Staff and submitted information
Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, has selected Jamie Burenga, a senior at Van Wert High School, and Sarah Thomas, a senior at Crestview High School, as “Students of the Month” for April.
Sarah Thomas
Jamie Burenga
Students are nominated by their high schools to receive this award. Each Student of the Month receives a monetary award, along with a certificate from Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197, with the possibility to be named the Student of the Year.
Students are judged on the basis of multiple achievements: Volunteerism, character, leadership, service, citizenship, and scholarship.
VW independent/submitted information
Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated $1,250 to the Van Wert County CERT Team to be used to assist fire victims.
The monies are from a Gratitude Grant the lodge received from the Elks National Foundation. Gratitude Grants are given to lodges that meet their per-capita goal of donations to the Elks National Foundation
Shown are (from the left) Van Wert County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy, CERT member Matt Saunier, and Lodge Elks National Foundation Chairman Michael C. Stanley.
Elks photo
The Elks National Foundation is a perpetual trust fund established in 1928 by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Contributions to the Foundation are made each year by almost 1 million Elks and their families and friends from more than 2,000 Elks lodges across the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
VW independent/submitted information
Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated $1,250 to the Van Wert County Council on Aging to be used for senior transportation.
The monies are from a Gratitude Grant the lodge received from the Elks National Foundation. Gratitude Grants are given to lodges that meet their per-capita goal of donations to the Elks National Foundation
Shown are (from the left) Council on Aging driver Bill Sanderson, Council on Aging Director Kevin Matthews, Council on Aging staff member Jenny Lichtenberger, and Lodge Elks National Foundation Chairman Michael C. Stanley.
Elks photo
The Elks National Foundation is a perpetual trust fund established in 1928 by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Contributions to the Foundation are made each year by almost 1 million Elks and their families and friends from more than 2,000 Elks lodges across the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
VW independent/submitted information
Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, has again adopted children this year from the Angel Tree Project to help make their Christmas a little brighter.
Shown are wrapped presents waiting to be delivered to local children by the Elks Christmas Sharing Tree Committee.
Elks photo
Tags are first placed on the lodge Christmas Sharing Tree, which contains items needed for the kids. Members of the lodge then take the tags from the tree, buy and wrap the items, and bring them back to the lodge. After items are brought to the lodge, members of the Christmas Sharing Tree Committee then deliver the packages to the location before Christmas.