Pat Cox Members of Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815 prepared and delivered turkey dinners with all the trimmings to ten fire stations in the Golder Ranch Fire District on the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. These dedicated men and women provide service to Catalina, Oro Valley, SaddleBrooke and southern Pinal County. The Lodge…
Pat Cox Two outstanding seniors from Pusch Ridge Christian Academy, Cooper Barghols and Cody Cropp, were named winners of the Elks National Foundation’s (ENF) Most Valuable Student Scholarship at a Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 National Youth Week Program on May 7, 2016. The scholarships are awarded to top high school graduates across the…
Pat Cox Six outstanding seniors from Oro Valley high schools were named winners of the Elks National Foundation (ENF) scholarships at a Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 National Youth Week Program on May 3, 2015. The Elks National Foundation’s Most Valuable Student Scholarship Program recognizes top high school graduates across the country based upon…
Pat Cox Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 is sponsoring a rummage and bake sale at 16045 N. Oracle Road in Catalina on Saturday, May 9 from 7:00 a.m. to noon. Rummage donations (no clothing) may be dropped off at the Lodge on Thursday, May 7 or Friday, May 8 after 10:00 a.m. Clothing donations…
Pat Cox Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 honored the following members of the community and the Lodge at an awards ceremony on March 14, 2015: Elk of the Year: Joyce Garcia received this coveted award for her contributions to the Lodge and the community as chairperson of the Dictionary Project and co-chair of the Clothe-a-Child Program.…
Two hundred and seventy eight students in grades five through eight from Coronado Middle School in Catalina participated in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Americanism Essay Contest. Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 Americanism Coordinator Al Peterson and Assistant Principal Michele Goodman worked together to encourage student participation in writing this year’s theme,…
Pat Cox The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) was founded on February 16, 1868. Local Elks Lodges throughout the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal will be celebrating 147 years of community service on February 16, 2015. BPOE is one of the premier patriotic and charitable organizations in the United…
Pat Cox Christmas came early this year for students from Roadrunner Elementary School in the Marana Unified School District. Members of Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 accompanied thirty-five children from families in need on a shopping spree at JC Penney in the Tucson Mall on Saturday, December 13. The Elks’ donations provided each child…
Pat Cox Sixteen volunteers from Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 stuffed 300 bags with Thanksgiving food items for distribution by Impact of Southern Arizona to needy families. The volunteers met at the Golder Ranch Fire District training center at 10:00 a.m. on November 24 to stuff bags. The food is purchased with donations from…
Pat Cox The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks proclaimed the month of November as Elks Veterans Remembrance Month to pay tribute to veterans and active military in appreciation for their service to our country. On November 4, members of Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 personally presented 65 handmade lap blankets that were generously…