NEWSLETTER

Jan/Feb 2011

EDITOR - JOE PIKULA

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Inside this issue:

KUDOS KORNER

KIDS CHRISTMAS

SPECIAL OLYMPICS

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CELEBRATION TIME

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SPONSORS 3,4 5,6

KUDOS OUR BUSY BEAVERS

MEMBERSHIP

52 CLUB

LADIES AUXILIARY

ENF GRANTS

SICKNESS & DISTRESS

YORKTOWN LEO’S & ELKS DONATIONS

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YORKTOWN LODGE # 2324

MID HUDSON DISTRICT # 6180

Members All: Happy New Year

For the past five years, our Lodge has distributed dictionaries to the stu-dents at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and Saint Patrick’s schools. This pro-gram is subsidized by an ENF Grant for Youth Activities, and we quali-fied for the grant this year, thanks again to effort of submitting the appli-cation by secretary Mary De Silva. Approximately 100 dictionaries in all were distributed to the children in the third grade of the two schools. On November 9th, PSVP Rich De Silva and Leading Knight Liz Gentile distributed dictionaries to the 3rd grade students at ST. Elizabeth Ann Seton School. On December 9th, PSVP Rich De Silva, Tiler Jim Vi-gnola and new member Nick Capocca distributed dictionaries to 3rd grade students at St. Patrick's School. Some of the students are shown with Liz (top) and with Jim and Nick (bottom).

Absent from the pictures - Rich De Silva

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

MEMBER INITIATION

and PER NIGHT WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2 2000 HRS

CEREBRAL PALSY

DRAWING @ PEEKSKILL

LODGE FEB 19

1900 HRS

VALENTINES DAY

FEB 14

PRESIDENTS DAY

FEB 21

BINGO EVERY

THURSDAY

DOORS OPEN 1700 HRS.

GAME START

1850 HRS

SPECIAL MESSAGE

The end of a calendar year is always a special time because of the Holidays; it is also one of our busiest times of the year. This is-sue contains a few pictures showing some of the activi-ties we were engaged in during November and De-cember, and during which we truly exemplified the spirit of one of our great motto’s. Please join us in our Labor Of Love

ELKS CARE ELKS SHARE

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

YOUTH DICTIONARY PROGRAM

KUDOS KORNER

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THANK YOU THANK YOU

Jan/Feb 2011

Kids Christmas Party

What a great day it was at the Lodge on Tuesday, Dec 14, when a group of homeless children were bussed up to our Lodge for an eve-ning of joy. Jim Matthews chaired the event, which was arranged by Joe Pikula and Eileen Torres. The party started with foods all kids like, lots of hot dogs, chicken fingers, fries, sodas, topped with candy, ice cream, cakes and cookies. They played some games led by Chel-sea Matthews and this was followed by an appearance of some TV Characters. Sponge Bob, Elmo, Winnie The Pooh, and Dora The Ex-plorer were a big hit at the party and they were present through the good graces of the Yorktown Leos Club….represented by: Erik Alva-rado, Jackie Bucci, Emily Collins, Michelle DeIceo, Ryan Finne-gan, Nikki Fioretti, Francesca Giordano, Shannen Lampert, Matt Lennox, Alex Liu, Sabrina Lopez, Erin McGuiness, Conor San-lon, Kayla Schmidt, Taylor Tuccito.

Our thanks go to our volunteers who served the children , baked, and donated various items for the party: Mike Adamovich, Mary Blackadder, Clara Cartelli, Paul Egan, Liz Gentile, Jim Matthews, Chelsea Matthews, Bill O”Reilly, Joe Pi-kula, Ed Santiago, Betsy Solow, Tony Venditti, and Jim Vignola.

Helpers, Kayla Franze and Melissa Guckian wrote letters from Santa to those who missed the party because of a transporta-tion problem at the children’s home. The children left with lots of food to share with their friends.

