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Green Cove Springs Elks Lodge Helps Care for GCSPD K9
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- Written by Tracy Carroll, PER
On Nov. 5, Green Cove Springs Elks Lodge #1892 donated $2,000 to help with the care of the Green Cove Springs Police Department's new therapy dog, Princess Leia, who came from K9s for Warriors.
Pictured are Commander Barbara Ludtke; Ed Weston, District Vice President; Jennifer Parker, Exalted Ruler; Commander Shawn Hines; Public Information Officer Josh Lee; and Princess Leia.
St. Augustine Elks Lodge Donates to Two Title 1 Schools
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- Written by Cathy Walsh
On Nov. 12, St. Augustine Elks Lodge #829 donated $250 to both Crookshank and Webster elementary schools, Title 1 schools, for the purchase of healthy snacks.
Pictured are Elizabeth West, PDD; Brian Welliver, Exalted Ruler; and Bailey Benoit, Crookshank guidance counselor.
Green Cove Springs Elks Donate to Three Community Organizations
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On Sept. 3, Green Cove Springs Lodge used charity bingo funds to present $1,000 checks to Quigley House Women's Shelter, Augusta Savage Community Arts and Mentoring Center, and Challenge Enterprises, which provides support programs to adults with intellectual, physical and developmental disabilities.
Pictured are Jennifer Parker, Exalted Ruler; Jackie Krug, Quigley House director of development; Henrietta Francis, president of the Friends of Augusta Savage; Rebecca Williams, Challenge Enterprises project manager; and Ed Weston, PER Chair and District Vice President.
St. Augustine Elks Donate School Supplies to The Webster School
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On August 7, St. Augustine Elks Lodge # 829 Lodge donated 30 backpacks filled with school supplies, including laptop chargers, composition books, notebook paper, crayons, scissors and zipper bags, to The Webster School, a Title 1 school in west St. Augustine. The value of the donation was approximately $2,300. This effort was led by member Heather Craig, who bid on the items at a private auction and donated them to the lodge, which in turn donated them to the school.
Pictured are Brian Welliver, Exalted Ruler; Heather Craig, member; school staff members Alex Lizarny, Carisa Taylor, and Raleigh Burney; and Bethany Smith, principal.
Green Cove Springs Elks Support Clay High School's Clay Cares Boutique
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- Written by Tracy Carroll, PER
On Sept. 10, Green Cove Springs Lodge donated $1,000 from its charity bingo to Clay High School's Clay Cares Boutique. This is an in-school food pantry and clothes closet coordinated by student Maggie Mosley and counselor Dana Brock, which provides students at the school with food, toiletries, school supplies, clothes and other necessities.
Pictured are Joette Alt-Revels, school media specialist; Bonnie King, assistant principal; Dana Brock, counselor; Jen Halter, principal; Maggie Mosley, student; Ed Weston, PER bingo chair; and Jennifer Parker, Exalted Ruler.