Deep Creek Elks Lodge #2763 used its $2,500 Elks National Foundation Freedom Grant to provide cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, and new sheets and towels for the residents of Veterans’ Village in Punta Gorda, Florida. Each of the residents also received a $50 Walmart gift card to purchase needed clothing items. The resident manager was given $100 in quarters to be used by the residents to do their laundry, since the facility has coin-operated washers and dryers. There are currently 23 veterans (19 men and 4 women) living at the facility, which serves as a halfway house for veterans experiencing homelessness. There are 12 apartments in the facility, each shared by two people. The veterans pay rent during their stay, and the goal is to get them rehomed into the community. This project was completed during March by Kay Neilley, lodge treasurer, and Carol Aitchison, Lecturing Knight.