3500 SW 104th
Beaverton, OR 97005
Phone: 503-646-6116
FAX: 503-643-9525
Beaverton Elks will once again collect and deliver boxes of food to families in our community. This year, in addition to your donations of food, we will need toy donations. The toys we receive from KGW will not arrive in time for our delivery on Saturday, December 18th.
PLEASE HELP – START DONATING TODAY!
Our Veterans need our help! In an effort to offer continued support to
our Veterans from previous wars, and those returning daily from Iraq, Afghanistan,
and other areas, we will be selling “Comfort Kits” that will
be distributed to Oregon Veterans.
We will be purchasing premium kits that sell for only $3.00. These kits include Colgate toothpaste, Colgate toothbrush, shave cream, twin blade razor, roll-on deodorant, shampoo and comb. The Elks National Veterans Service Commission teamed up with Federated Wholesale to put together these kits, which are imprinted with the Elks logo.
Our goal is to provide 200 kits by Christmas. We would like to hear from you if you would like to add some additional items to these kits – perhaps bake some cookies, or comfort items like socks, slippers, etc.
Please watch for the opportunity to purchase these kits in the near future and help us reach our goal to support our Veterans. Remember the Elks long-standing pledge: “So long as there are Veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them.”
Catherine Goltra, Lecturing Knight
Faye Clemens, PER/Trustee, Veteran’s Chairman
It’s not just at Christmas that the Lodge receives requests for food baskets—people are hungry and in need throughout the year.
We distributed almost all of the donations we received for Christmas Baskets, and would appreciate donations which will continue to help our community. A donation barrel is located just inside the Lodge front door—please help support our Beaverton neighbors.
Ed Stahly PER, Elk of the Year
Christmas Basket Chairman
When you come into the Lodge, notice the special red, white and blue
cans on the bars. Any contributions currently being collected go to
the benefit of all returning Veterans. 
Put in a coin or two, or some
folded up currency!!!
Remember our Pledge – “So long as there are Veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks will never forget them.”
Elks to Join Vietnam Vets in Program to Raise Funds for Support of Troops
A new partnership between the Elks and the charitable affiliate of the Vietnam Veterans of America will raise funds to assist soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as all veterans of the nation’s wars. The affiliate, the Vietnam Veterans Assistance Fund, is renaming its Coin Can Donation Program, “The Michael Manning National Veterans Program” as a tribute to the long-time director of the Elks National Veterans Service Department who died July 22.
We accept torn, tattered and faded old flags to be respectfully retired at our annual ceremony held on Memorial Day. Flags to be retired may be brought to one of two places
Each year on Memorial Day the Beaverton Elks participate in the Beaverton Memorial Day Services at Beaverton Memorial Park on SW 9th & Watson. Come and join us and enjoy this traditional service.
Hunters in twenty-one states are now gathering animal hides for the Veterans Leather Program, one of the most visible activities of the Elks. For nearly 60 years, Elks have collected hides of deer, caribou, antelope, and, yes, elk. Hides are salted, stacked, shrink-wrapped and shipped to a Utah tannery for processing. Then, fingerless wheelchair gloves, along with finished leather for use in crafts programs, are sent to veterans' medical facilities across the country.
"It's a way to remember veterans' sacrifices, to assist them in occupational therapy and to help them get on with everyday life, Charles Cutshaw, national chairman of the Elks' program, told the Associated Press. "People have the impression that everything in a VA hospital is provided [by the government], but that's not true," Cutshaw said.
Last year, Elks distributed about 2,400 pairs of gloves, including many to wheelchair athletes. Elks are also the only source of leather for the crafting of wallets, belts and clothing in the VA's occupational therapy program – "something to occupy their minds and their muscles," adds Cutshaw.
CLICK HERE to learn more about this program.
Do you have any obsolete cell phones around the house? And you hate to just throw them away? Do we have a deal for you! And you can help the Lodge at the same time.
We are now collecting unused cell phones. We are partnering with a company that recycles cell phones, and will pay us up to $50 per phone. They accept the handset and battery only – no accessories or chargers.
After we collect about 35 phones, we ship them to the company, at their expense, and within four business days they mail us a check. Our Lodge office has a price list with their prices paid for every cell phone, car phone, or wireless phone.
This is an ideal way for our Lodge to make some money. So donate your unused phones, tell your neighbors, friends, and relatives to round up theirs and bring them to the Lodge office.
Income for July was $97.07. Not as much as June, but still good. We need to increase our giving if we wish to reach our goal of $2000 for 2010.
We also need some assistance in taking the returnable cans and bottles from the lodge to be cashed in. Please call Exalted Ruler Don Herberholz if you can help.
Thanks to all of you who participate.
O. K. (Keith) Jacques
Chairman, Cans for Charity
On Saturday, June 26, we had another big party at the paper shack. Many thanks to everyone who showed up! It was a nice day and we had tons of fun! It's a lot of hard work, but it is sad more people don't come out to help.
The shacks were fairly clean this time – not a lot of junk for us to weed out. Yea!
Keep the newspapers and cardboard coming in. Please – NO phone books, junk mail, etc.!
Gary Spelce, PER, PDDGER
Thank you so much for those who have
continued to donate to the Snap & Pull Tab
Program. We are still collecting them on
an ongoing basis. Please continue to help
us as every little bit adds up. Thanks!
Your collection can be turned in at the Lodge office.
Gary J. Kniss, Chairman
Janigian Memorial Committee