Van Wert Elks #1197 Helps Keep Local Community Clean

Van Wert Elks Lodge #1197 recently donated $750 to the Village of Willshire. The monies were used by the village to purchase a new waste receptacle.   This will help the village keep the business area cleaner.

The monies are distributed by the Ohio Elks Association in the form of a Community Service Grant.   The Ohio Elks Association receives monies each year from the Elks National Foundation, 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 2,000 Elks Lodges across the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

To date, thru the Community Service Grants, Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197 has distributed $35,643.73 back into Van Wert County to assist the city, county and villages.

Van Wert Elks Lodge is proud to be able to assist the Village of Willshire with this important project.

From left, pictured with the new piece of equipment is: Jodi R. Berry, Fiscal Officer Village of Willshire and Lodge Community Service Grant Chairman Michael C. Stanley.