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Hello everyone and welcome to October! Welcome back to all of our snowbirds who will be returning to the great state of Arizona and hopefully, welcome to some cooler temperatures. I hope all have had a great September and are getting ready to ease into the Holiday Season. Kind of scary that we are talking about the Holidays in October, but it seems our stores are way ahead of us. In September we had a visit from our DDGER Bear Carlile and his lovely lady, Shawnee followed by a visit from our Vice President of Arizona South, Rocky Davis and his lovely lady, Bonnie. We had a great time speaking with DDGER Bear and VP Rocky and talking about our great Lodge and all the terrific people we have in our Elk family, as well as all the great things we do for our community. We followed up VP Rocky’s visit with a Spaghetti Western party so that all involved could wind down a bit. I cannot thank all our members who made these visits a great success and I hope that all who attended the Spaghetti Western enjoyed the food and entertainment. Your hard work made these great days for our visiting dignitaries.
In October we will be heading north again for our Mid-Year Meeting and convention. This is always a great time to speak with our fellow Arizona Elks and hear about all of the great things that we accomplish together and how all of our hard work pays off. It is also a great time meeting Elks from all over the state and sharing stories and ideas that will help us to learn new ways and new things that can help our lodge support our community. At the Mid Year Meeting we will also be having the drawing for the AEMP raffle. You can still buy tickets to be entered into a chance to win a beautiful four-wheeler and trailer. Please ask in the lounge if you are interested in purchasing tickets.
Having made it through the three important events that I talked about above, I am feeling like we are getting to ease into the end of the year. I wish I could say that I now get to relax, and my work is done, but that just wouldn’t be true. I have lots of hard work ahead to push for an attempt at All American Lodge. One of the biggest parts of becoming an All American Lodge, is having a growth in membership. I know that many of the great people who I see visiting the lodge and helping on committees and events also have some great friends that you may be able to bring into our Elks Family. Bragging on our lodge is one of the best ways to get people interested and wanting to become members. Once people hear about all the great things we do, they too want to get involved!!
Happy Halloween to all!, and have a great October!
Doug
Howdy!
Welcome to Fall! It sure is nice to have cooler mornings and evenings.
The past 2 months have been another great time for us, as Elks, to do what we do best: Charity to all mankind! The Spaghetti Western dinner was a huge success thanks to Lisa Chavez and her amazing team of volunteers. We were fortunate to have our VP South district, Rocky Davis and his lady Bonnie visiting our lodge and seeing why Catalina Mountain Elks sets the standard for all lodges in the south district. We were also joined by Michael Giannetta, Arizona Elks Major Projects Board President. He shared one of the many amazing things that the Steele Center is doing to correct Spina Bifida while the child is still in the room, allowing them to have a normal life. It is truly amazing, and it is due in part to the generous charitable funding that the AZ Elks provide.
Lastly, I am continuing to include in each article a running total of the charitable donations that your lodge provides to our community. This year, and we are now 6 months into the Elks year, your lodge has donated more almost $100,000!!
As always, if you have questions or concerns, you can always reach out to me via email (pslates1987@gmail.com) or phone (520.268.2375)
Take care,
paul
Jack Baillargeon is filling in for Mimi. We have 56 life members for a percentage of 9.8% and we have 13 applications on hand.
LODGE STATS YEAR-TO-DATE
Initiated ........................................ 26
Affiliated ........................................ 4
Reinstated ...................................... 1
Total New Members ..................... 31
Total Member Losses ................... 28
Total Delinquents ......................... 39
Total Delinquent Percentage ... 6.8%
Total Membership ...................... 577
Hello Everyone,
Many thanks to Alane, Bob, Neal, and Monty for standing in for the POW/MIA ceremony on September 20th. It was a small turnout, but a very enjoyable event.
We had two visitors this month, Barry "Bear" Carlile. Jr., DDGER – South District, Arizona Elks Association and Rocky Davis, Vice President – South District, Arizona Elks Association. Both meetings were held at the lodge and we had a good turnout from our lodge officers and committee chairs.
Football is back on Monday night, Thursday night and Sunday all day, the PERA has funded the NFL package again this year. Please come in to see the 5 new 50” TVs donated by Jim Carver.
We have started talks about our 25th anniversary celebration which is October 14, 2025. If there is anything you would like to see for the celebration please talk to a lodge officer.
Do not forget about the Queen of Hearts every Friday night at 6:30, get their early to get your tickets before someone else does.
Ron
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