On May 21, members of the Port St. Lucie Elks Lodge Motorcycle Riders Club attended an event ride to honor fallen police officers and bring community awareness. Hundreds of motorcycles participated in the event, which began and ended at Clover Park, home of the New York Mets summer training venue in Port St. Lucie, Florida. It took more than 2 hours to ride 100 miles, passing all the local police stations and state troopers barracks. The event was hosted by the Blue Angels Motorcycle Club.
Pictured are lodge members at the ride.
On June 2, Chester A. Moore Elementary School awarded Bob and Jean Citto a certificate for the support Fort Pierce Lodge gives with food, clothing and school supplies throughout the year.
Pictured are Dr. Thelma Jackson, principal; Bob Citto; Jessica Berggren, assistant principal; and Rachel Alexander, literacy coach.
JROTC Cadet Sergeant Major Cyrus Dickey receives the Grand Lodge JROTC medal at the Fort Pierce Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler’s ball April 15 from member Don Pritchett.
On April 24, the Vero Beach Lodge Past Exalted Rulers Association presented $1,000 scholarships to Jackson Talmagy and Connor Sheperd at the Community Church in Vero Beach, Florida. Both recipients are students at a local high school.
Pictured are Donna Knerr, PER; Jackson Talmagy; Connor Sheperd; and Jack “Tex” McClurken, PDD-NY, Exalted Ruler.
On April 5, Cocoa Beach Elks Lodge #2387 donated $1,000 each to the Club Zion Community Church food pantry and the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry, an outreach of Our Saviour Catholic Church. Both pantries are located in Cocoa Beach, Florida. An Elks National Foundation Beacon Grant was used to fund the donations, which now total $6,000 for this year. Pictured are the Club Zion Community Church food pantry and volunteers of St. Vincent de Paul food pantry.