A plethora of colorful quilts were on display at the Elks Lodge Dining room Tuesday, April 16, as part of the annual Quilt Project at the John Day Elks Lodge, on Northeast Dayton Street.
This year, project volunteers produced 100 “cuddle quilts,” boasting colorful prints and intended to cheer up children receiving treatment or surgery at the the Elks Children’s Eye Clinic in Portland.
The quilts were on display during the event at the Elks Lodge dining room in coordination with the lodge’s weekly Taco Tuesday
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JOHN DAY — A year after seeing 25 kids at their annual kids Christmas party, the Elk’s Lodge in John Day saw their turnout increase fourfold as over 100 kids made their way to this year’s edition of the Elk’s Christmas party on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
The party ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the John Day Elk’s Lodge and had a little something for everybody. A build your own coca station, musical numbers, a present table and adjacent wrapping station, cookie decorating, arts and crafts along with an appearance by Santa himself kept kids busy throughout the party.
A lunch of hotdogs and chips was provided to both kids and their parents free of charge.
Josh Fuller, a leading knight at the John Day Elk’s Lodge acted as the musical numbers organizer and spoke to the Eagle about the party. “It’s a tradition and something we do every year,” he said.