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Wow, what a year! Your Veterans Committee has been busy and successful in its numerous attempts to serve our veterans. First off, we have hit a new high in Non Cash Donations of $197,565! Our Cash Donations hit $18,886. The total donations for our fiscal year is $216,454! Thank you all for the hours, dollars and time you’ve put in to help your lodge address the needs of our veterans!
Our Welcome Home Kits totaled 37 for a cost $11,622. A local furniture store donated $3,625 worth of furniture in addition to the items we purchased. This is the first year our lodge has participated in the Welcome Home Kit program.
The Veterans Committee’s 50/50 raffle ticket sales brought in $2,713 in our vet account. Your cash donations to our committee through the donation jar on the bar and from other events has placed $5,184 in our Karen Gialle Memorial account for our Paralyzed Veterans Annual Games this Summer. And finally, thank you all for buying gun raffle tickets, which put $715 in our veterans account!
Your Veterans Committee is now planning our second Annual Dart Tournament Fund raiser for April 20th. If you remember our tournament last year it was a huge success, both as a fun game but also an excellent fund raiser. We are again soliciting businesses and members for gifts and we anticipate we will have a great assortment of items for our members to bid on, or buy tickets for.
Our homeless veterans are constantly in need of Undershorts and T-shirts (Med, Lg, Xl), Jeans ( W 33, 34, 36) and Socks. Please place any NEW items in the green barrel in the lounge and USED items in the pod in the front of the lodge.
As always, a big thank you for your continued support for our veterans, and for such a great year!
Bob
Sponsored by Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815
By Bob Kielsa
I’m excited to announce that our lodge has two more programs
designed to support our military and veterans.
The first program is Recycle Cell Phones for our troops. Since 2004
this organization has recycled over 30 million devices, and have
provided over 400 million free minutes by sending more than 5 million
calling cards to our service personnel overseas.
You can donate by dropping your used cell phones at the lodge or
providing cash or a check (made out to Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge
#2815) in an envelope marked for veterans committee in the Cell
Phone box in the lounge.
Our second program is through an organization called Intrepid
Hospice. They are looking for volunteers willing to spend 30 to 45
minutes with those who have a short time left here on earth. One of
the worst fears everyone experiences during this dying process is
dying alone. You can make a difference.
Veterans are welcome! You know what’s in the heart of those who
have served our country and seen others give their lives in this
service. If you would like more information, or to sign up, please give
Lee Swengel, Intrepid House Chaplain a call at 682-777-5559.
Gift Worksheets are available for download.
1 excel worksheet does automatic tally
2 pdf file for printing
Veterans Gift Worksheet
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