Each May the Orange Elks honors the youth of our community by showcasing the many programs the Lodge has for our young people and giving a preview of the new ones coming up.
This year was no different. All our guests were treated to a dinner of Baked Ziti, Salad Bar and Dessert.
Elroy T. “Orange” Elk (the face of our Orange Lodge and our mascot for all our youth activities) and Miss Orange, Nicole Renard, helped present the awards.
Under our Loyal Knight Stephanie Logan, one of her duties is Youth Activities. Stephanie mentioned that this month one of our new programs is The Reading Promise and in August will be the National Night Out.
The Youth Appreciation Night Program started with our Boy Scout Troop 1475 presenting our flag and leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
Members from the Orange High Choir sang the National Anthem.
There are so many things for which we recognize our youth including scouting, scholarship and athletics.
Our scout troop # 1475 has produced eleven Eagle Scouts since 2006.
Hoop Shoot Chairman, Brenda Nailon, presented the Boys and Girls Hoop Shoot winners. The winners received a trophy. A Sportsmanship Award and gift card was presented to Lindsey Hammond. Summer Tenpas won the District and finished fifth in the State Competition.
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Brenda, Kyan McCarville, Summer Tenpas, Miss Orange Nicole Renard,and Elroy
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Emily Reed, Rakshith Thuraga, Drew Rodriguez, Benny Vogel, Carina Moll,
Kaylani Moll, Lindsay Hammond
Dictionary Program Chairman Al Montano’s committee handed out over 2,300 dictionaries to all the third graders in the Orange Unified School District. In the last twelve years of the program we have handed out close to 27,000 dictionaries.
Drug Awareness Chairman, Mike Cash presented the winners of the Poster and Essay Contest. The theme this year was “Just Don’t Do It”. The winners received a Certificate of Appreciation and Scholarship check. The poster winners were Leah Masih and Logan Shea.
The essay winners were Madison Dymaian and Emanual Ortiz.
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Back Nicole and Elroy
Front Logan, Leah, Madison & Emanual
Chris Michaells, Americanism Chairman, stated this year the essay theme was “What I can do
To promote Americanism and Love of Country”. Our winners received a $50 Scholarship and a Certificate of Appreciation.
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Back Chris, Nicole, Elroy and Judy Denenny, a teacher at the McPherson Magnet School
Front Natalie Melendez, Zoi Hess, Lucas Panozzo, Madeline Nguyen and Julia Rincon
This year Lynda Einstein, Scholarship Chairman, presented an impressive bio of extracurricular activities, community service, work experience all by students headed to college while maintaining an average of 4.0.
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Back Mackenzie Hansen, Mikayla Price, Bryson Samith
Front Ashlee Nunez, Dominique Marzocca, Sara Silberman, Nicole, Elroy and Brenda Ruvalcaba
This year our Guest Speaker was Zack Collie. Zack recalled his accident on Memorial Day six years ago and how he has persevered even when things didn't go his way.
If you get a chance watch his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGEbOhySBLg
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Zack, Sedona, Marilyn Dinger and Amber, Zack’s mom
