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Written by Lorraine Baker

Palmetto Elks Lodge #2449 donated $6,000 from its Elks National Foundation Beacon and Spotlight grants to One Child More, an organization that helps feed, clothe and house foster children and foster families at no cost to the families. This organization has built six homes for individual families in the past two years and is in the process of building two more to house foster families. One Child More has literacy programs to help children read and they send COVID-19 medications where needed.

Pictured are Linda Beck, Lecturing Knight; Tom Gafner, trustee; Helen Sexton, Secretary; Steve Baker, Exalted Ruler; Kitty Flournoy, Inner Guard; Kenneth Beery, Tiler; Tim Boyd, One Child More director; Len Meade, PER; Lorraine Baker, grants coordinator; and Lorraine McGee, chaplain.

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Written by JoAnn Reddy

Lakewood Ranch-Sarasota Lodge held a Kentucky Derby fundraiser May 6 for the Elks National Foundation, collecting $1,262. The event consisted of bar horse racing games, appetizers, a food buffet, best hat competitions and the live derby race.

Pictured are a few members displaying their hats.

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Written by JoAnn Reddy

On April 16, Lakewood Ranch-Sarasota Lodge sponsored a car show and luncheon and invited community members to attend. In addition to raising more than $4,800 for the general lodge fund by selling food, 50/50 tickets and gift bag raffles, they gained two new members.

Pictured are Faith Frost, Exalted Ruler; Frank Farino, best original winner; and Dave Freeman, lodge member and car show emcee.

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Written by JoAnn Reddy

On April 15, Lakewood Ranch-Sarasota Lodge hosted a golf tournament at Tara Preserve in Bradenton, Florida, which is down the road from the lodge, for members and their friends. The event featured a day of golfing, including a money hole, as well as a luncheon at the lodge, an auction, a 50/50 drawing and a gift bag raffle. A total of $5,821.22 was raised for the lodge’s charity funds.

Pictured are the golf tournament committee team — Mike Lindhardt, Kevin and Marge Burke, and Ron and Lori Webber.

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Written by JoAnn Reddy

On April 16 during a car show held at Lakewood Ranch-Sarasota Elks Lodge #2855, members held a stuff-the-truck fundraiser for Elks Feeding Empty Little Tummies. They received $1,000 worth of much-needed food for children and $600 in monetary donations from visitors to the show.

Pictured are EFELT volunteers and lodge members Paul Reddy, Brian Dunne and Jack Jernigan.

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On March 11, Manasota Elks Past Exalted Rulers held a fundraiser for Hooves with H.E.A.R.T. (Horse Education and Riding Therapy). Their mission is to provide support and hope to individuals with special needs through equine-assisted activities and riding. The lodge raised $2,405 for their programs.

Pictured at the donation presentation are (front row) Carol Sirianni, PDD; Pam McDowell, PER, president of Manasota PER Association; Danielle Curtis, president of Hooves with H.E.A.R.T.; and Doris Waddell, PDD. In the second row are Ken Davis, PDD; Jim Klocke, PER; and Dale Steinke, PER.