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LODGE BULLETIN

November, 2020November, 2020November, 2020November, 2020

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Change is in the air. Not only is the weather changing, but the Lodge is

also changing. As many of you have requested, the House has decided

to have Karaoke, Burgers, and Dogs on Saturdays. Please understand

that we are OPEN and looking for you to come back to see us. The

Lodge stands by to assist you with your dining and drinking needs.

Please come back to see us; we are ready to see you. To help with

COVID concerns our Housekeeping service sanitizes and deep cleans

our Lodge 3 times a week.

We all have our favorite places to go including the Elks Lodge, please try

to include the Elks Lodge in your travels when you are out and about.

Remember during this time the Lodge needs all the support you can

give. Please stop by whenever you can. Don’t forget that the Social

Quarter is open after our business meetings on the 1st and 3rd Wednes-

days, you are welcome to stay afterwards and enjoy the company of

other Elks. Due to a lack of customers, the Lodge will be closed on Sun-

days in November.

There will be an event on Veterans Day, November 11. We are current-

ly working out the details. You can find all information on what is going

on in the lodge not only on the Calendar included in this monthly bulletin,

but our website elks829.org and St. Augustine Elks Lodge Facebook

page (just like our page to receive updates). If the Secretary has your

email address, you can receive updates as well.

My Elk of the month for November is Grace Andrews. Grace recently

chaired The Breast Cancer Survivor party for the Lodge. She has volun-

teered to be the Tiler, take temperatures when we need to, and help

waitress. She is also the Drug Awareness representative and recently

took 5000 coloring books and pendants to local schools. Thank you,

Grace!

I have heard from many of you that you are not receiving the bulletin. If

you are not receiving your monthly bulletin, please email the Secretary

at elks829secretary@gmail.com.

Keep in mind the teachings of our ritual, Brotherly Love “softens the

stern realities of life and manifests itself in good fellowship.”

Connie Sarnowski, Exalted Ruler

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NOTICES

Dues may be renewed by credit card online: elks829.com

A list of bills-to-be-paid and detailed budget information is available at the Wednesday meetings.

Please notify the Secretary (elks829secretary@gmail.com or (904)471-2829 when your address, phone or email changes.

Northeast District 2020 Vice-

President Visitation Schedule-

14 November - Orange Park 2605

05 December – Gainesville 990

19 December - St. Augustine 829

Social hour, 5:30-6:30 with dinner

to follow.

Come Join Carolyn Anderson For laughs fun and dancing Tuesday nights 6-7 PM

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Of everything that the Florida Elks do, perhaps nothing is more im-

portant than our work with the state’s youth. Sowing the seeds of ac-

complishment and commitment through our Florida Elks Children’s

Therapy Services and Florida Elks Youth Camp programs, children are

given the opportunity to grow and learn beyond their dreams.

The trust fund started in 1951, was named after Harry and Anna Miller

who donated land and a building to establish the original Florida Elks

Hospital for Crippled Children. Its purpose was, and continues to be,

the collection of donations and the acceptance of endowed gifts.

The trust fund is restricted, which means that only the income derived

from it may be used to support our major projects: the Florida Elks Chil-

dren’s Therapy Services and Florida Elks Youth Camp programs.

So maybe this is the first you have heard of our sustaining donor cam-

paign. Believe me, getting started could not be any easier:

♦ Simply visit our website at www.floridaelks.org. In the upper right

corner of the website, hover over the word “Donate” and when the

page peels back, click on the donate button. Complete the required

information and don’t forget to click the “yes” box on the line where

it says to automatically repeat this gift every month.

♦ That’s it; you are done! You are now a sustaining (monthly) donor

and a supporter of both our major projects! Your donation is now on

autopilot and your credit card will be charged for your monthly do-

nation each month like clockwork. Your name will be printed every

quarter in the Florida Elks Magazine declaring you a sustaining

supporter of our major projects!

Now, and this one is entirely up to you, but the next time someone in

the lodge asks you to donate to the major projects, tell them you are a

sustaining donor and that you already give!

Contact the Lodge Secretary if you would prefer to donate on a mail-in

form.

