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Bill Neessen
Elk of the Year, POY, Public Relations Chairman
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Posted on: Apr. 20 2010,9:13 am |
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Orange Elks Lodge Donates to Charities
Each year the Orange Elks Lodge # 1475 Trustees set up a budget for charities in Orange County. This year was no exception.
The following groups received help:
1. Project Hope School, provide education for homeless students $500
2. Discovery Arts (Bringing the arts to children with cancer and serious blood disorders) $500
3. Beverly House Fund (Center. Against Domestic Violence) $500
4. Casa Teresa Home (temporary home for single, pregnant women 18 years of age and older $500
5. Mary’s Kitchen feeds and assists the local homeless. $500
6. House of Hope Rescue Mission (for homeless or poverty-stricken women with children) $500
7. Threads of Love meets the needs of premature babies, supplying burial gowns for stillborn babies, Lovie dolls used for scent bonding, isolette covers etc. $250
8. Boys State (Send underprivileged yet smart children to Sacramento for a week to learn about state government) $250
9. Miss Orange scholarship fund $250
10. Queen For a Day Program, thru the Miss Orange, for underprivileged girls to spend a day with past and present Miss Orange contestants to learn grace, etiquette, etc. . $200
11. O C Legends Women’s Softball fast pitch softball team $200
12. Orange High Baseball team, $500
13. Homework House, a non-profit organization working to help school-age children in your community become better learners and better citizens $250
14. American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk $125
15. American Cancer Society Relay For Life $125
Who knew that Orange Elks member Merry Neessen would be a recipient of a Threads of Love “Lovie Doll” for her preemie daughter Abbey Lynne?!! Pictures are Abbey and the “Lovie Doll”.
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Bill Neessen
Elk of the Year, POY, Public Relations Chairman
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Posted on: Apr. 22 2010,8:20 am |
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The Orange Lodge presented a donation to Mary’s Kitchen. Mary’s Kitchen feeds the homeless and those in need. According to Orange Elks member and Mary’s Kitchen volunteer Sue Siegal, Mary’s Kitchen has seen a big increase in the meals served. Pictured are Trustees Bill Neessen, Dave Johannsen, Helen Anderson from Mary’s Kitchen, Stephanie Fitzpatrick and Doug Wells
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Bill Neessen
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Posted on: May 08 2010,7:50 am |
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Orange High School Baseball Team
Lodge members Gary, Jerry, Joel and Mike supporting the Orange baseball team. In an important league game, Orange defeated Ocean View 8 – 6. Go Panthers!
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