On November 6, our volunteers travelled to Saint Agatha’s in Nyack to serve at the Hudson Valley Region’s Adap-tive Games. Our group catered to about 40 athletes, many of whom were in wheel chairs, as they were ushered about to enjoy a day of light exercise and fun . Our thanks go to our members who sacrificed their time to help make this a great day. There’s nothing better than a cheerful giver. Above l-r ...Bill O’Reilly, Liz Gentile, Paul Egan, Clara Cartelli, Danny LoPresti, Jennie Grasso, Mike Mullins, Grace Gibney, John Murray, Mary Blackadder, Betsy Solow, Molly Covino and Bruno Bagala. Absent from the picture...Joe Pikula

SPECIAL OLYMPICS

Thanks To Tony Venditti for doing the set up for the Charity Pancake breakfast. Kudos to Jim Morrison who ran a successful Charity Poker night on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Thanks to Alan Murphy for the plumbing repairs in the bathroom, to Paul Egan and Damian Mercurio for doing some electrical work in our Lodge, and to Joe Cacciola for wiring up the new stereo sound system at the bar. Ted Galgano, Ed Santiago, Donie Simione, Tony Venditti and Jim Vignola

managed to move all the equipment in and out of the bar area, and still keep it open to our cus-tomers, during the recent paint job it received in December. Thanks also go to Vic Bonci, and grandson Dominic, Damian Mercurio, and Danny LoPresti who voluntarily acted as our fast clean-up crew during the Special Olympics Awards dinner. Thanks to Mike Adamovich for his do-nation to the bar, and to Steve Smith for his donation to bingo. A special thanks goes to Betsy Solow and to Paul Egan, Jim Morrison, Donie Simione, and Jim Vignola for their work at the Christmas Party.

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January

February

MEMBERS SPOUSES

CELEBRATION TIME

TO ALL OF YOU, WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY

William Calcutti

Jim Capone

Ben Colabattista

Michael Cook Sr.

Richard D’Andrea

Roland Faucher

Matthew Hager

John Hynes Jr.

Dave Locke

George Lucciola

Robert Lutz

Tony Masi

Lawrence McCarthy

Timothy O’Conner

Wayne Perosky

Joseph Petriello

Kenneth Robinson

Lenny Rodriguez

Edgar Santiago

Steve Smith

William Terhune

Bob Vijacki

Joseph Visconti

Thomas Williams

Carol Alimonti

Connie Belotti

Mary Bonci

Jean Dunphy

Jean Gorski

Maureen Green

Therese Jordan

Barbara Mc Carthy

Ruby O’Reilly

Josephine Savage

Jennifer Schmidt

Doris Versace

William and Glenda Geis

George and Wilma Mann

Gerald and Muriel Sammon

Andrew Alimonti

Frank Ambrosino

Dennis Beers

Richard Bennett

Vito Cappelletti

Tom Collins

Thomas Dunnings

Robert Falco

George Mann

Peter Mc Kenna

Michael Mullins

Michael Murphy

Sal Muscente

Frank O’Keefe

Joseph Plitnick

Daniel Raiola

Michael Silvano

John Swick

Mary Antonecchia

Virginia Bianco

Josephine Bottega

Dorothy Faucher

Glenda Geis

Nancy Grealy

Dorothy Hassett

Suzanne Horgan

Harry Nalbandian

Kathleen O’Neill

Mary Helen Smith

Nicholas and Virginia Bianco

Michael and Carol Cook

Frederick and Rose Gauthier

William and Kathy Graham

Dave and Lori Locke

Mike and Annie Magnani

Joseph and Lucy Occhipinti

Bernard and Gisele Staino

OUR BUSY BEAVERS

HOMELESS KIDS

CHRISTMAS PARTY

WITH SPONGE BOB

AND FRIENDS

Jan/Feb 2011

Sickness or Distress as of 12/27/2010

We send our Prayers & Best Wishes to all who are ill and/or recuperating at home or in the hospital:

Fred Beardsley, Ben Colabattista, Pete Gubello, Jack Hassett, John Hyler, Peter Mastropolo, Jack McCarthy, Bill O’Reilly, Joe Rago, Sam Visconti

If you know of anyone who is ill or needs help, please call the Lodge (914) 245 - 9839

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52 CLUB WINNERS

10/20 - Anthony Cacciola

10/27 - Tony Grasso

11/03 - Joe Cacciola

11/10 - Mike Littleton

11/17 - Ted Galgano

11/24 - Pete McKenna

12/01 - Rich D’Andrea

12/08 - Barbara Leifels

12/15 - Charlie Scheld

Congratulations to all the Lucky Winners

Please join us at the drawings on our meeting

nights

MEMBERSHIP The following Candidates are in various stages for imitation into our Lodge.

