In partnership with news channel 10 Tampa Bay, Brandon Elks Lodge #2383 collected $2,800 worth of toiletries and other items for the nonprofit Support the Troops. Marionette Sexton, Leading Knight, organized the collection and asked lodge members to donate some of the five most requested items by military members serving overseas in remote areas. Lodge members and Brandon Ladies of the Elks generously donated white tube socks, toothpaste, beef jerky, gum and hard candy during December. In the first week of January, a representative from 10 Tampa Bay stopped by the lodge to pick up the donations and deliver them to Support the Troops. These donations were packed in care packages and sent overseas.