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West Des Moines Lodge #2752 holds successful annual Veterans Christmas Project
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL
VETERANS CHRISTMAS PROJECT
THANK YOU MEMBERS!!
Our largest annual veterans project each year is our Christmas Giving Tree Project. This project includes providing Christmas gifts and food gift cards to veterans families identified to be in need.
Nina Steele is in charge of the Project. She has done an amazing job once again and that wasn’t an easy accomplishment because of COVID. She spent hours organizing, shopping, wrapping, checking and rechecking to make sure all were accounted for and then getting all gifts in bags for the correct Family.
THANKS TO YOU NINA!!
The Des Moines Vets Center located in West Des Moines provided us with 14 families consisting of 32 children and Larry Cramer representing the Urbandale/Johnston VFW Vets Center with 4 families and 16 children. Confidentiality of each family is necessary. The Vets Center personnel and Larry pick up the gifts at the Lodge and deliver them to the families. We also included stockings stuffed with candy, fruit and food gift card/s from Safeway Grocery for each family to have a good Christmas dinner. This project was completed on December 17th when all items were picked up from our Lodge.
We normally have fundraisers throughout the year to fund this Project. However, COVID prevented that this year. Hence, we asked for monetary donations to complete this Project. A huge Thank You to each and everyone who took a card/s and purchased all of the items the children ask for and or made a monetary donation. The food gift cards purchased totaled $2,400.00 This year the total Project valued at $7,200.00 was totally funded by donations of our Members.
AboutIowa Elks
Our Mission
to inculcate the principles of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity; to recognize a belief in God; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and to provide for its government, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs, demonstrating that Elks Care and Elks Share.
Our Goal
Elks Lodges bring so much more to their communities than just a building, golf course or pool. They are places where neighbors come together, families share meals, and children grow up.
Elks invest in their communities through programs that help children, Veterans and community needs.
