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PHOTO ABOVE - LEFT TO
RIGHT:
TERRY A. LAGIER,PSP - DAP
ADVISOR / JOSEPH E. McGEENEY - STATE CHAIRMAN
DAP
"STARFISH AWARD RECIPIENT
- ROBERT E. LONG, PER"
CARL A. ROBINSON, STATE
VICE CHAIRMAN DAP / HENRY V. RINTA, STATE DISTRICT
CHAIRMAN -
WEST
"STARFISH
AWARD"
(PAGE LAST UPDATED: July
31, 2005)
This STARFISH AWARD page is intended
to highlight a
Lodge/District Drug Awareness
Program Chairman
that has shined
in his/her District for continuing the goals
of our Drug Awareness
Program to the Communities.
This page will be
updated annually to reflect
that Chairman's
dedication to our program.
Below, a list of
recipient's of this award will be documented as a
tribute to their dedication
to our Drug Awareness Program in thier
communities.
A recipient of this
annual award will be presented to a
Lodge/District
Drug Awareness
Chairman at
each State Association Spring
Workshop.
THE STARFISH STORY:
A Story Inspired by Loren Eisley
A wise man was
taking a sunrise walk along the beach.
In the distance, he
caught sight of a young man
who seemed to be
dancing along the waves.
As he got closer,
he saw that the young man was picking up starfish from
the sand and tossing them gently back into the
ocean.
"What are you
doing?" the wise man asked.
"The sun is coming
up and the tide is going out; if I don't throw them in,
they'll die."
"But young man,
there are miles and miles of beach with starfish all
along it - you can't possibly make a
difference."
The young man bent
down, picked up another starfish, and threw it lovingly
back into the ocean, past the breaking waves.
"It made a
difference for that one," he
replied.
That young man's action
represents something special in each of us.
We are all gifted with the
ability to make a difference.
Each of us can shape our own
future.
Each of us has the power to
help our organizations reach their goals.
Vision without action is merely a dream.
Action without vision just passes the
time.
Vision with action can change the
world.
by: Joel Arthur
Barker
This page reflects our
State Association Recipient of our annual
"Drug Awareness Chairman of the
Year"
(this Program began in
2002)
The one
Lodge or District
Drug
Awareness Chairman that provides new and
innovative ideas into
the Drug Awareness
Program and presents endless
commitment to presenting a Program to the communities,
will receive this annual
award at the Maryland-Delaware & District
of Columbia Elks Association's Spring
workshop.
Below, a list of
recipients of this award will be documented on this page
in tribute to their commitment
to the education
for our Youth about Drug & Alcohol
consequences.
ANNUAL DRUG
AWARENESS PROGRAM CHAIRMAN OF YEAR
RECIPIENTS:
(for their Dedication
& Support to the Drug Awareness
Program)
2002:
Edward "Pete"
Peterson
SOUTHWEST
DISTRICT -
PRINCE GEORGE's COUNTY LODGE
#1778
2003:
ROBERT E. LONG,
PER
SOUTHWEST
DISTRICT - PRINCE
GEORGE's COUNTY LODGE #1778
2004:
J. Terry
Ober
SOUTHEAST
DISTRICT - KENT ISLAND LODGE #
2576
2005:
TO BE
ANNOUNCED
@ our Annual State Association's
Spring Workshop in Dover, De. in March
2006
* Visit our National Elks Drug Awareness Program Website:
www.elks.org/drugs
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