Orange Park Elks Lodge #2605 used a portion of its Elks National Veterans Service Commission Freedom Grant to purchase food for 100 Thanksgiving baskets for U.S. Navy active-duty families at the Naval Air Station in need of assistance. Alise Taylor-Sindab, Exalted Ruler, met with the Navy Wives Club of America, which oversees the food pantry, to take inventory of what was needed for the baskets. The lodge used a portion of the Elks National Veterans Service Commission Freedom Grant to purchase food. Members also donated food items for the baskets and helped restock the pantry. Lisa Green, Lecturing Knight, and Alise Taylor-Sindab shopped for the items, and several members assisted with organizing and packing the donations. The items were delivered to the Navy Wives Club at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville. Winn-Dixie donated 100 turkeys for the families. The families picked up their baskets the week before Thanksgiving.
Pictured are Alise Taylor-Sindab, Exalted Ruler, and Lisa Green, Lecturing Knight.