The Orange Elks Third Grade Dictionary Program is designed to place a personal dictionary in the hands of every third grader in Orange Unified School District.
At the October 11 Lodge meeting with about 90 members in attendance, Stephanie McCormick, President and CEO of Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire recognized the Orange Elk’s $5,000 donation to the organization.
In 2015 the Orange Lodge #1475 received the $10,000 Elks National Foundation (ENF) Impact Grant and held its first Reading Promise.
The Orange Elks Lodge have two members who step up as chairmen to help the Orange Police Department.
A Thousand of Smiles, A Tons of Thanks You’s and an Endless Supply of Hugs was the reward the Orange Elks received form the DSAOC (Down Syndrome Association of Orange County) families at the end of the picnic.
O C Grip, a Soccer Camp and the Orange Elks Drug Awareness OC GRIP (Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership) is a program in the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
The goal of the Reading Promise aims to target Kindergarten through 4th graders at a dozen Title 1 Elementary Schools in the Orange Unified School District and put a book in their hands.