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Posted on: May 06 2019,8:44 am |
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If its May, the Orange Elks will honor the youth of our community by showcasing the many programs the Lodge has for our young people. All our guests were treated to a spaghetti and meatball dinner prepared and served by our volunteer cooks.
Our Master of Ceremonies, Loyal Knight Paul Polasky welcomed our award winners, their parents, our guests and lodge members.
Paul with Elroy
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After the Pledge of Allegiance, the Orange High School Choir sang the National Anthem. Mark Murphy, Mayor of Orange, presented and read a Youth Week Appreciation Proclamation.
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Augie Rocha, Orange P D, School Resource Officer and Investigator was our Guest Speaker. In his talk, he emphasized that you can’t be perfect all the time. But you can keep learning from your mistakes and never give up.
Our Dictionary Program Chairman Al Montano stated that on the third Wednesday of October our lodge distributed 1996 dictionaries to 27 schools and visiting 84 classrooms. The goal is a dictionary for every third graders in the city of Orange. In our fourteenth years we have delivered over thirty thousand dictionaries.
Cameron Doan, Miss California Outstanding Teen and Elroy T. Elk helped present the awards. Elroy is the face of our Orange Lodge and our mascot for all our youth activities.
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Posted on: May 06 2019,8:46 am |
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Drug Awareness Chairman, Mike Cash presented an award to Camila Hernandez, for her, “Drugs Take Away” poster. Camila is in the purple jacket and with her family.
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Posted on: May 06 2019,8:47 am |
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Hoop Shoot Chairmen, Jack and Marcia Ferraro, presented the Boys and Girls Hoop Shoot winners. The winners received a trophy and a Hoop Shoot basketball.
The Hoop Shoot winners with their family
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Posted on: May 06 2019,8:48 am |
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Drug Awareness Chairman, Mike Cash presented the Video Contest winners in Pre High School, High School and Post High School categories.
The Pre High School winner was Ashlyn Kim from Cerro Villa Middle School and her video was “Drugs Take Away”. Ashlynn is in the blue jacket.
https://elks1475.smugmug.com/121718-....A
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Posted on: May 06 2019,8:49 am |
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The High School Video winner was Sandy Beach from El Modena H S for her video “Sunshine”. . https://elks1475.smugmug.com/121718-High-School-DAP-Contest-Videos/i-hT4cmrc/A
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Posted on: May 06 2019,8:50 am |
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The Post High School winner was Tony Tripp from the Youth Center of Orange for the video “The Letter”. https://elks1475.smugmug.com/121718-....A
Mike, Edgar Garnica, Youth Centers of Orange Site Supervisor and Orange Els member, Tony Tripp, the chief executive Youth Centers of Orange, Elroy and Cameron.
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Posted on: May 06 2019,8:50 am |
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Chris Michaelis, Americanism Chairman, stated this year the essay theme was “ What Makes You Proud to be an American”! This helps promote Americanism and each of our winners received a $100 Scholarship and a Certificate of Appreciation.
L – R Elroy, Aubrey Valdez, Matthew Pasqualino, Sophia Alvarado, Lucy Jean Flynn, Ariston DeLeon , Emma Dierkling, Chris Michaelis, Americanisn Chairmen and Cameron.
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Bill Neessen
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Posted on: May 06 2019,8:51 am |
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This year each of our seven Scholarship Winners received a check going to their scholarship and had their bio read. In their bio’s were their extracurricular activities, community service, work experience, GPS’s and where they are headed to college.
L – R Amy Zhong, William Perez’s mom, Josh Kavilaveettil, Riley Garcia, Lynda Einstein Scholarship Chairmen, Loyal Knight Paul Polasky, Michael Brand, Elroy Mable Ra and Katherine Dao’s dad and Cameron.
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