Harry Anna Investment Fund

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November, 2020 ►

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Lodge Closed

2

Lodge Closed

3

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

Dance Class 6-7PM

4

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

Lodge Meeting

7:30 PM

5

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

6

Lounge Open

3-10 PM

Grapes of Wrath

7

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

Karaoke

by Tony

6-10 PM

8

Lodge Closed

9

Lodge Closed

10

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

Dance Class 6-7PM

11

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

Veteran’s Day

Activity TBA

12

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

13

Lounge Open

3-10 PM

Avenue D

14

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

VP Visit Orange Park

Karaoke

by Tony

6-10 PM

15

Lodge Closed

16

Lodge Closed

17

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

Orientation

7:00 PM

18

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

Lodge

Meeting/ Initiation

7:30 PM

19

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

20

Lounge Open

3-10 PM

Dakota

21

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

Karaoke

by Tony

6-10 PM

22

Lodge Closed

23

Lodge Closed

24

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

Dance Class 6-7PM

25

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

26

Lodge Closed

Happy

Thanks-giving

27

Lodge Closed

28

Lounge

Open

3-10 PM

Karaoke

by Tony

6-10 PM

29

Lodge Closed

30

Lodge Closed

Join Tony for karaoke on Saturdays from 6-10 PM

The Pavilion will be open on Saturdays (Weather permitting)

The Lodge will be closed on Thanksgiving and the Friday after.

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COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2020-2021

ACCIDENT PREVENTION/SAFETY RANDY STAY (PER)

ACTIVITIES JIM WHALEY

AMERICANISM TED HORTENSTINE

AUDITING

CHARITY JOE SMITH SR.

DRUG AWARENESS GRACE ANDREWS

ELAND LIAISON SHARON GRACE

ELKS NATIONAL FUND JOHN GEBERT (PER)

FRATERNAL CONNIE SARNOWSKI

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS CONNIE SARNOWSKI

INVESTIGATION MIKE HUGHES (PER)

MEMBERSHIP JOHN GEBERT (PER)

ORIENTATION RANDY COOK (PER)

PARKING CHRIS LOVE

PER ASSOCIATION LAISION LORIN AUSTIN (PER)

PUBLIC RELATIONS CHERIE STUCKI

RELIEF CONNIE SARNOWSKI

VETERANS AFFAIRS GEORGE APRIL (PER)

YOUTH ACTIVITIES IRV STOCKDALE

HOUSE COMMITTEE

CHAIR JIM WHALEY

MEMBER

MEMBER

MEMBER

MEMBER

STEPHEN THREATT

CHERIE STUCKI

MINETTA DUNN

JEAN TETTA

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LODGE OFFICERS 2020-2021

EXALTED RULER CONNIE SARNOWSKI

EST. LEADING KNIGHT JOE SMITH SR

ESTEEMED LOYAL KNIGHT RANDY COOK (PER)

ESTEEMED LECTURING KNIGHT DR ERIC COLON

SECRETARY MICHAEL RATHMANN

TREASURER JUDY REYES

TILER GRACE ANDREWS

ESQUIRE

CHAPLAIN LIBBY JOHNSON

INNER GUARD JIM WHALEY

ORGANIST GEOFF DOBSON (PDD)

ELKS CLUB INC.

TRUSTEES

ONE YEAR SARA MCDAVITT, Chair

TWO YEARS BLAIR CRAIG

THREE YEARS LORIN AUSTIN (PER)

FOUR YEARS RANDY STAY (PER)

FIVE YEARS OLEN MEREDITH (PER)

CHAIR PAT SHIPLEY (PDD)

MEMBER BOB KERSHNER (PER)

MEMBER JAMES DEAN (PER)

MEMBER DAVID LEE (PER)

MEMBER

MEMBER

TED BEAL (PDD)

BARRY MASTERS (PER)

LODGE ADVISOR

JAMES SOLANA (PSP) (904) 823-6990

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2019 OFFICER OF THE YEAR

Katherine Helhoski

2019 ELK OF THE YEAR

Tom Phillips

2019 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

Steve Dittman

2019 ELK COUPLE OF THE YEAR

Cathy & Kevin Walsh

2019 EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

Mike Rathmann

Editor>>>>

Mike Rathmann, Lodge Secretary ELKS829SECRETARY@GMAIL.COM

Phone: 904-471-2829

Cyber-Assistant (Secretary’s Office)Cathy

Walsh

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PO Box 238

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TEL.-904-471-2829

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