Event News
LODGE ACTIVITIES By Jan Trudeau
Here comes the long hot summer. We have 2 months of activities to offer you.
Starting with the 4th of July. It’s on a Saturday this year and we will put the flags up on Oracle road at 7 AM, and take them down at 5 PM. We are having burgers and brats at noon. Come and celebrate our country’s 250th birthday.
The Texas Hold ‘Em card games will be on Sunday July 12th and again on the 26th . Both games start at 1 pm. Please sign up in the lounge.
Bin-go will be on Saturday July 18th at 1 PM. Also that day will be our Iron Chef Elk cooking contest at 3:00. Check the board in the lounge for the required ingredient. Come and taste/judge for only $5.00. The winner gets to choose the charity to donate the $$ to.
Darts are on the back patio on Saturday’s at 4:00.
The Major Projects Mimosa Brunch has been rescheduled to Saturday July 11th from 11:00-1:00. A $25.00 donation gets you in for a great fundraiser, lots of food and yes, mimosas too!! The sign-up sheet is in the lounge.
We’re having Christmas in July on Saturday July 25th. It will be a potluck and we’ll have a gift exchange that always is a hoot.
AND, karaoke makes a comeback! It will be a super fun filled day.
Wednesdays have Tacos and Trivia on the 8th , and the full dinner and music bingo on the 22nd .
Now on to August.
Saturday August 1st , we are hosting the paralyzed Veterans with a luncheon at 11:00. Later at 1:00, Bingo will happen. Bingo is also on Saturday the 15th .
Texas hold ‘Em card games are on Sunday the 9th and again on the 23rd . Please sign up in the lounge.
Darts will be on the back patio on Saturdays, except none on the 8th. That days event is Major Projects Winner, Winner chicken dinner. This fundraiser benefits Arizona Elks and the Steele Children’s center. A $25.00 donation is requested. Please find the Sign-up sheet in the lounge.
Iron Chef Elk is on Saturday the15th at 3:00. Please find the re-quired ingredient in the lounge. Wednesdays in August have Tacos and Trivia on the 12th and the full dinner on the 26th.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Here’s the updated information from last month’s food drive. We delivered 175 pounds of pasta to Impact of Southern Arizona to help stock the food pantry’s shelves. Thank you to all who helped with this project. AND, believe it or not… September will be here before you know it. We will be assembling 10 teams of Elks to cook and deliver full home-cooked meals to our local fire-houses on 9/11/26. We need between 3-6 folks for each firehouse and we will need to deliver the cooked meal that afternoon. More information will be coming. Let me know if you’re interested in helping out. It’s a really rewarding project to participate in.
Thank you.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
Ann Girvin
Happy Monsoon Season!
This past month has been full of a lot of activities and meetings. The House Committee is talking about planning a bunch of more activities (yes SmashBurgers is coming soon). We have Xmas in July coming on July 25th along with a white elephant gift exchange and Xmas Karaoke. We have great Wednesday dinners coming up in July with Mojo Pork with Red Bean Rice, a Southern Dish that we are even making a Southern dessert with Lemon Ice Box Cake. In August, we will be having a meatloaf dinner, with mashed potatoes and gravy! If you haven’t been, you are missing out on great friends, great food and a lot of fun! I have attended the PERA meeting to talk about a plan to Burn the Mortgage and that has me so excited. What once seemed like a daunting task is getting closer (want to help it go faster?). The excitement is palpable! I mentioned previously how rewarding it is to talk to you all when you come to the lodge. The last few weeks I have repeatedly heard the same remark, on how friendly our lodge is! That is a testament to the great members we have here at Catalina Mountain Elks, so give yourselves a round of applause. My question this month(s) is there things we can do to make it even better. If you are a new member, is there some way we can make meeting other members easier? Would a new member get together quarterly help? Let me know your thoughts. As I started this article with Happy Monsoon Season!, we have already seen some rain (yay!) Just a reminder we are open rain or shine!!!! So spend some time with us, let’s make this a great summer!
Thanks Ann Girvin