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Hello everyone and welcome to the dog days of summer. Luckily for us summer only began a couple of weeks ago and we haven’t even felt the heat yet! (Yeah Right!) Well you know when it’s hot out there is nothing better than going out to your favorite lodge, sit in the air conditioning, and enjoying some friendship and camaraderie with some great people!
I am really looking forward to the upcoming month. For me it is my second opportunity as an Elk to go to the National Convention. I will be heading to Austin, TX with the opportunity to learn much about this great organization and meet Elks from a different state. I will be working hard doing all of the things that are required of me, and also trying to represent Arizona Elks as best I can.
Last month we had many great events, but I was extremely happy with our Flag Day Service and Flag retirement Ceremony. Thank you to all of the people who helped to make this event another success. These two events always impress me and are great ways of honoring the Stars and Stripes which mean so much to so many of us. “As this emblem is first in our hearts as loyal Americans, so is it close to our Altar as loyal Elks.”
In August, we will be hosting a Winner Winner Chicken Dinner event to benefit Arizona Elks Major Projects. Come on out to enjoy some good times, good food, and some okay people. Alright, some great people. AEMP is one of the major ways we help Arizona through our charitable donations. For those of you who are unaware of what AEMP does for our state, the major benefactor is the Steele Children’s Hospital. Since 1992 Arizona Elks have contributed over 9 MILLION dollars to help in research and to find cures for many infant and children’s disorders. AEMP also sponsors the Jack C. Warter Youth Camp where children and groups can go and stay at absolutely no cost to them or their families and have the opportunity to get back to nature and learn and observe the great outdoors.
Finally, plans are underway for an upgrade of our lounge. The concept designs look good and, when finished, we should have a very comfortable and pleasing area in which to enjoy time with our fellow members until such time when we have a new and improved building.
This will be my last communication until September, so have a wonderful Summer and stay cool.
Doug
Howdy!
Well Summer has definitely arrived, and hopefully a good monsoon season!
Our lodge continues to find ways to embrace charity for our community. The weekly dart tournament continue to contribute to our charitable groups. What makes it such a unique fundraiser, is that the winners get to choose where the “winnings” go. Over time they have supported new flag poles and flags, the veterans groups, Clothe a Child and many others. Please consider joining the dart “players” for some fun. Don’t worry, this is not a competitive tournament, but rather a group of charitable and fun loving Elks supporting our charitable efforts.
Our awesome house committee has lots of fun things planned for July, so please make sure that you check out Pam and Jan’s articles.
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 only 3 months into the Elks year, your lodge has donated more than $34,500!!
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
Well, I think summer has arrived! I hope everyone is keeping cool. I will be in the office my regular hours of Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 10:00 – 2:00 during July and August.
I would like to remind all committee chairs to be sure to turn in your event reporting forms to the office as soon as possible after your event. We report all our events, meetings, volunteer hours etc. to Grand Lodge. This is how we let Grand Lodge know how great we are. Thank you to those of you that are diligent in getting them to me.
As you know part of my job is to process dues payments. As you can see we still have 51 that haven’t paid their dues for this year. If you are one of those, please get those paid, let me know if there is a problem or if you won’t be renewing. Thank you.
Mimi
LODGE STATS YEAR-TO-DATE
Membership to Date ......................... 575
Candidates ............................................ 8
Delinquents ........................................... 51
Life Members ........................................ 598
Average Age .......................................... 71
Something to think about:
Life isn’t meant to be easy, it’s meant to be lived. Sometimes good, other times rough. But, with every up and down, you learn lessons that make you strong.
Hello Everyone,
I would like to announce that the PERA will be giving a donation of $100 to the “Pulse of the City” this year. Proceeds will benefit pediatric cancer care and research at Banner Childrens medical centers in Arizona. The PERA and our lodge will be sponsoring 2 Tee boxes at the Arizona Elks Association Social Welfare Childrens Shopping Spree Golf Tournament. The tournament will be held at the Continental golf course in Scottsdale on September 28th.
The Queen is up to $11,250, so get your tickets before someone else does.
I will see you at the lodge.
Ron
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