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1557 gifts of love

Edgewater-New Smyrna Beach Lodge member Marci Skates delivers 10 weekend food packages for students to Becky Porter, Principal; Melissa Rura, school counselor; and Michelle Brown, Assistant Principal at Edgewater Public.

 

1557 Fall fest

Edgewater-New Smyrna Beach Elks Lodge #1557 participated in the Edgewater fall festival which raises money for the local food bank, Gifts of Love. Lecturing Knight, Denise Bell, and trustee, Bill Bell, hand out treats to the trick-or-treaters.

 

2650 strides

On Oct. 28, the Merritt Island Elks Lodge #2650 team participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. This is an annual event that the lodge has participated in for the past seven years. This year the event was held at The Avenue in Viera, Fla. The team raised $2,560. Pictured are the two team members, June Horgan and Elaine Marr.

 

1463 hoop

On Nov. 10, DeLand Lodge sponsored a hoop shoot at DeLand Middle School. Children from schools all over Volusia County participated in this annual event. The first-place winners from the three age groups for both boys and girls moved on to the district Hoop Shoot held Jan. 5 at DeLand Middle School.

Volunteering at DeLand Lodge’s Hoop Shoot held at DeLand Middle School Nov. 10 are (front row) Katherine and Ken Conroy, Linda Witt, Dan Dragonetti, Troy Surloff, Van Johnson, Davina Jones with daughter Sara Jones, Mark & Barbara Thompson. In the back row are Larry Smith, Phil Watercutter, (third person’s name missing) and Bernie Korwes.

 

1463 dogs

DeLand Elks Lodge #1463 has donated the use of their lodge for the training and adoption process for New Horizons Service Dogs. New Horizons provides service dogs to disabled adults, children and veterans at no cost to the recipients. The dogs have had approximately two years of training before being paired, and each recipient must complete the two-week training and process.