Calabash Elks
PRESS RELEASE
Youth Programs Committee
Benevolent and Protective Order of ELKs ~ Lodge 2679
937 Carter Drive, Calabash, NC 28467
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“Town of Calabash & Local Elks Lodge Share in Proclamation”
May 1 – 7, 2015 Proclaimed as “Youth Week”
By Michael Trescak
On April 14, 2015, Mary Louise Knight, Mayor, and the Board of Commissioners, Town of Calabash, North
Carolina, officially “Proclaimed” the week of May 1st through May 7th, 2015 as “Youth Week.”
The
Proclamation was done in recognition of the Calabash Elks Lodge’s many continued community outreach
programs, specifically those events which benefit our local youth.
Accordingly, on Sunday, May 24, 2015, the Lodge’s Youth Programs Coordinator, Ms. Juanita Adams, will be
heading up a team of Elks who will be taking more than 20 residents of the Boys & Girls Home located in Lake
Waccamaw NC, to Myrtle Beach for a Pelican’s Minor League Baseball Game, - Picnic, and – Fireworks show.
The Calabash Elks Lodge, located at 937 Carter Drive, in Calabash, North Carolina, has been a local landmark
of the area since 1984. With over 700 members, the lodge has become a cornerstone of the local community
for the past 30 years. The Lodge has generously provided for many youth programs and events such as:
Helping with funding for Summer Camp for Special Needs Children; Halloween and Christmas Parties for local
disadvantaged children; The purchase of Playground Equipment for the Calabash Town Park; Participation in
the Elks National “Hoop Shoot” Basketball event; and - Providing College Scholarship Funds to help local
teens start their lives with a College Education.
The Calabash Elks truly do live up to their Elks motto, - “Elks Care, - Elks Share.”
Key Words: “Elks” - “Community” - “Town of Calabash, NC” – “Youth Programs”
Word Count: 221
Point of Contact: ELKs 2679 Communications & Marketing, Michael Trescak, PAO (910-386-7759)
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Photo and Copy of Proclamation Follow
Calabash Elks
PRESS RELEASE
Youth Programs Committee
Benevolent and Protective Order of ELKs ~ Lodge 2679
937 Carter Drive, Calabash, NC 28467
Pictured above proudly displaying the Joint Proclamation of “Youth Week” are Mary Louise
Knight, Mayor, Town of Calabash, NC and Malcolm Jaggard, Exalted Ruler, Elks Lodge ~
2679, Calabash, NC.
Picture by Ashley Buckwell
Calabash Elks
PRESS RELEASE
Youth Programs Committee
Benevolent and Protective Order of ELKs ~ Lodge 2679
937 Carter Drive, Calabash, NC 28467
Town of Calabash, NC and Elks Lodge ~ 2679’s Joint Proclamation of “Youth Week 2015”