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"Tiffin Elks Lodge 94 is celebrating 127 years in Tiffin. Exalted Ruler Joe Steinmetz, who joined the lodge seven years ago, is helping plan the event with other members. Why celebrate 127 years? "We want to commemorate 127 years of benevolence in Tiffin and celebrate another 100 years of active involvement in our community," Steinmetz said. Friday, dinner and live entertainment will take place for members and guests. Events Saturday are open to the public at 106 E. Perry St. Indoor and outdoor activities are to continue all day Saturday, with proceeds to benefit Disabled American Veterans. At 8 a.m., registration opens for a 5K run or 1K walk. An opening ceremony is at 9:30 a.m. and the race steps off at 10 a.m., following a route along Riverside Drive and downtown Tiffin. Registration for the 5K and 1K can be done up to the day of the race at $15 per person. The age groups are: 12 and under; 13-19; 20-34; 35-50; and over 50. Forms can be obtained at the Elks, Clover Club, Madison Street Tavern, Varsity Barber Shop, Champs Barber Shop, Pit Stop, Reino's and Ace Hardware. Checks should be made payable to Tiffin Elks Lodge 94. A grill and beverage bar opens at noon to serve all day. A mini-golf challenge and cornhole tournament are to begin at 1 p.m. in the parking lot. The cost is $20 per team for the cornhole tournament. To register, call (419) 447-2818 or email er@tiffinelks.com. Music also is planned. From 4-7 p.m., The House Band of Toledo is to play rock with a reggae and Cajun twist. Next, 8-11 p.m. is the "rooty music" of Dragon Wagon, with a mix of bluegrass, rock and folk. Steinmetz said the Elks National Foundation issues grants to qualifying lodges to meet community needs. Steinmetz said the Elks have partnered with organizations such as Winterfest and Tiffin-Seneca Heritage Festival and are looking for grant opportunities for both events this year. The Elks' core mission is benevolence. The lodge has donated to the Seneca County Opportunity Cente

Honoring the flag Exalted Ruler Rick Gowan addresses the crowd at Howard Elmer Park during a Flag Day celebration. BY BRIAN BISHOP STAFF WRITER Published: Monday, June 15, 2009 6:08 AM EDT SAYRE - The American flag was honored in a ceremony at Sayre's Howard Elmer Park on Sunday. The Sayre Elks Lodge 1148 hosted the event, in which members of the Valley Color Guard presented many of the former designs of the American flag as a history of the flag's many changes over the years was read by Elks Trustee Al Engelbert.

mike jones's List: Elks Americanism

here's an unusual but neat Americanism project that took place in a city that USED to have an Elks Lodge. (Moundsville, WV)

Alley-White American Legion Post 52 and its Auxiliary Unit 52 have partnered with members of Mountain Home Elks Lodge 1714 to enhance each organization's ongoing commitment to send care packages to deployed servicemen and servicewomen. Advertisement Since joining forces last fall, the groups have shipped an average of 10-12 large flat-rate boxes per month to armed forces personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Recipients include family and friends of Mountain Home area residents and soldiers whose names were selected at random off the AnySoldier. com Web site.

win/win!

"Mason resident Rich Hancock will attempt to play 100 holes of golf at the 797 Elks Golf Course in hopes of raising money for the American Cancer Society."

"Known as a quiet man, Jerry Fritz of Cody becomes positively animated when talking about the Elks Club and the wonderful work members do. "It's great the amount of charity work we do locally and nationally and the patriotism demonstrated by Elks," he says. "It's distinctly American.""

"In January 1910, thirty-five American gentlemen instituted Bremerton Washington Elks Lodge No 1181 and laid the foundation, which has enabled them to grow and prosper into a successful link in the great chain of Elks"

On Jan. 23, 2006, U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Hunter laid down his life attempting to preserve the lives of others. And on the 203rd birthday of the most enduring symbol of American freedom, the U.S. flag, Matthew's father, Fred, received a symbol of his son's courage when he was presented with a Medal of Valor by the Wheeling Elks Lodge 28 during their annual Flag Day ceremony at Heritage Port on Sunday. A Valley Grove native, Hunter served in Iraq as a senior combat field medic with the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. He was killed in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol.

Thought you had to be proposed by a member and running ads was no no.

The South Hills Elks Lodge #2213 Is Accepting New member Applications During the Month of April and May. Must be 21 years of Age and an American Citizen. The Lodge is a private fraternal organization dedicated to assisting the Youth and veterans of the South Hills area.

Wow! Santa Maria Ca elks do it again!

Santa Maria Elks BMX Hosted Event *** Santa Maria, CA -- 04/14/2009 http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5656/04062009c.jpg Photo - Chris Polan of Goleta, right, gives his son, Trevor, 4, center, words of encouragement as he starts a race in the 5-and-under NBL qualifiers at the Unocal Event Center. The All American city now has its own world class bicycle racing track. The Santa Maria Elks BMX Racing Team hosted the first major event at its new Elks Unocal Events Center BMX track on Saturday.

An area resident, with the help of the local Elks lodge and American Heart Association, recently presented life-saving equipment to Wethersfield and Rocky Hill schools. The gift was part of a drive led by Portland resident Kevin Sweeney on behalf of the Larry Pontbriant Jr. Athletic Safety Fund. The fund is named after the son of a close friend of Sweeney's. The younger Pontrbriant of Norwich, died running cross country at age 15.

The MV Elks Lodge recently organized a drug outreach at the Laguna Hills Mall. Drug Awareness Chairman Gloria R. LeCouvre set up a Community Booth to distribute Drug Awareness Brochures, Pamphlets, Coloring books, and American flags to the parents and children shopping for back-to-school items. Volunteers Nettie Bennington and Gerry Schiphorst were on hand to help during the 11 am to 6 pm project.

Third-graders Anthonie Cooper, Isavel Cantero, Evanny Toxqui, Eileen Solis and Kaylea Borquist, along with Sun City Elks Americanism Chairman Dave Buchanan, display the students' new dictionaries after a presentation Friday at Arizona Charter Academy in Surprise.

Don't see this happen often. So good news here although there are not many younger members. Also sharing with American Legion which is? I'd like to see how that cost sharing works out. FYI, if anyone reading this frequents the Elks message board, I have been banned from there for 60 days. Elks gestapo I suppose but something about my postings on Austin? Go figure. Regardless, this good news should be reported on the message board at elks.org

this is cool and definitely an Americanism project

Excellent article on a resurging Elks lodge

Interesting. Sharing a building..and an open house!

"The Krewe of Elks celebrated its 45th anniversary with the announcement of King and Queen Elk XLIV during its annual Carnival Ball at the Hattiesburg Elks Lodge. The identities of the new King and Queen were revealed as King Elk XLIV, Steve Oshrin and Queen Elk XLIV, Richie Malone."