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Exalted Ruler Kim Calder
Est. Leading Knight Paul Hebert
Est. Loyal Knight Tom Powers, PER
Est. Lecturing Knight Leo Connerty
Esquire Mary Fitzgerald, PER
Chaplain Mike Barry
Treasurer Larry Murphy, PER, PDD, HLM
Secretary Warren Costa, PER, PDD
Inner Guard Marie Leetch
One Year John Granara
Two Years Harry McEachern, LM
Three Years John C. Meagher, LM
Four Years Scott Cullinane
Five Years Jim Hutchinson
Members Lounge 781-396-0723
Exalted Ruler (Kim Calder) 781-502-6570
Secretary (Warren Costa) 781-391-9915
Hall Rental (Katie Cullinane) 781-395-5664
[email protected] Bulletin (Lauren Powers) 781-391-4130
Cinco De Mayo May 5
Night at the Races May 7
Regular Meeting May 12
House Committee May 16
Game Night May 21
Regular Meeting May 26
Elks National www.elks.org Mass Elks www.masselks.org 915 medfordmaldenelks.weebly.com Elks Benefits www.elksbenefits.com
Hello Members All! With the busy installation season behind us, I would like to thank all of our officers for proudly representing our lodge! I would like to thank the kitchen crew for the fabulous food they put out on the Red Sox opening day. I and all the members appreciated it. We are hitting the ground running and our entertainment committee has been hard at work planning some Fun Events for Great Causes. In fact, I would like to make this my theme for the year. Fun events for Great Causes! The Medford/Malden lodge has always excelled at giving back to the community
and this year I want to do even better. To accomplish this I will need your help. You will see around the lodge room, in the bulletins, and in weekly email blasts as well as on our website all of the events that we have coming up. Please get involved!! Come down, support your lodge and have some fun while doing what we do best! May 5 we will have a Cinco de Mayo celebration in the members lounge! There will be food and lots of laughter and I am sure a margarita or two. May 7th is Kentucky Derby Day and Night at the Races! This is our kickoff fundraiser for our new Adopt a Vet program. I am very proud that we are bringing this to our Lodge! You will be hearing many more details on this in the coming weeks. In addition to the upcoming fundraisers, I also want to point out the everyday things we can do. We are currently collecting care packages for our soldiers overseas. There are boxes and lists of what is needed throughout the lodge. I encourage all of you to reach out to your friends and family. I was recently reminded by one of our members, who is also a veteran, how much even just receiving one letter is appreciated. Thank you all for everything you do and continue to do that makes Medford/Malden ELKS so very special. Fraternally yours, Kim Calder, ER
Member Patty Hanley with the recent passing of her mother, Joan Travers on April 7th. Please Keep Patty, District Deputy Bill Hanley and the Travers/Hanley Families in your thoughts and prayers. Joe Conway LM, Grandson Thomas suffered a serious accident which has left him paralyzed and resulted in loss of one of his legs. Please keep Joe and his family in your prayers Please send information for this section to Paul Hebert, Leading Knight [email protected] or [email protected]
Cocktails 6pm Dinner 7pm $45.00 pp
Tables of 10 available Payable to Ma. ELKS Association
Mail to Dan DeGregorio 116 Doolittle Ln W. Wareham Ma. 02576
Rooms Available at the Holiday Inn Contact Jeff Hopkins 508-672-7348 for rooms
Questions? Tony Piccolo [email protected]
ELKS CARE PACKAGES FOR OUR TROOPS We are collecting items to send to our
troops overseas. Information is posted in the members lounge and our
website. (medfordmaldenelks.weebly.com). There is a collection box in the anti-
room for your donations. Thank you for your generosity!
CELL PHONES FOR SOLDIERS PLEASE DONATE YOUR OLD CELL PHONES Cellphones
are traded in for Calling Cards There is a collection box in the members
lounge. Cellphones are collected by Kim Calder, Exalted Ruler and Leo Connerty
then turned in to the Mass ELKS Committee at Regional Meetings
MEDFORD MALDEN ELKS ADOPT A VET PROGRAM First meeting will be held on Monday May 2nd at 7:pm Please use the sign up sheet located in the Anti-Room or see Brighid Crowe, Bill Hanley, Kim Calder or Leo Connerty for more information. Thank you for helping us Give back to our Vets!
