Van Wert Elks #1197 Uses Ohio Elks Association Community Service Grant to Improve Convoy Volunteer Fire Department Emergency Response.

Pictured, left to right with the new piece of equipment is Rob Miller, Convoy Fire Chief and Lodge Community Service Grant Chairman Michael C. Stanley.

Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated $943.00 to the Convoy Volunteer Fire Department. The department used the monies to purchase two sets of Milwaukee battery powered shears for cutting windshields at accident scenes and a Milwaukee battery powered fan for smoke removal and ventilation at structure fires.

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 $38,467.53 back into Van Wert County to assist the city, county and villages. Van Wert Elks Lodge is proud to be able to assist the Convoy Fire Department with this important project.