Raleigh Elks Lodge 735 Annual Golf Event

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At this year’s annual golf outing which the Raleigh Elks Lodge 735 has held for the past 20 years $3800.00 was raised for notable charities the lodge has supported in this area for years.

Donations were made to the following charities:

  • ENF-$1500.00,
  • Transitions Lifecare – formerly Hospice of Wake County)- $1000.00
  • NC State Veterans Home (Fayetteville) $400.00
  • NC State Veterans Home-Durham- $300.00
  • USO of NC- $300.00
  • Helping Hand Mission of Raleigh $300.00

Elliot Smith- Committee Chairman and 11 committee members work hard each year to organize and stage this event. This year there were a total of 120 Elks lodge 735 members participating in this event.

Fraternally,
Bob Williams
Raleigh Elks 735

Raleigh Elks Lodge 735 – Elks Care Elks Share

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On the first Saturday of each month a group of dedicated Raleigh Elks Lodge 735 members give IMG_0089their time and resources to helping the Raleigh Rescue Mission.

Each month the lodge creates the menu for the dinner meal, buys and prepares the food and necessities and serves a fantastic meal to the homeless & needy including children at the mission.

This group of Elks is comprised of several different members each month, giving all an opportunity to serve the mission. On the average 80-100 homeless are served dinner meals each month by these dedicated Elks.

This month’s meals were served by our own Lodge Secretary Patricia Mckinley, her husband Bill, Ruth Claerhout and Justin Schaeffer and other crew members.

The monies for this event come from a Grand Lodge Grant– over the past 4 years our lodge has been approved by the Grand Lodge to receive $2.000 via the Beacon Grant.

Another good example of Elks living up to the tradition  of ” Elks Share Elks Care. ”

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RITUAL JUDGES TRAINING NOVEMBER 7, 2015

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The great State of North Carolina has not had any certified Ritual judges for several years now.  However that may change soon!  On November 7, 2015 there will be a Ritual judges training session held in Sumter South Carolina.  Our area 3 Chairman Mr. Doug Jones will be presenting a clinic at the Sumter SC Lodge #855.  The clinic will begin at 9:00 AM and run until 4:00 PM.  I have attached a copy of the training schedule.  For more information please contact John Lawrence at jpadlawrence@yahoo.com or if you are planning on attending our State Conference in New Bern see me there.  I will be coordinating this with Mr. Jones so please let me know if you are planning to attend.  Thanks again and hope to see you in New Bern!

See previous post for more details about the SC Ritual Clinic.

Statesville Elks supports the Veterans

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Statesville Elks have a program that brings the Veterans from Salisbury V.A. hospital to the Lodge of a hot home made meal and live music every two months. The is a great time to let Statesville Elks show their support and let all Veterans know Share and Care! Many of the Veterans are from other states while staying in Salisbury they can look forward to a little time away from the hospital and a great home cooked meal.

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