METRO NORTH DISTRICT DEPUTY Bill Hanley Medford-Malden ELKS
73 Kenmere Road Medford Ma 781-290-7399 [email protected]
REGIONAL MEETING (10:30 am) May 1, 2016 Fall River Lodge
METRO NORTH PER ASSOCIATION SCHEDULE Dinner 6:30 Meeting 7:30pm
May 24 Installation of Officers Medford-Malden A full schedule (dates and locations) will be available in the June bulletin. Metro North PER Association typically meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
MASS ELKS UPCOMING EVENTS May 14 State President Testimonial Mansfield
June 10-12 State Convention Hyannis July 3-6 Grand Lodge Convention Houston TX
Small, Medium, Large and Ex Large-$25.00 XXL-$29.00 XXXL-$30.00 XXXXL-$31.00 Personalization on Shirt add $5.00 BANDANAS $5.00 each or 3 for $12.00 Order form available on our website Medfordmaldenelks.weebly.com or email for order form to [email protected]
Questions to Harry See at [email protected]
ACCIDENT PREVENTION SCOTT CULLINANE ACTIVITIES PAUL HEBERT ADOPT A VET BILL HANLEY DDGER AMERICANISM TOM POWERS AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING TONY PICCOLO COMMUNITY PROJECTS PAUL HEBERT DRUG AWARENESS PAUL HEBERT ELKS MEMEORIAL DAY TONY PICCOLO FLAG DAY TOM POWERS FRATERNAL LEO CONNERTY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SUE WOLK HOOP SHOOT PAUL HOPKINS HOUSE COMMITTEE RICHARD FAULKNER INVESTIGATION BILL CROWE LODGE ACTIVITIES MARY FITZGERALD MEMBERSHIP WARREN COSTA NATIONAL FOUNDATION WARREN COSTA PER ASSOCIATION TOM POWERS PUBLIC RELATIONS BRIGHID CROWE RITUALISTIC ANNE LEETCH SCHOLARSHIPS LARRY MURPHY/WARREN COSTA STATE MAJOR PROJECT LARRY MURPHY TOYS FOR TOTS JOHN GRANARA VETERANS SERVICES LEO CONNERTY YOUTH ACTIVITIES ERICA MARSH
, US NAVY, recently visited Washington DC for the
Wounded Warrior program. Keith, currently stationed in San Diego with the US NAVY was honored to be chosen with other military Members for this very special event. While in DC Keith had an opportunity to meet President Obama and Vice President Biden. He also had the privilege of touring The White House, Arlington Cemetery and Annapolis all while supporting a great cause for the Wounded Warrior program. Great Job Keith and Thank you for your service.
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. is a national non-profit corporation founded in 1978 that is committed to serving the needs of all veterans. It is funded without any contribution from any branch of government.
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Medford Malden ELKS awarded 16 graduating seniors with scholarships. Special thanks to Larry Murphy, who has chaired the Scholarship committee for more than thirty years and to Warren Costa for their time and dedication to the scholarship program.
Pictured above Katie Baldwin, Sydney Brennan, Kelley Carr, Angelo Dimino, Joseph Egitto, Ramon Fernandes, Jordan Granara, Amel Hassan, Madeline Lamb, Ronald Luke, Patrick Meagher, Christina McLellan, Joseph Monteiro, Renee Staude (with) Larry Murphy and Warren Costa Scholarship Committee and Mary Fitzgerald, PER
Recipient of the Timothy Brennan Scholarship! Patrick, son of member Kevin (and Dawn) Meagher, a senior at Andover High School will attend UMass or UNH. Patrick is a member of the Andover High Football and Wrestling Teams and has volunteered with the Leprechaun Run to Benefit Boston Children's Hospital, Saint Patrick Food Pantry of Andover and the
Warrior Way at Andover High. Patrick is the Grandson of LM John (and Jane) Meagher Sr. Medford Malden ELKS congratulates Patrick on his accomplishments and wishes him the best in his future endeavors
2016 Recipient of the
Elizabeth Towne Scholarship. Sydney is an honor student and member of the National Honor Society Sydney, graduating from Austin Preparatory High School, will be attending The American University, Washington DC Where she plans to study International Affairs and Policies. Sydney is involved
with many of her schools clubs and has volunteered at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She is the Daughter of Ed (and Laurie) Brennan and niece of members Tom and the Late Tim Brennan. Medford Malden ELKS congratulates Sydney on her accomplishments and wishes her the very best in her future endeavors.
