The Orange Elks Lodge # 1475 cleaned out the charity pot and donated to several charities in Orange County.
The following groups received help:
1. Project Hope School, provide education for homeless students
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 (Picture below)
5. Mary’s Kitchen feeds and assists the local homeless. $250
6. The American Legion’s Boys State summer program $250
7. House of Hope Rescue Mission (for homeless or poverty-stricken women with children) $500
8. McPherson 8th grade class, for the graduation night party $200
9. Orange Senior Center Hearts On Carts Golf Tournament $150
10. Pacific Drum and Bugle Corp $100
The Orange Elks PER Association donated $500 to ENF, Purple Pig and the Discovery Arts.
Pictured (L to R) are Krista (last name withheld), Trustee Stephanie Fitzpatrick, baby Emilynn and mom Heather (last name withheld), Trustees Bill Neessen, Rod Story and COB Mike Duff