Marie Starjnski On Feb. 18 Catalina Mountain Elks created 250 bonus food bags for low-income seniors through our local food bank with IMPACT of Southern Arizona. We combined two grants from the Grand Lodge: a Beacon grant and a Gratitude grant, totaling $8,000. Some of the contents of the bags were soups, crackers, beans, canned…
Marie Starjnski On Sept. 11 Catalina Mountain Elks formed 10 teams to bring home-cooked meals to 10 Golder Ranch firehouses in our Elks district. This project was held to Never Forget those brave souls we lost on Sept. 11, 2001, and to honor and celebrate our first responders who are there for us all every…
Marie Starjnski On Aug. 17 Catalina Mountain Elks provided a welcome home luncheon for the competing athletes at this year’s Paralyzed Veterans Games. Each athlete was given $1,000 by our Veterans Committee to help defray costs of their travel.
Marie Starjnski The Catalina Mountain Elks PER Association was happy to have provided about $250 in snacks and supplies to the Coronado K-8 School Health Office in Catalina, Ariz. The donation included cases of water, liquid I.V. drink mixes, snack crackers, and breakfast bars to assist the office in taking care of the students they…
Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815 provided lunch on July 23 and sponsored six veterans who participated in the Paralyzed Veterans Wheelchair games held in Phoenix. The Elks Lodge donated $3,960 to support this project.
The Catalina Elks “adopted” 20 children this year through our local food bank, IMPACT of Southern Arizona. Through your generous donations, and with some help from PERA, we purchased toys, art supplies, and clothing for each of these kids. We spent $75 per child. Each received at least five gifts to open for Christmas. Also, IMPACT…
As of Dec. 20, 2021, our donations for veterans have totaled $123,822 for our lodge year! Included in our total donation is $4,129 for new, warm clothes and food for our homeless veterans. Every year, the Veterans Committee is asked to shop for veterans living at the Arizona State Veterans Home on the VA Campus.…
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…