Let me re-introduce myself to you. I am Terry Gicking, PER and this years WCCD Piggy Bank Chairman. This is a very busy & exciting time for you and your lodge. You are learning & preparing for the upcoming year with ritual practice, budget meetings, Installation & Inaugural balls and ordering your Blue Jacket. How can you possibly add another challenge to your schedule? Well, speaking from experience, you can! And the rewards far out-weigh anything that you do in your first few months as Exalted Ruler!
I am talking about the Leading Knight Challenge! This is your opportunity to help increase your Lodges donation to the Purple Pig and you get to walk across the stage and announce it to all in attendance! What a rush! Ask this years E.R. about how He or She felt walking across the stage last year, and I am sure they will tell you how proud they felt!
We as Elks, took an Oath before the alter that we would become a better person in becoming an Elk, and one of those ways is helping others. “A coin a day so they can walk, talk, see and play”, is CHEA’s way of helping those who fall between the cracks. In participating in the Leading Knights Challenge, You, Your Lodge, and the WCCD can have some good spirited fun in competing for the trophy, but more important, providing the funds to help the children of our Major Project.
As Christine Moyer, the incoming State Vice President, pointed out in her e-mail last week, she gave some great ideas on how to raise donations.
* 10% donated back from a Pizza Parlor or Restaurant. These businesses are just waiting for us to ask them to do this. They do it for the high schools sports or band programs, they will definitely do it for us! And let the radio station or newspaper know you are doing this, and they will help inform the public! It’s a win, win, win for everybody!
* BBQ’s always work.
* 50/50 on your big dinner nights always help!
* Or have a big dinner, invite a CHEA therapist, and raffle off some donated gift baskets…
I could go on and on, and some of you know that I do, but I am passionate for the Purple Pig Program and I want you to catch some of my excitement!
As Elks, we believe every child should have a chance at getting the help they need no matter what!
That is why I am an ELK, and I am sure you feel the same way!
Here are the rules again for the 2010-2011 L K “CHALLENGE”
1. No monies from existing Lodge Piggy Bank Accounts
2. Include information about 52 Club and/or Century Club recipients
3. Checks should be made out to CHEMPI
4. Start collecting March 1, 2011
5. Turn monies in to Debbie Hosted or Bill Williford at the convention Piggy Bank Table by 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 19th.
6. Raise the most – win a trophy
I have also sent this to your current ER and would love to send this to your Piggy Bank chairman as well but I need their address! if you could please send it to me, I would appreciate it!
Between the 3 of you, I am sure great things can happen!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me or Christine or Sander Moss SVP or Richard Goldner, DDGER, CHEMPI Trustee.
Fraternally grateful,
Terry Gicking PER WCCD Piggy Bank Chairman 2011-12 805-231-9788 tgicker@gmail.com
Christine Moyer SVP Designate 805-868-5811 moyers.christine@gmail.com
Richard Goldner CHEMPI Trustee805-491-2790 rgoldner@msn.com
JB with sponsor PER Terry Gicking
Robert Teasdale with sponsor David McGuire (visiting Elk – soon to be a member of our lodge too)
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