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Membership Awards!

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Our First group of Grand Exalted Ruler Membership Award pins of the 2019/2020 Elks year have been earned!

We are honored to recognize our member’s efforts in bringing our community into the walls of our great lodge and strengthening the Great Heart of Elkdom by proposing new members to our lodge and benevolent society and then seeing these members through to initiation and finally membership in our order. Below are four members that our Grand Exalted Ruler Robert L. Duitsman and your lodge membership committee would like to thank and congratulate for meeting and some exceeding the membership award goal of bringing in 3 new or reinstated members to our order.

These awards will be presented at our October 8th lodge meeting.

Our Ballard Elks Lodge Member’s Receiving a Grand Exalted Ruler Membership Award From Initiation in the 2018/2019 Grand Exalted Ruler’s Year

    • Cindy Olsby – 1 pin for bringing in 3 new members 
    • Grims Gislason, Past Exalted Ruler- 1 pin for bringing in 3 new members

Grand Exalted Ruler Award pins are earned for any combination of 3 new or reinstated members.  One pin for every three members proposed and initiated during the Grand Exalted Rulers year.  A Grand Exalted Ruler Award watch is earned for any combination of 11 new or reinstated members. Congratulations & Thank you!

 

Elk of the Month

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What an amazingly busy and fun time we’ve had around the lodge this summer!  As we come into our even busier fall months the Past Exalted Ruler Association and our Ballard Elks Lodge would like to recognize an Elk that time and time again has stepped up to run not only some fun lodge events but does the behind the scenes things that makes us all thankful and proud to call him an Elk.  You’ve seen him welcoming people to the lodge and consistently organizing volunteers to do good for our community

This member of the Ballard Elks Lodge, initiated in February of 1991 was recognized by the lodge with Honorary Life Member status in 2005.  He has served as a lodge officer multiple times, acting as our Exalted Ruler in 2004 and a lodge trustee after that.  He has ran and organized our Christmas Basket program for easily 12 years and this past month put on one of the most well attended Ballard Elks Car Shows any of us can remember.  Raising thousands for our lodge and charity while at the same time hosting an event that every age group in our lodge could come and enjoy.  With literally hundreds of spectators wandering through our parking lot during the event we exposed our lodge, the great things we do and incredible fun we had to many in our community

Johnny Muzevic – Thank you!  You’ve gone above and beyond to help our lodge succeed, to support Elkdom and to set the example of what it means to be connected to Elkdom and our community.  Your efforts are helping build the fun and friendship in Ballard and is encouraging those around you to recognize what great things we have and look into how they can do more for our fellow lodge members and our community.  Well done and thank you from the Past Exalted Ruler Association and your fellow Elks at the Ballard Elks lodge 827.  It’s these types of actions that leave a lasting impression.

Monthly Elk of the Month Award recipients not only get this article in the Antlers Newsletter & Online, they receive a $12 gift certificate to our social quarters, an Elk of the Month certificate to pin on their wall and are in the running for Elk of the Year, awarded at the Officer Installation Dinner each year. You can find the nomination form on our website (ballardelks.org), fill it out as best you can and get it to our Past Exalted Ruler Association before the 19th of each month – 827per@ballardelks.org

Elk of the Month

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This month the Past Exalted Ruler Association and our Ballard Elks Lodge would like to recognize an Elk that has gone above and beyond helping our lodge this year, an Elk from another lodge that’s making the connection through Elkdom to help us succeed.  You’ve seen her jumping in to help out at our lodge meetings and special initiations, filling vacancies and reciting the needed words and rituals from memory.

She is a Past Exalted Ruler from the Lake City Lodge #1800, a member of the Ballard Lodge Past Exalted Ruler Association and a member of the Lynwood Lodge 2171.  She has freely offered to help with events like our 2019 crab feed and jumps at the opportunity, each and every year to help install the officers of our lodge.  Recently she dropped her evening plans and quickly drove to our lodge to fill a last minute ritual position vacancy at our August special initiation and help make that event a huge success for our newly initiated members and for our Washington State Elks Association President, Greg Heimgartner, who was invited and in attendance for our special initiation night.

Kay McAndie – Thank you!  You’ve gone above and beyond to help our lodge succeed, to support Elkdom and to set the example of what it means to be connected to Elkdom and our fellow lodges.  Your efforts are helping build the fun and friendship in Ballard and is encouraging those around you to recognize what great things we have and look into how they can do more for our fellow lodges and state association.  Well done and thank you from the Past Exalted Ruler Association and your fellow Elks at the Ballard Elks lodge 827.  It’s these types of actions that leave a lasting impression.

