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Richard
Burg, President
Newark Lodge No.
2281
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 2011-2012. I will
strive to demonstrate that your confidence has not been
misplaced. Sheila 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.
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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