Seated L to R: Jane Parmenter, Stephanie Flynn, Exalted Ruler Dave McLeod, Jeanne Atkinson, Sharon DeCampo, and Jon Cox
Standing L to R: Lisa Ji, Jeanne O’Reilly, Denise Campbell, Keith Byers, Gary Schaul, Bobby Ameen, Brian McCarville, Heath Morton, Gary Liebmann, Terry Smith, Matthew McKenzie, Benjamin Williams, Michael Kennedy, Peggy Popadak, Christopher Perez, Celeste Keyser, and Chadwick Sivcovich.
Twenty-Two (22) men and women joined the Elks in July. They are: Mission Viejo residents, Stephanie Flynn, Jeanne O’Reilly, Brian McCarville, Denise Campbell, Jane Parmenter, Celeste Keyser, Jon Cox, Chadwick Sivcovich, Bobby Ameen, Lisa Ji, Gary Liebmann, and Christopher Perez.
New members from Lake Forest are: Heath Morton, Jeanne Atkinson, Peggy Popadak, and Gary Schaul. Also joining the Elks are Keith Byers of Laguna Woods, Terry Smith of Anaheim, Benjamin Williams of Laguna Beach, Matthew McKenzie of Laguna Niguel, Michael Kennedy of San Clemente, and Sharon DeCampo of Aliso Viejo.
Mission Viejo, Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler Dave McLeod welcomed the twenty-two (22) July initiates. The Lodge membership is now over eleven-hundred (1100).
McLeod commented on the impressive growth of the Lodge saying, “This month’s class makes a total of ninety-five (95) new members in the past four months.We are thrilled to see so many young men and women joining us.” McLeod was quick to add, “We’re not stressing the addition of new members for any reason except for the fact that new members bring us additional people to share in the charitable work we can do. Today, our members have more time to enjoy the sociability aspects of the Lodge and no one member is overburdened when our work is divided among more people.”
An upcoming Elks event will be “The Gold Star Mothers” luncheon at the Lodge on Aug. 20th. The luncheon is put on and the Lodge Veteran’s committee and funded by the Charity committee. On Sept 10th members will travel to Tustin to host a “Party in the Park” at the Orange County Rescue Mission for the Mission’s residents and their children.
Elks volunteers will man the booths & kitchen as they hold a carnival complete with Games, prizes, cotton-candy, bounce-house, petting zoo, sno-cones, hamburgers and much more. The funds will be provided by the MV Elks Charitable committee (Bingo) and an Elks National Foundation Promise Grant.
Article by Andy Costello,
Photo by Dennis Lumley.
