“ROXBORO ELKS PROMOTE AMERICANISM AND DRUG AWARENESS AT FOURTH OF JULY PARADE”

By: Derrick Sims

The Roxboro Elks Lodge #2005 partnered with the Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce and the Person County Tourism Development Authority for the 14^th Annual Roxboro 4^th of July parade. The Roxboro Lodge purchased over a thousand American flags to distribute to all of the patrons that were in attendance on Monday.  Over a dozen Roxboro Elks were on hand to volunteer their time at the parade which saw record numbers in attendance.

The North Carolina Elks Drug Awareness Trailer and Elroy the Elk were also on hand at the parade. Elroy was a big hit and took many photo opportunities with the kids before the parade while local Elk volunteers handed out drug awareness materials to the young crowd.

The Roxboro Elks Lodge #2005 would like to recognize the following non-profit groups from Person County that assisted with the parade. Roxboro Area  Chamber of Commerce, Person County Tourism Development Authority, Roxboro Development Group, Partnership for Children, Person County Senior Center, Roxboro Area Merchants Association ,  United Way, Person County Library, Person County Parks & Recreation, Piedmont Community College and Person County Museum of History.

Keywords: “Elks” – “Americanism” – “Donate” – “Drug Awareness”

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Point of Contact: Derrick Sims, Roxboro Elks #2005, Exalted Ruler