CANDIDATE SPONSOR

Brian Ahearn Mike Littleton John Clifford Don Simione Antoinette De Bellis Rich De Silva, PSVP Douglas Dickan Tom Pavletich, PER Thomas Murphy Anthony Vendetti Anthony Pupczyk Dan Raiola

Membership in our Order is a privilege extended to those who remain current with their dues payment. The following members are delinquent in payment and will be dropped from our active membership roll on March 31, 2011, if they fail to respond by that date. Paul Cavaluzzi, Richard Dunphy, Thomas Guistino, Robert Marro, Robert Mulvey, Michael Murphy, Robert Myers, Bonnie Nalbandian, David Sepa and Bernard Staino

Jan/Feb 2011

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LADIES AUXILIARY January Birthdays: Ruby O'Reilly, Gloria DePolo: February Birthday: Kathleen O'Keefe

All the gals are happy to see Mary Blackadder back on her feet after her back sugery

YOUR ENF DOLLARS AT WORK Each Year, the Elks National Foundation makes monies available to qualifying subordinate Lodges through their Grants Program. Mary De Silva, our Lodge ENF chairlady, applied for and received two such grants because we reached our per capita donation early in the Elk year and we met the qualifying criteria set forth for each grant. On Jan 4, our Lodge presented a check for $1,000 to the Yorktown Town Board for a refurbishing project for the Yorktown Seniors at the Cul-tural Center. This money was received as a Gratitude Grant from the Elks National Foundation for use in a Seniors program. The second $1000 grant, for Youth programs, was used to purchase dictionaries and will be used in the spring for our Drug Awareness/ Dare Program Youth graduation celebration at our Lodge. These grants are made possible through our member contributions to ENF. Pictured are: Lodge members PER Mary De Silva, PER Rich De

Silva, ER Andy Tumolo, Don Peters, Town Councilmen Terrance Murphy and Nick Bianco along with Town Su-pervisor Susan Siegel, and Town Councilman Jim Mortarano.

On Sunday, Dec 5, our Lodge gathered together for it’s annual memorial service to pay tribute to those who passed away during the last two years. It was very gratifying to see the many Elk members and our guests participating in this event. A group of about 65 people attended the ceremony conducted by our Lodge Officers. Our departed members are listed to the right…... May they Rest In Peace.

ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICE

2009 2010

Bernard Clark Ernie Altieri Richard Dillon Owen Carragher Anthony Fiore Patrick Foley David Hanke Arthur Kessler Martin McGannon Albert Matthews John Patane John Palladino Robert Perry Thomas Rabbitt

ELKS CARE ELKS SHARE

On Nov 7, a pancake breakfast was held at our Lodge to raise money for our Lodge Major Project—Special Olympics, and the NYSEA Major Project - Cerebral Palsy, two of our lodge major Charities. Our Lodge provided the fa-cility and the food, and the Leos provided all the manpower…..they did the advertising, they sold tickets, they cooked the food, they served the patrons and did the clean-up and provided entertainment for children by portraying the popular TV characters of Sponge Bob, Winnie The Pooh, Elmo, and Dora The Explorer. The event was coordinated by Rich & Mary De Silva, and Meghan McGowan who chaired the event for the Leos. Chef Matt Arruda and his wife Amanda guided the cooks in the kitchen, as they prepared pan-cakes, sausages, and bacon for the many patrons who supported the event. The Leos did an outstanding job, and the event proved to be a great success. The net proceeds of $1020 was split evenly between the two designated charities identified above.

On December 3, our Lodge hosted the Third Annual Special Olympics Awards Dinner. Prior to the start of the awards presentation program, Joe Pikula, Lodge Major Project Chairman, welcomed the Special Olympics guests and introduced the Leos representatives for their check presentation. Meghan McGowan, Leos vice president and pancake breakfast chairlady and Ali Fein, president (pictured top l,r) presented a check to the Hudson Valley Region Special Olympics for $510 from the proceeds of the pancake breakfast. Joe also presented a $1000 check from our Lodge to Tom Hay, Executive Director of the Hudson Valley Region Special Olympics Organization (pic bot-tom l,r)

Yorktown Leos and Elks Collaborate To Support CP & Special Olympics

YOUR LOVED ONES

HONOR

OUR GREAT COUNTRY’S LEADERS

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