Rancho Santa Margarita residents Bill and Ileana Seward
Mission Viejo / Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge No. 2444 (“Elks Lodge”) subsidized and hosted a Dinner/Dance for 140 seniors. The seniors filled the dance floor to the music of Wayne Pulcini – rock, swing, waltz and line dancing.
Chairman for the event was Elks Lodge vice president David McLeod. Linda Teichmann, Norman P Murray Community Center Recreation Coordinator assisted by Lynne and Amanda Napou from the National Charity League, greeted the one hundred thirty-two (132) seniors at the Elks Lodge door.
A romantic environment was created with table decorations of red roses and Valentine heart candy as centerpieces by Elks Lodge volunteers Jack and Sandy Jacobs, Jim and Carol Glover, Basia Bills, Dave McLeod, Harvey & Betty Boelts and Gloria R. LeCouvre.
The Elks Lodge guests enjoyed a dinner of chicken Kiev, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans, Caesar salad and valentine cakes prepared by Elks Lodge volunteers Dave McLeod, Basia Bills and Harvey & Betty Boelts. The Laguna Hills High School Lacrosse girls and their Coach Rick Hart served the meal with the Elks Lodge donating $150 to their team program. Dance music, rock, swing, waltz and line dancing, was provided by Wayne Pulcini.
The Mission Viejo / Saddleback Elks Lodge No. 2444, celebrating forty-four (44) 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 146 year history of giving, “Elks Care, Elks Share.”
Hal Mattson, Lodge Publicity
Mission Viejo / Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge No. 2444
