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Carl Robinson, President
Laurel Lodge #2283
Maryland, Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Association
To each member of our State
Association, I would like to express my deepest
appreciation in the trust and confidence you have
chosen to bestow upon me as your State President for
2010-2011. I will strive to demonstrate that your
confidence has not been misplaced. Beth and I are
excited at being your representatives throughout
Elkdom as we deliver the message of the wonderful
things the lodges of our Association have done and
the great potential that is to come.
My motto this year is simple and direct, yet with a great deal of
depth, “Back to the Basics”. What this means to me
will be different than what it means to each of you.
Back in our not so distant past, being invited to be a member of
the Elks was a great honor. Our lodges were family
friendly places to come to. There was always
something going on for members and their families.
They were out in the community, helping improve the
lives of those around them. It is following the
basic, common sense approaches that will help to get
us back onto the correct path. I believe that a
growing number of members have come to realize that
the family is the basic building block for our
organization.
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ELKS
ASSOCIATION IN BRIEF
This Association was formally organized on the 29th
day of March, 1921, in the Lodge Room of Baltimore Lodge
No. 7. This association of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks’ Lodges was formed to unite all
Elks in closer bonds of Fraternity, to promote the interests
of the Order, to exchange ideas beneficial to the Lodges
and to bear true allegiance to the constitution and
laws of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
of the United States of America.
The
Association was first known as “The Maryland State
Association.” Pending passage of Grand Lodge legislation
at Los Angeles in 1921, Washington D.C. and Delaware
were taken in as Honorary Members.
This Association has grown and today it is known as
the Maryland, Delaware and District of Columbia Elks
Association, consisting of 39 Lodges (32 in Maryland,
7 in Delaware). Membership is in excess of 24,000.
MAJOR PROJECT: Elks Camp Barrett – a camp for
youth, located at 1001 Chesterfield Road (nr. Crownsville),
Annapolis, Maryland. Camping season begins in June and
ends in August for youth from 9-12 years of age. Separate
weeks are scheduled for boys, girls, and the handicapped.
Other times it is available for use by Lodges, Churches,
Scouting, Civic Organizations, and others.
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION VOLUNTEER SERVICE. About 800
visits are made each year to Veteran Hospitals, donating
over 2,700 hours to help brighten the days of the hospitalized
veterans.
CHARITABLE WORK. Donates in excess of $1,500,000 annually
to help others in and around the community served by
a Lodge of Elks.
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION DONATIONS: Donated $218,504
for the Fiscal year ending
March 31, 2007. Total given since the inception of the
Foundation in 1928, $5,313,439.
SERVICES PROVIDED by State Association Committees include:
Americanism, Auditing and Business Practices, Auto Tags,
Elks Camp Barrett, Elks National Veterans Service Commission,
Elks National Foundation, Government Relations, Grand
Lodge Convention, “Hoop Shoot,” “Soccer
Shoot,” Inter-Lodge Activities, Drug Awareness,
Lodge Development and Assistance, Membership/Lapsation,
Lodge Activities, Memorial Service, Elks Training, Public
Relations, Ritualistic, Scholarship, Youth Activities,
Youth, Tennis, Golf & Bowling and others. Ad-Hoc
Committees are named as needed for special projects
such as the WWII Memorial Fund.
The Association supported the restoration of the Statue
of Liberty; Rose Bowl Floats; The Elks Memorial Restoration
Fund; and continues to support the William J. Jernick
Memorial Fund–a project in honor of our former
sponsor, William J. Jernick, Past Grand Exalted Ruler.
PUBLICATIONS-MD., DEL. & D.C., ELKS ASSN. NEWS,
published quarterly; January, April, June, October.
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