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THE JULIE SHEA BAND DONATES TO THE VERMONT PAWS & BOOTS

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Vermont Paws & Boots, Inc. owner Michelle LeBlanc is the recipient of a gift from The Julie Shea band. Julie’s band held their farewell concert at the Bennington Elks Lodge #567 on April 14th.
 Julie Shea wished to donate 1/2 of the door sale proceeds to this great program.  Michelle pairs and trains Veterans and first responders from Vermont and nearby states with a rescue dog. The bond formed is a godsend for both the dog and the trainee dealing with Stress, trauma, brain injuries as well as other service-connected injuries. Michelle is expanding in the future to a new location with hopes of helping people from all over the country.  To learn more, see her Facebook page- Vermont Paws& boots, or website at Vermontpawsandboots.org.
 
Pictured is Fred Gilbar an officer at the Bennington Elks and Michelle LeBlanc Executive director & head K9 trainer and founder.
 
News item submitted by Kitty Lewis.

THE VERMONT VETERANS HOME ACTIVITIES PROGRAM RECEIVES DONATION FROM THE JULIA SHEA BAND

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  The Vermont Veteran’s Home Activities program is the recipient of a donation from The Julie Shea Band. 
Julie’s band held their farewell concert at the Bennington Elks Lodge 567 on April 14th.
 Julie Shea wished to donate 1/2 of the door sale proceeds to our Veteran’s, that will benefit from this great program.
The Check was presented at the semi-annual Veteran’s steak dinner that the Elk’s Veteran’s committee hosts for Veteran’s and their families at the Elks lodge.  
 
From left to right are Mike Kinney and Gary Lewis, Bennington Elk’s Veteran’s committee co-chairs, presenting the check to Michele Burgess, Veteran’s Home Activities Director, also Greg Pinsonneault, Exalted Ruler at the Bennington Elks #567. 
 
News item submitted by Kitty Lewis.

St. Albans Elks Lodge 1566 Officers for 2023 -2024

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L-R Dan Ploof – Installing Officer, Jeremy Allard – PER, Curt Swan – Lecturing Knight, Darren Pedersen – Loyal Knight, Chris Hall – Leading Knight, Bruce Pelletier – Exalted Ruler, Nicole Trudo – Chaplain, Deb Chevrier – Secretary, Stacey Trudo-2-Year Trustee, Kim Bourbeau – Treasurer, Joe Montcalm – State Trustee

 

News item posted by Larry Bouchard

 

2023-2024 Brattleboro Elks #1499 Officers

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Pictured L to R,
First Row: Lucy Fortier-Inner Guard, Amanda Whitney Daniels-Lecturing Knight, Missy McAuliffe-Leading Knight, Jeff Kerylow-ER, Chase Stanley-Loyal Knight, Mark Gouger-Secretary.
Back Row: Pete Randall-PER-Trustee, Jil MacMenamin-Chaplain-PR, Karen Zelenakas-Trustee, Barbara Wallace-PER-Trustee, Jean Wilde-Tiler.
Not Pictured: Ralph Buchanan-Board Chair-Trustee, Jeff Dixon-Trustee, Frank Lopez-PER-Esquire, Gene Whitney-PER-Trustee, Scholarship, Steve Nelson-Treasurer.
 
News item submitted by Jil MacMenamin

 

SPRINGFIELD & VT. ELKS HONOR RMS STUDENT WITH ESSAY AWARD

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     Recently, the Springfield Elks Lodge #1560 and the Vt. Elks Association held an American Essay Contest for students at the Riverside Middle School level.  The Theme for the essay was, “What is your American Dream?”.
 
     Participants must be in one of four divisions being the 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th grades.  Essay length is not to be more than 300 words.  Essay must be typed or legibly printed in ink.  Essay must be submitted as written (or typed) by the entrant.  Essay must be submitted for judging to the Elks Lodge nearest to the address of the entrant.
     This year’s 1st place winner was  Annalise Bladyka Mitchel, a 6th grader at Riverside Middle School.  She is the daughter of Anne Bladyka.  She received a plaque from the Springfielld Elks and a  plaque from the Vt. Elks as the state winner.   Annalise Bladyka’s essay will be entered in the National Elks Essay contest and she will be competing with the other 49 states Elks winners for the National Elks title. 
 
Shown is 6th grader at Riverside Middle School,  Annalise Mitchel winner of the Elks American Essay Contest, with Exalted Ruler Carolee Murchie and Springfield Elks Americanism Chairman, Jacqueline Driscoll-Page. 
 
News item submitted by Mike Gunn.
 
 
   

Silver Towers Ride – July 16, 2023

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Happy Friday all, attached you will find the documents for the Silver Towers Ride on Sunday, July 16.

 
Please make copies of the Waiver and the Pledge sheets to have available at your lodge for all participants.
 
Also attached is a raffle ticket template. Please make copies of this template to sell tickets for your lodges basket/gift item.  Remember; you can start selling raffle tickets as soon as you have your raffle item ready, so the sooner you start selling the more you will collect. All pre-sold tickets will be brought to Silver Towers on the day of the ride with your raffle item, and that amount collected will go directly towards your lodges Silver Towers Assessment. We will continue to sell tickets for all of the raffle items on the day of the ride. The ticket sales from the day of the ride will be split among the lodges for your Silver Towers Assessment fees.
 
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We thought this would be a fun idea to decorate the vehicles, motorcycles, and yourselves in Red, White, and Blue for the final ride from Middlebury HS to Silver Towers, making a grand parade to greet the campers. And if I know the campers, I’m sure they will be decked out as well!! Please be sure to spread the word.
 
Once you have a gift basket or raffle item ready, please send an email to me and I’ll start sharing what lodges have come up with for ideas.
 
Please share this in your Newsletters, at your lodges and with your members and community.
 
Let me know if you have any questions.
 
Have a great weekend and thank you for your continued support of the Silver Towers Camp.
 
Lisa Hickory
Lodge 1535
 
Links to the forms:
Raffle ticket
Waiver
 
 

Bellows Falls Elks Lodge #1619 Golf Classic/Silver Towers Tournament

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SAVE THE DATE
The Bellows Falls Elks #1619 will be having a Golf Tournament to be held on Saturday July 22nd at the Crown Point Country Club in Springfield Vermont with an 0830 am shotgun start. Auction and Dinner to follow. Registration information coming soon. Proceeds will go to Elks Association’s major project: The Silver Towers Camp
 
Regards,
 
Kimberly Aumand
Exalted Ruler
BPOE #1619