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Green Cove Springs PD Receives Snacks from Green Cove Springs Lodge
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On Sept. 5, Green Cove Springs Elks Lodge #1892 showed appreciation for the hard work and dedication of the Green Cove Springs Police Department by donating two dozen boxes of cookies and other treats. Pictured are Ed Weston, Exalted Ruler; Gene Rittenhouse, District Deputy; Cheryl Royal, Lecturing Knight; Linda Rittenhouse, FLOE Vice President; Tracy Carroll, PER, Esquire; Lucie Barnette, PER, Trustee; Cathy Sanders, member; Officer Renay Henderson; and Sergeant Barb Luedtke.
Elementary School Teacher and Students Receive Donation for Supplies from Green Cove Springs Lodge
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The members of Green Cove Springs Elks Lodge #1892 donated $1,000 to Charles E. Bennett Elementary School and presented it to Dr. Cagle, principal, Sept. 9 at the lodge. The donation will be used to provide teachers and students with school supplies.
Mandarin-St. Johns Lodge Uses Grant to Provide Fridge to Food Bank
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On June 17, Mandarin-St. Johns Elks Lodge #2866 used its $2,000 Elks National Foundation Gratitude Grant to donate a large refrigerator to the Mandarin Food Bank in Jacksonville, Florida. The refrigerator was $1,976 and the remaining $24 was donated to the food bank. Pictured are Bonnie McNulty, food bank director; Christie Easton, Lodge Secretary; Ken Kamiski, volunteer inventory manager; and Steve Easton, Exalted Ruler.
Green Cove Springs Lodge Donates Time, Food and Funds to Green Cove Springs Food Pantry
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On May 21, Green Cove Springs Lodge donated $1,000 from the lodge PER/charity bingo fund on behalf of lodge members to the Green Cove Springs Food Pantry. Cheryl Royal, Lecturing Knight, is pictured presenting the check to food pantry volunteer Wynema Lovell. Throughout May and June, lodge members have brought nonperishable food to the lodge and members Gale and Nancy Klopfenstein, who are also volunteers at the food pantry, have helped coordinate and deliver the items each week to the food pantry. Pictured organizing food donations at the lodge are members Gale Klopfenstein, Patsy Weston and Nancy Klopfenstein.
School Take-Home Lunch Program Gets Boost from Green Cove Springs Elks
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On April 30, Green Cove Springs Elks Lodge #1892 donated more than 100 boxes of cereal bars to Charles E. Bennett Elementary School to help supplement their take-home lunch program for students that has been instituted during the pandemic. Pictured are Mary Bolla, member and local school board member; Dr. Sheree Cagle, principal; Tracy Carroll, PER; Gene Rittenhouse, District Vice President; Ed Weston, Exalted Ruler; and Marcia Mainer, assistant principal.