CHAPLAIN'S CORNER SICKNESS & DISTRESS As our COVID-19 numbers increase, please be safe out there. Please keep these members and their families in your Prayers: Floyd and Joyce Taylor as they recover. Joyce had another procedure and Floyd who is recovering from his fall The family of Cecil Lee who recently passed away Jacques Lauzon who is recovering after a leg amputation The family of Tom Isom who recently passed away Lynn Haus who is recovering from a recent procedure The family of John Andrews as John's mother recovers from her fall The family of Robert Laubengayer who recently passed away The family of Jennifer Rivela her father has been in the hospital two times recently Please remember to be kind to each other. COVID-19 affects people in different ways. Some people are okay with going out and some people aren't. Karen Gleason Chaplain AUGUST 2020 Elks Bellows 59th Year ~ Volume 08 The Elks Bellows is published monthly by The Ormond Beach Elks Lodge #2193 285 Wilmette Avenue Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Subscription is paid automatically as a part of annual membership dues. www.ormondbeachelks2193.org Lounge (386) 677-7180 Office (386) 677-6367 OFFICERS EXALTED RULER Marie DeArmon PER LEADING KNIGHT Jackie Andrews LOYAL KNIGHT Paul Alexander LECTURING KNIGHT Julie Alexander TREASURER Beverly Muscatello SECRETARY Sheryl Wacker TILER Floyd Taylor ESQUIRE Michael Chandler PER CHAPLAIN Karen Gleason PER ORGANIST Jonathan Walker INNER GUARD William (Bill) Becker PRESIDING JUSTICE Erika Barger PER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Erika Barger, PER TRUSTEES 1 YEAR TRUSTEE Gerri Madden 2 YEAR TRUSTEE Joy Anger 3 YEAR TRUSTEE Carl Muscatello 4 YEAR TRUSTEE Steve Brozyna 5 YEAR TRUSTEE - I would like to take a small portion of your time to say thank you for having the confidence in me and my officers for the upcoming year of 2020-2021. My fellow members, we are starting a new year and the opportunities are all around us. This is your Lodge and we are a team, none of us can make a dream come true alone. A favorite saying at the bar is “Well, no one asked me!” My members, I am asking for your help!!! You can help by letting us know what you want done and by volunteering your services to the Lodge. As we move forward during these changing times during the pandemic, I ask for your support in practicing social distancing and making sure all of our members are safe. Please call if you’re not able to come out and you need help of any kind; for example, dinner to-go. I would like to thank all of our new officers and the new committee chairmen. So, let’s have a safe and fun full year. As my first duty as Exalted Ruler, I have nominated Steve Brozyna for Elk of the Month, because of all of his passion and enthusiastic personality. He has been very helpful in giving his time to the Lodge and he is doing a great job with the House Committee. Steve, thank you for your selfless help, kindness and all the hard work you do. Sincerely and Fraternally, Maria DeArmon
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CHAPLAIN'S CORNERSICKNESS & DISTRESS
As our COVID-19 numbers increase, please be safe out there.Please keep these members and their families in your Prayers:Floyd and Joyce Taylor as they recover. Joyce had another procedure andFloyd who is recovering from his fallThe family of Cecil Lee who recently passed awayJacques Lauzon who is recovering after a leg amputationThe family of Tom Isom who recently passed awayLynn Haus who is recovering from a recent procedureThe family of John Andrews as John's mother recovers from her fallThe family of Robert Laubengayer who recently passed awayThe family of Jennifer Rivela her father has been in the hospital two timesrecentlyPlease remember to be kind to each other. COVID-19 affects people indifferent ways. Some people are okay with going out and some peoplearen't.
Karen GleasonChaplain
AUGUST 2020
Elks Bellows59th Year ~ Volume 08
The Elks Bellows is published monthlyby
The Ormond Beach Elks Lodge #2193285 Wilmette Avenue
Ormond Beach, FL 32174Subscription is paid automatically as a
part of annual membership dues.www.ormondbeachelks2193.org
Lounge (386) 677-7180Office (386) 677-6367
OFFICERSEXALTED RULER
Marie DeArmon PER
LEADING KNIGHTJackie Andrews
LOYAL KNIGHTPaul Alexander
LECTURING KNIGHTJulie Alexander
TREASURERBeverly Muscatello
SECRETARYSheryl Wacker
TILERFloyd Taylor
ESQUIREMichael Chandler PER
CHAPLAINKaren Gleason PER
ORGANISTJonathan Walker
INNER GUARDWilliam (Bill) Becker
PRESIDING JUSTICEErika Barger PER
GOVERNMENT RELATIONSErika Barger, PER
TRUSTEES1 YEAR TRUSTEE
Gerri Madden
2 YEAR TRUSTEEJoy Anger
3 YEAR TRUSTEECarl Muscatello
4 YEAR TRUSTEESteve Brozyna
5 YEAR TRUSTEE-
I would like to take a small portion of your time to say thank you forhaving the confidence in me and my officers for the upcoming yearof 2020-2021. My fellow members, we are starting a new year andthe opportunities are all around us. This is your Lodge and we area team, none of us can make a dream come true alone. A favoritesaying at the bar is “Well, no one asked me!” My members, I amasking for your help!!! You can help by letting us know what you
want done and by volunteering your services to the Lodge.
As we move forward during these changing times during the pandemic, I ask foryour support in practicing social distancing and making sure all of our membersare safe. Please call if you’re not able to come out and you need help of anykind; for example, dinner to-go. I would like to thank all of our new officers andthe new committee chairmen. So, let’s have a safe and fun full year.
