WhatsNew:
We are your Florida State Elks Ritual Champs 3 years running and 3rd in the nation!
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Congratulations to your Ritual Team for winning the State Elks Ritual Competition for the 3rd year in a row! The trophy is now retired after achieving this amazing feat and will stay in our Lodge.
Bradenton #1511 placed 3rd at the National Convention Ritual Competition. Congratulate them for a job well done when you see them around the Lodge.
CurrentNews:
Antlers Program
May 12, 2010
Watch for upcoming news on our Antler program at Bradenton Lodge #1511. If you would like more information please email Bob Erwin.
RecentEvents:
Fall Festival Event
November 8th, 2010
Our recent Fall Festival was a great success! Thank you to everyone that pitched in and volunteered to help make this event successful, without all of you it couldn't have been done. The event made a net profit of just over $2000.00 which will be used for Lodge renovations. Check back soon on our Photo Gallery for pictures from the event.
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May 28th, 2011
Congratulations to this years Ritual Team for placing 1st in the State Ritual Competition over this past weekend at the 105th Annual Florida State Elks Assocition Convention. This is the 4th year in a row that our Ritual Team has been crowned the State Ritual Champions! When you see them around the Lodge, with them good luck in the National Competition in Phoenix, Arizona in July. All team members recieved the All State Title with the exception of 2, and our current Exalted Ruler Robert Pate received the coveted Jolly Cork Award.
Below are the performing officers and the awards.
- Exalted Ruler Jeff Mitchell - All State
- Leading Knight "K" McCracken - All State
- Loyal Knight Robert Pate - All State & Jolly Cork
- Lecturing Knight Mike Dinius - 2nd Place
- Esquire David Manning - All State
- Inner Gaurd Liz Andricks - All State
- Candidate Mike Carter - All State
- Ritual Coaches Lou Horvath & Bob Erwin - All State
Congratulations and good luck in Phoenix!
January 21st, 2011
Here are some pictures of our Exalted Ruler Jeff Mitchell and his wife Janet handing out backpacks filled with food to children at Abel Elementary. This is being accomplished through our Elks Feeding Empty Little Tummies (E.F.E.L.T.) community project. You can read the article published by Vin Mannix of the Bradenton Herald titled "Christmas all over again" that describes what the project is all about. If you would like to make a donation to our Elks Feeding Empty Little Tummies (E.F.E.L.T.) community project, you can do so online form our E.F.E.L.T. Donation page.
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December 1st, 2010
Pepsi has approved our grant submitted for E.F.E.L.T. and is now in the voting stage. We are now competing for a $50,000.00 grant to feed homeless children in Manatee County and only the top 10 projects will be awarded grants. The grant is part of the Pepsi Refresh Project and requires that ideas be submitted, approved and then win a voting competition to be awarded the grant money. The grant money, if awarded, will be used to provide meals and hygiene staples over the weekend to these children. Here is where your help is needed, we need your votes for the project. Will you please take a moment and follow the link to vote on this project? You do have to fill out a short registration, but it will only take you a minute or two. The name of the Pepsi Refresh Project is: Feed Empty Little Tummies of homeless children in Manatee County Fla., it is listed under the Food & Shelter category (yellow) and the requested dollar amount is $50,000.00. You can click on the following link to take you directly to the project page, http://www.refresheverything.com/feedemptylittletummies.
You can vote once a day, each day of December on this project, but the voting ends on December 31st so please vote as often as you can. We need everyones help in voting on this project to help the children of Manatee County.
Thank you for your support and please pass this on to others to vote.
November 29th, 2010
Here are some pictures from our recent Mini Golf ENF Fund Raising Event that was held on Friday November 19th.
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November 17th, 2010
Our Lodge was recently contacted by PER Patrick Gallagher of Manasota Lodge 2734 regarding a person who was in a bad accident nearly two years ago. His name is Kyle Alexander and he was in a coma for eight months following the accident. He has become dependant on a wheelchair from being in that coma and is still in a rehabilitation home. The family needed a wheelchair so they could bring him home for day visits, but the insurance company would not order the wheelchair without a $500.00 cash deposit. Our Lodge, along with Manasota Lodge 2734, donated $250.00 from each Lodge so the family could have the wheelchair ordered. Now, nearly two years after the accident, the family will be able to bring Kyle home for day visits. The family is very thankful to both Lodges for helping them get their much needed wheelchair. This is truly the results of how Elks Care … Elks Share. Pictured below is Kyle in his new wheelchair.
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November 9th, 2010
Bradenton Lodge #1511 has received a $10,000.00 Impact Grant from the Elks National Foundation! This grant will help start funding E.F.E.L.T. which stands for Elks Feeding Empty Little Tummies! This grant will go to help feed children in need within our community that are classed as Title 1 kids in our school system who are fed during the week for free at school. This grant will help feed these same children during their time outside of school such as on weekends. Our current Lodge ER Jeff Mitchell wrote and submitted this grant and we were 1 of 51 lodges in the entire United States to be awarded an Impact Grant from the Elks National Foundation. ER Jeff Mitchell has also submitted another grant to Pepsi-Cola in the amount of $50,000.00 to help fund E.F.E.L.T. and we should have word sometime in December on this grant.
November 8th, 2010
Our recent Fall Festival was a great success! Thank you to everyone that pitched in and volunteered to help make this event successful, without all of you it couldn't have been done. The event made a net profit of just over $2000.00 which will be used for Lodge renovations. Check back soon on our Photo Gallery for pictures from the event.
October 31st, 2010
The Halloween Party was a blast. Thanks to everyone who donated food on very short notice for this event, this really proves that Elks Care ... Elks Share. Visit our Photo Gallery for some great pictures of Elks in their costumes!
October 24th, 2010
Everyone had a Hula great time at the PER Luau and enjoyed the wonderful food. The PER's put on a exciting performance in their rendition of "Marraige of the King". Visit our Photo Gallery for some great pictures of Elks in traditional, well maybe traditional, hula luau attire!
September 13th, 2010
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Our Bar Bingo recently donated school supplies to three area elementary schools. Each school was very appreciative of the donations. Pictured giving out the school supplies to school principals and staff are PER Gloria Gardner and Bar Bingo Chairman PDDGER Danny Tabor.
September 7th, 2010
The Endless Summer Event over the Labor Day weekend was a complete success. We gained over 12 membership applications and raised over $8,100.00 for the Harry-Anna Trust Foundation. Many thanks to Bob Slicker for organizing the events on Sunday and George Dinius for organizing the Classic Car Show on Monday and to all of the other members who volunteered their time to help over this great weekend. Visit our Photo Gallery for some great pictures of the weekend events.