MASS STATE MAJOR PROJECT MASSACHUSETTS ELKS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
At the Massachusetts Elks Association Convention held in Haverhill, a very dedicated Past Grand Exalted Ruler from Massachusetts who was also known as the father of the Elks National Foundation saw his dream of a scholarship foundation become a reality. On June 6, 1927 our membership voted to organize a new corporation known as the Massachusetts Elks' Scholarship Foundation, Incorporated. The original plan was to raise a permanent fund of at least $100,000.00, which shall be invested and the income to be used for distribution in scholarship loans to worthy young men and women of Massachusetts to assist them in obtaining a college education. PGER John F. Malley, who fathered the plan and was the new corporation's first president, hoped that in time the Scholarship Foundation would become an important factor in educational work in Massachusetts. In a 1928 edition of the Worcester Sunday Telegram, a staff writer stated, "The new foundation established by the Elks is a state-wide humanitarian movement which grants scholarship loans to worthy boys and girls, the out-growth of a new self-help movement instituted by the fraternity to assist higher education". Little did PGER Malley or the Telegram staff writer dream that this program would foster and grow to what we know it is today. Although carried on quietly within the organization, and without the help of publicity, our permanent fund now exceeds seven and a half million dollars and no longer distributes scholarship loans, but rather scholarship grants. This current year the Scholarship Fund has received over 870 applications and will be awarding a total of $450,000 to worthy boys and girls in pursuit of their college degree. While there is no compulsion upon any Lodge to contribute and support the foundation, except to urge its members to participate in the great work, this past year we did achieve 100% participation of all Lodges in the state making contributions of $21,786.25 to the fund. Also, this past year a number of Lodges and Districts held fund raising events to help increase the amount of donations made. Two Districts held Gong Shows and raised $6,946.00 and the New Bedford Lodge held a Testimonial Dinner for PSP Joe Antonietta raising $2,085.00, which Big Joe donated to the Scholarship Fund. Unlike the Elks National Foundation, the Scholarship Fund does not have a suggested per capita donation; however, if every Lodge
appointed a Massachusetts Elks Scholarship Fund Raising Chairman who promoted members making individual donations or holds a fund raising event in each lodges our fund will continue to grow and more funds would be available for scholarship grants. We appeal to every Massachusetts Lodge and to every member thereof to join with us in the effort to build up the fund. Let us demonstrate that "Elks Care - Elks Share". {Above written by: Michael F. Zellen, PSP, Endorsed Candidate for GER and copied in its entirety from www.elks.org}
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RACES MEMBERS
LOUNGE 7:00PM
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9 Lost Sock
Memorial Day
10 11 12 13 The only Friday
the 13th in 2016!
14 Dance like a Chicken Day
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
16 Wear Purple for
Peace Day
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In 1908 Greensburg
ELKS played the Boston Red Sox
with Cy Young Elks won 2-0
18 19 Elephants…Only
animal that can’t jump!
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GAME NIGHT
7:00PM
22 23 Lucky Penny Day
24 25 Nat’l wine Day
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Tom McInerney, Andrew Varni, James Meagher, Jeff Brennan, Ed Glavin, Antonio Capone, Russell Steele, Al Larkin, Justin Albano, Dan Shay, Todd Harrington, Joe Barry, Shayne Baldwin, Coley Connelly, Bill Russell, Frank Spinale, Phil Holt, Bill Carr, Warren Costa Tim McCarthy, David Ross, Paul Moran, Fiore Faretra, John Sicuso, Paul Giordano, John Spinale, Judy Granara, Anthony Freni, Todd Evans, Jay Campbell, Anthony Tello, Rich Faulkner, Fernando Ortiz, John Corvi, Rich Cragen, Nick Freni, John Moulton Jr., Steve Sekenski, Jack Jenkins, Gerald Carr, Mary Giannino Robert Granara, Jim Pitcher, Janine Vendola, Chris Lima, Scott Strang
"So long as there are veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them."