Mission Viejo / Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge No. 2444 (“Elks Lodge”) has selected six (6) students from three (3) Saddleback Valley communities as its Most Valuable Students for 2014. These students advance to the Elks Orange Coast District scholarship competition with scholars from nine (9) other district Lodges.
The students and their city of residence are:
Aliso Viejo: Josie M Goson
Laguna Niguel: Kevin M Cahillane, Megan N Forster and Mitchell Heimbach
Mission Viejo: Christine Cheung and Ramtin Talebi
John Dellos, Elks Lodge Scholarship Chairperson said, “We just received notice that all six of our Elks Lodge scholars are advancing to the California-Hawaii Elks Association state competition. If they prevail at the state level, they will advance to the Elks national competition. Congratulations to our scholars, their families and their schools.”
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, Elks Lodge Public Relations
