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Van Wert Lodge No. 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks recently donated $100.00 to the Van Wert Peony Festival Committee.

Van Wert Lodge No 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is proud to announce that their member, Michael C. Stanley was inducted into the Ohio Elks Hall of Fame on Saturday evening, April 28 during their 120th Annual Convention of the Ohio Elks Association.

Van Wert Lodge held their annual Youth Recognition Breakfast at the lodge on Tuesday, May 1.   All the monthly student/volunteer of the month winners were present along with the lodge scholarship winners and the Americanism contest winners. 

Congratulations to Brett Schumm, Senior at Crestview High School who was selected as the Student/Volunteer of the Year at the annual Youth Recognition Breakfast.

Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks would like to announce the winners of the 2017-2018 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Americanism Essay Contest.  

Congratulations to Luke Stouffer, who placed 2nd in the local Americanism Essay Contest, but also placed 1st both at the district level and at the state competition. 

Gallipolis Lodge #107 held its annual ENF fund raiser in conjunction with an Italian Night Party and Dance.

Findlay Lodge #75 honored six Americanism essayists with framed certificates before a lodge meeting February 8.

The Gallipolis Elks hosted the 4th annual Heroes Tribute Hunt which took place on Saturday, March 24, 2018,  at the Gallipolis Elks Farm and McKeans Pheasant Farm, sponored by the Appalachian Valley Chapter of NAVHDA (North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association) and the Ohio Dept of Wildlife and the Ohio Division of Natural Resources.

Gallipolis Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler Walt Brown presented a check to Gallipolis City School District Superintendent Craig Wright as part of the Elks efforts to help the school district improve student safety.

Last week the Ironton Elks Lodge 177 donated $1,500 to the Ironton City Mission to assist them in help their mission of serving our community’s needy and homeless population.  

Mid Atlantic Soccer Shoot: At the recent Mid Atlantic Soccer Shoot hosted in Frederick Maryland the lodge was represented by shooters Gabe Randall and Sophie Lucas. With outstanding efforts they both finished first in their age groups to bring home some hardware.

Upper Sandusky Park Donation: With the recent renovations to the (8) area restrooms in the City's parks, BPOE#83 donated $2,000 to place baby changing stations in all the restrooms.

Columbus - Grove City Elks invest more than $19,000 back into the local community