Eustis Lodge members Bill Hall, Ron Locke and TJ Platt smoked 197 turkeys the week before Thanksgiving and packaged them along with groceries to make a complete dinner and delivered the meals to 11 elementary schools for families in need Nov. 22. Charity funds from lodge fundraisers made this possible. Pictured are members Bill Hall and Adam Dufresne and Fufresne’s mother. Nancy Massingale and Sharon Myers also helped pack the meals.
On Nov. 21 at the Eustis Anna Miller Circle meeting, members packed 25 Thanksgiving dinner packages to be delivered Nov. 22 to Triangle Elementary School with 25 smoked turkeys that the Elks smoked for them. The ladies also sent additional food that was collected for these families. The ladies also used their charity fundraising funds for this project. Packing the dinners are Jean Campbell, Rita Manley, Kathy Mitchell, Carolyn Small, Anna Boykin, Shearon Jones and Bonnie Scott.
Loading the turkeys and dinners for delivery are Joyce Collier, Judy McCarroll, Tom McCarroll, Donna Scott, Bonnie Smith, Bill Scott and Ron Smith.