Event Check-in Desk: Carla and Amber Michael (Community Center Volunteers), Linda Teichmann (Community Center Recreation Coordinator), Gloria LeCouvre (Elks Lodge Past Exalted Ruler)
Mission Viejo / Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge No. 2444 (“Elks Lodge”) subsidized and hosted their Fall Dinner/Dance for 128 seniors. The seniors filled the dance floor to the music of Wayne Pulcini – rock, swing, waltz and line dancing. The proceeds of the $7.00 per person event fee went to the Norman P Murray Community Center (“Community Center”).
Senior guests were greeted by Community Center Recreation Coordinator Linda Teichmann and Elks Lodge volunteers George and Ruth Cleaver and Gloria LeCouvre (Past Exalted Ruler), whom also sold raffle tickets. The Elks Lodge donated the proceeds generated by the raffle to the Community Center.
Amber Michael, Camacho Alvarez (Elks Lodge Event Chairman), Gloria LeCouvre, Linda Teichmann and Bill (raffle winner)
Elks Lodge volunteers that decorated the Lodge tables in fall colored flower arrangements of black toppers with gold napkins were: Laura Lumley, Phyllis Booze, Carol and Jim Glover, Sandy and Jack Jacobs, Walter Root and Bob Schmidt. The dinner of Chicken Kiev, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli with Hollandaise Sauce, Orange Sesame Salad along with serving Halloween decorated cakes for dessert was created by Elks Lodge volunteers Clint McDonald (crew chief), John Dulles, Bonnie Hinea, Herb Kalkosh and Ron Basolino. The Laguna Hills High School LaCrosse Soccer girls and their coach, Rick Hart, served the dinner to the Elks Lodge guests.
Event Chairperson and Elks Lodge Lecturing Knight thanked Camacho Alvarez said, “The Elks Lodge members are pleased to hold these events that serve our Saddleback Valley communities. It was great to see so many seniors enjoy themselves amongst their friends. Having fun at the Elks Lodge has no age limit.”
The Mission Viejo / Saddleback Elks Lodge No. 2444, celebrating forty two (42) years of service to the Saddleback Valley communities, is one of ten lodges in the Orange Coast District of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) whose headquarters is in Chicago, Illinois. The BPOE is a charitable organization with a 144 year history of giving, “Elks Care, Elks Share.”
Hal Mattson, Lodge Publicity
Mission Viejo / Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge No. 2444
