On Sunday December 20, 2009 a Boy Scouts of America, Court of Honor was held for Dion Kucera at the Teledyne Scientific Center in Thousand Oaks, CA. with more than 200 friends, family and guests. Dion is a member of Troop 754 sponsored by the Thousand Oaks Elks Lodge #2477. Dion was presented with a [...]
On December 12th the Elks Ladies along with ER Santa Claus and other members of Elks Lodge #2477 brought some holiday spirit to children here in Thousand Oaks.
Santa talked with each of the kids and shared their secrets. In the end after squeals of delight and lots of laughter the holiday season will be brighter [...]
On December 9th with over 100 guests in attendance our lodge welcomed home our own DDGER Greg Metzgus. A prime rib dinner proceeded the message given by Greg, and Boy Scouts presented the colors. You’ll also note that PER Don Booker won the Basket of Spirits – one of the major fundraisers for our scholarship [...]
Taking place November 14th, the Elks “Hoop Shoot” Free Throw Contest is the largest and most visible of the many youth activities sponsored by Elks Lodges. More than three million boys and girls, ages 8-13, will participate this year. The Elks “Hoop Shoot” highlights the Elks commitment to America’s youth. From the millions of youngsters [...]
A pictorial review of the Elks Memorial Service:
From the presentation during the Elks Memorial Service December 6, 2009 by Terry Gicking, Exalted Ruler Elks Lodge 2477
My theme this year is “Memories from the past, to rebuild our future”! I know that living in the past keeps you from moving forward, but I thought that reliving [...]
Trees Arrive
December 2, 2009 our Christmas Trees arrived and over a dozen members were there to unload and assemble them. Thanks to the Carlsons Building Center for allowing us to use their facility for this charity evnent. The money earned from their sales will help us meet our quota.
This year we project 75 baskets [...]
From the presentation during the Elks Memorial Service December 6, 2009 by Terry Gicking, Exalted Ruler Elks Lodge 2477
My theme this year is “Memories from the past, to rebuild our future”! I know that living in the past keeps you from moving forward, but I thought that reliving the “memories of my past in [...]
