Van Wert Elks Helps 15 Kids Attend Local 4-H Camp

Van Wert Elks Lodge #1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks recently made a donation to the Van Wert County 4-H Council in the amount of $1,500.00.

The monies were distributed as fifteen $100.00 camper scholarships to assist fifteen local 4-H members to be able to attend the annual 4-H Camp at Camp Palmer, July 5-9, 2019.

The funds were made available from an Anniversary Grant the lodge received from the Elks National Foundation.   These grants were made available to all Elks Lodges again this year since the Order of Elks celebrated its 150th Anniversary in 2018.   The Elks National Foundation is a perpetual trust fund established in 1928 by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.   Contributions to the Foundation are made each year by close to one million Elks and their families and friends from more than 2000 Elks Lodges across the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

Van Wert Lodge is proud to be able to assist these young people so they could attend camp this year.

Pictured are some of the local 4-H Camp Counselors and 4-H members with Mike Stanley, Lodge Elks National Foundation Chair.