Fort Pierce Elks Lodge #1520 used a $2,000 Elks National Foundation grant along with members’ donations to purchase new backpacks, school supplies, food and much needed socks and underwear to Lakewood Park Elementary School in Fort Pierce. The school has 100 students who are homeless. The lodge’s backpack program also donated $500 to buy footwear for students in need.
Pictured Sept. 22 outside the school are backpack program lodge volunteers and the school principal: Ron Chuba; Lenny Smallacombe, PDD; Barb Smallacombe, PDD; Kerri Walukiewicz, principal; Betty Foster; Cindy Williams; Bobbie Freeling; Bob Citto; Dave Bragg; Carol Chuba; and Ann Smith.