Kenton #157 Utilizes the Gratitude Grant for Two Community Needs

Kenton (Ohio) Lodge #157 used the majority of a $4500 Gratitude Grant to provide 35, needy area 4H members with $100 each to assist with their 4H camp fees. Following the camp session, members of the lodge provided a cookies-and-punch reception at the lodge to the recipients and their families, during which the campers were encouraged to share their favorite experiences during the weeklong event.

Also, Kenton Lodge used the balance of its Gratitude Grant to provide $1000.00 worth of food and home products to the local “Angels for the Elderly” agency, which assists senior citizens in the community in experiencing hunger and home-hygiene issues. Over 120 boxes of food and home items are distributed monthly by the agency.

Pictured at the Angels for the Elderly storage building are, left to right, Vicki Miller, lodge member and volunteer; Mary Roby, agency director; Dorothy Kissling, agency volunteer; and Julie Crowe, Lodge PER and Grant administrator.