Green Cove Springs Lodge is providing books to local children in their Elks Read Initiative, funded through the Elks National Foundation Beacon Grant.

On Aug. 3, the lodge partnered with the Green Cove Springs Police Department for Summer Story Time in the Park. Officer Lombardi, Officer Powers and Sergeant Rulon took turns reading to 22 children and their families. Also pictured are Jennifer Parker, Exalted Ruler, and Ed Weston, PER, District Vice President.

Then on Aug. 26, Elk volunteer Susan Phillips and Jennifer Parker visited the Episcopal Children’s Services Green Cove Springs Head Start Center for a semimonthly Story Hour with their students.