Sebring Elks Lodge #1529 presented two $500 checks to local elementary schools for their after-school programs. Member Bob Funk presented the donation to Avon Park Elementary Sept. 23 and members Ken Hedges and Ronna Mason presented the check to Woodlawn Elementary Sept. 26. Avon Park’s program teaches all aspects of putting on a play to students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Woodlawn’s program is Leaders in Arts. Approximately 30 children from third and fourth grades stay after school to learn different styles of art for eight weeks.

Sebring Lodge members Ronna Mason and Ken Hedges present a check for $500 to Woodlawn Elementary teacher Denise Franza and Asst. Principal Wright Sept. 26.