. At this party all of the GL dignitaries attend. Be sure to add a note that you are from North Carolina. For further information you can contact Bob Janovic at 910-755-5898.
Note: Checks should be made out to “MA-Eager Fund”.