As my first duty as Exalted Ruler, I have nominated Steve Brozyna for Elk of theMonth, because of all of his passion and enthusiastic personality. He has beenvery helpful in giving his time to the Lodge and he is doing a great job with theHouse Committee. Steve, thank you for your selfless help, kindness and all thehard work you do.
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SUMMER HOURSOPEN DAILY 1:00 PM TO CLOSE
Hello All,Hope all are doing well.Harry Anna Report - Due to the pandemic we, are behind in our goals forthis year. I do believe we can do it, though. Tuesday NightKards4Kids started back up in July, and with only 2 weeks in, we havealready raised $310. We are selling Stars for The Unmasked AutismGala, taking place later in the year. The Stars are only $5 and we havealready sold 15. Don’t delay – get yours now!
Become a Sustaining Donor and help the kids of our State thrive. Go to thefloridaelks.org and click donate. For as little as just $5 a month you can helpa Florida child in so many ways through The Harry-Anna Trust Fund.
Interlodgevisits - please, if you visit another Lodge let me know. We getcredit for the visit and it helps our Lodge with grants. It keeps us all activethroughout Elkdom. Bring back an idea you have seen and would like to tryhere. Email me at [email protected] with your name and whatlodge you attended.
Membership – WOW! We are doing pretty good even with thispandemic going on. There are still members out there that haven't paid theirdues, so if you don't have a yellow key card, then you haven't paid. See meand we can get you current.
I have changed some of my hours to evenings so I can better serve you all:Tuesday 5-9pm & Thursday 5-9Wednesday by appointment only
We will all get through this. Stay healthy and God Bless!
Your Secretary,Sheryl Wacker
HOUSE COMMITTEEI would like to start off by thanking all of the members who tirelessly supportthe Lodge, and its functions. By doing so, we exemplify our motto “Elks Care– Elks Share”.
Please join us on Wednesdays and Fridays for a great time, delicious food,and awesome entertainment. We are practicing social distancing and properprocedures for disinfecting are being followed. If you are not comfortablewith attending, you can still support the Lodge by ordering your meal “to-go”and we will have it waiting for you to pick up.
Bingo, Troopons , Kards4Kids, Big Meat-Little Meat, and many otherevents are happening, so check your calendar and plan on attending someof our upcoming events – or support them from home!
These are trying times for all of us, but as a group, we will prevail and bebetter for it! Stay safe, and we’ll see you at the Lodge!
Fraternally,Steve BrozynaChairman, House Committee
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JOIN US FOR OUR WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY NITE DINNERS take out available
SEE MONTHLY CALENDAR FOR DINNER SPECIALS
Join us on Tuesday Nite at 6 p.m.
$1 plays 2 games
THANK YOU TOTHE MEMBERS
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LOVE YOU!ELAINE
Monthly Drawing$5.00 DonationSee Bartenders for details!
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!Ormond Beach Elks LodgePolo style shirts ~ $20 eachShirts feature the OrmondElks name, and Birthplaceof Speed logoon the reverse
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The Ormond Beach Elks Lodge No. 2193 recently awarded threelodge scholarships in the amount of $750.00 each to local highschool seniors. Recipients were Ana Sanchez and LoganStewart of Seabreeze High School, and Ryan Waddell of FatherLopez Catholic High School. Students were presented withscholarship certificates following a steak dinner for the recipientsand their families. Pictured left to right: scholarship committeemember and Past District Deputy, Michael Chandler, AnaSanchez, Ryan Waddell, and lodge Scholarship Chairman andVice President of the East Central District, Erika Barger. (Notpictured: Logan Stewart, who was unable to attend thepresentation).
Fraternally,Erika Barger PER
Let’s show our Florida State Elks Association State President, Rudy Masi Sr. and First Lady, Dolly Masi, oursupport by purchasing a Harry-Anna Trust Fund pin for a $50 donation. Officers can proudly display this pinon their lodge uniforms. You can also show your support by signing up to be a Harry-Anna Investment FundSustaining Donor for as little as $5 per month! It’s never been so easy to keep helping the kids of Florida bymaking a monthly tax-deductible donation. The Harry-Anna Investment Fund, Inc. provides financial supportfor our Florida Elks Youth Camp and Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services. Visithttps://floridaelks.org/donate to contribute to our Florida Elks Charities. Please contact Secretary andDistrict Harry-Anna Chairperson, Sheryl Wacker, if you would like to purchase this limited edition pin. Thankyou for your continued support.
Harry-Anna Trust Fund Pin
DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENT VISITATIONS AUGUST 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-2021 District Vice President Visitation Schedule is currently beingrevised and plans to recommence October 3, 2020 with a visitation at Edgewater-New Smyrna Beach Lodge.
Erika J. Barger, PERVice President, East Central District
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ORMOND BEACH LODGE #2193
PO BOX 1355
ORMOND BEACH, FL 32175
(386) 677-7180
Attention: Please notify the office(386-677-6367) if you are leavingtown and forwarding your mail,even if it’s temporary. The postoffice will not forward yourBELLOWS and your Lodge has toabsorb costs of returned mail.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ALLOUR MEMBERS THAT ARE
CELEBRATING AN ANNIVERSARYIN AUGUST
Our Lodge is available for Weddings, Anniversaries, Partiesand any celebration at a reasonable cost to our members.Please contact the Lodge to schedule your special event today!
Support Our TroopsPlease make a difference and join us for ourTROOPONS PROGRAM! We meet eachTuesday at 2:00 pm and clip manufacturerscoupons to be used by military families, bothdomestically and overseas. Help make their hard-earned dollars go farther!supportourtroops.org/troopons
