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Local Elks Lodge Gets Applause! The State Library (USL) gave the Dixie Elks Lodge # 1749 in St. George a round of applause for their dedicated volunteer efforts for the blind. The Lodge was honored with a service award celebrating their 10 year partnership with USL. The Lodge has provided space in their building for volunteers to repair damaged cassette players. Thousands of cassette players have been repaired saving the State Library the cost of replacing the machines. "The State Library couldn't do what we do without volunteers," says State Librarian Donna Jones Morris. "Last year volunteers donated 1,245 hours repairing cassette players for the blind. It's estimated that the value of each hour of service is nearly $19 which totals more than $23,000 yearly."

If you wonder why this lodge does such a tremendous job... it is how they nurture and honor all the volunteers. A great lesson for all of us

n the early days of the Iraq War, much attention was paid to volunteers on the home front who were assembling care packages to send to the troops overseas. Now that the war has entered its seventh year, those activities are still going strong, but with less fanfare. One organization that that was started in 2007, "Cards for Heroes," has spread across the land and to Los Gatos, where a group of women volunteer to make cards at the Elks Lodge.

"We at the Marysville Elks Lodge, along with the help of 168 volunteers, the companies and individuals that donated were able to serve 660 meals to the needy and homebound of the Yuba-Sutter area. This number includes 180-plus meals delivered by the Marysville Kiwanis Club. Space does not permit us to list all the volunteers, so once again thank you so very much."

"As volunteers prepared for games and entertainment Saturday at the Abbie Rogers Civitan Camp, Terri Daniels had much to celebrate. Advertisement To Daniels, a camp director, it was the first time the four-day event was held in the fall. For 48 years, the camp for children and adults with mental and physical disabilities has only been held during the summer."

As volunteers prepared for games and entertainment Saturday at the Abbie Rogers Civitan Camp, Terri Daniels had much to celebrate. Advertisement To Daniels, a camp director, it was the first time the four-day event was held in the fall. For 48 years, the camp for children and adults with mental and physical disabilities has only been held during the summer.

Kevin Blaine, Red Bank Elks Lodge #233 Youth Activities Chairman, presents a check for $1000 to Jill Mc Donald, Employment Readiness Program Manager, of Fort Monmouth. Advertisement The donation will benefit over 50 children of Fort Monmouth's 2009 Summer Youth Volunteer Program. This program is an employment readiness program held for teenagers who are immediate family members of the military and of Ft Monmouth. The students will be gaining "World of Work" experience during the summer program through volunteer services in and around the base community.

Their stories are legion. The stress behind their stories, stress that combat veterans often hold tight inside, can be painful and destructive. There was the Marine in Afghanistan who told me he has post-traumatic stress disorder so bad he can't stand to be safe at home, where he sometimes drops to the floor, thinking a loud noise is an incoming mortar. He keeps volunteering to return to combat, where his hair-trigger reflexes make sense. Where he's comfortable. For veterans, telling their stories can be helpful. Having someone listen? Priceless.

"Thirty-five students in grades K-6 are having a little brighter Christmas, with the help of volunteers from Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815 and the Marana Unified School District."

"At least that's how it seemed on Saturday when several hundred sick or disadvantaged youths and their families met for a holiday party at the Elks Lodge in San Pedro. Kids from around the Harbor Area took turns sitting on Santa's lap, playing games and being served a nice lunch by volunteers. "

"While some Elks members readied a Christmas feast to be served at the Elks Lodge, volunteer drivers took meals to more than 150 residents in the community."

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.

Arthur Robinson is a big man, and when he laughs, the area around him seems to light up. Robinson had caught a 6-inch perch, his first fish of the day, and when I told him to "hold that monster up" for a photo, he broke up laughing. The fishing was slow, but no one could say we weren't having a good time on a beautiful summer day. Robinson, who lives in Muskegon Heights and was a C-130 transport plane crew member in Vietnam, was one of 46 veterans hosted last week by members of St. Joseph Elks Lodge 541 for a day of food, fishing and fun. The vets are all patients at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Battle Creek. The Elks rounded up 16 local boats, some run by charter fishermen and others by sport fishermen, to take the vets out. All volunteered their time.

"As the buses filled with veterans pulled up to the Braintree Elks Lodge Tuesday evening, Georgia Pratt and her 30-plus volunteers were more than ready for them."

nice joint venture

Time to call Ghost Busters LOL Now in all seriousness, I have been volunteering work time on a Boys detention center that was built in 1897 (Preston Castle, as it is known). Seeing ??? Like this has become common for myself. Is there a truth to the visions? Science doesn't have the answer as yet. Thanks for posting this Mike.