Monthly Elk of the Month Award recipients not only get this article in the Antlers Newsletter & Online, they receive a $12 gift certificate to our social quarters, an Elk of the Month certificate to pin on their wall and are in the running for Elk of the Year, awarded at the Officer Installation Dinner each year. You can find the nomination form on our website (ballardelks.org), fill it out as best you can and get it to our Past Exalted Ruler Association before the 19th of each month – 827per@ballardelks.org

Anti-Bullying Month!

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We Need Your help to make sure this message reaches the most kids in our community it can.  Please download the PDF, print it and post at your school or community center or ???

Taproot Theater performs these plays in schools, churches, community centers and other places like the Elks and often the organization can’t afford the fees and Taproot steps in with their financial assistance program and makes sure the costs are covered and the message gets to the kids.  We want to support this program.  It can save lives!  If you or your business can pledge any amount towards this charitable program we would greatly appreciate it.

 

 

Elk of the Month!

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This month the Past Exalted Ruler Association and our Ballard Elks Lodge would like to recognize the selfless and hugely needed work by our amazing members Rachel Rodriguez and Rick Weisz.  You’ve all seen the peanuts hanging at the east of the bar, all bagged up and numbered, ready for purchase and enjoyment.  Those peanuts, that entire program, is managed by Rachel and Rick.  They buy the peanuts, package them up and have them available for us all to enjoy.

The cool part here is that the money raised is earmarked by them to make our lodge better.  Recently they funded a shortfall on the camera project and provided the needed funds to complete the project.  They’ve used their profits to buy needed tv’s for the lounge as well as all the materials needed to paint the entire social quarters – and they did most of the work themselves!  They’ve done so many good things for our lodge with this program that we can’t help but thank them for their efforts

Rachel and Rick – Thank you!  Your efforts are helping build the fun in Ballard and is encouraging those around you to have fun, enjoy our facilities and volunteer to help out around the lodge.  Well done and thank you from the Past Exalted Ruler Association and your fellow lodge members.

Monthly Elk of the Month Award recipients not only get this article in the Antlers Newsletter & Online, they receive a $12 gift certificate to our social quarters, an Elk of the Month certificate to pin on their wall and are in the running for Elk of the Year, awarded at the Officer Installation Dinner each year. You can find the nomination form on our website (ballardelks.org), fill it out as best you can and get it to our Past Exalted Ruler Association before the 19th of each month – 827per@ballardelks.org

Membership Social!

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PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR – Our annual Membership Social is ON!

Mark your calendars for Friday, August 9 for a fun evening of raffles, prizes, food and drink and camaraderie downstairs in our lodge’s first floor event space

There will be opportunities for all to learn more about and even sign up to help out your favorite Elks’ events!

Come enjoy an evening with old friends, meet new friends and learn more about how to best participate in your Lodge and its events and activities!

Ballard Elks Fight Song

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Did you know we had a song?

You never know what will happen at a Ballard Elks Lodge Meeting!

Presented at our July 9th lodge meeting – “Yes, We’re From Ballard!” – a 100+ year old song written and copyrighted for our lodge.  How cool is that?  Thank you Darrel for finding this and bringing to our lodge meeting.

Yes, We’re From Ballard!
Words and Music by Walter Fryburg
Copyrighted MCMXIX (1919)

We’re a red-hot bunch of Ballard Elks and we’re out to have some fun,
We are out to chase the gloom and blues, and to put them on the run.
We have no time to mourn or weep, For it makes us feel like Hell,
If you make us blue, it’s good-bye you, We will have to say Fare-well.

Chorus:
Yes, we’re from Ballard, from good old Ballard,
The home of live ones
Down by the sea; the western sea.
We do some crowing, But watch us Growing,
Lodge eight two seven B.P.O.E, Yes, we’re from E!

There may be lodges larger far than old Ballard eight two sev’n
But a better bunch can not be found, unless perhaps in heav’n.
Just make a call at any time, we will make you feel at home,
We will take your hand, and well treat you grand, so you’ll never want to roam.

Chorus:
Yes, we’re from Ballard, from good old Ballard,
The home of live ones
Down by the sea; the western sea.
We do some crowing, But watch us Growing,
Lodge eight two seven B.P.O.E, Yes, we’re from E!

Our brother’s faults up on the sand are written and erased
But their virtues live in memory, where they can not be effaced.
We try to live the golden rule, and we practice what we preach,
Join in our song, we are going strong, we’re the bunch from Ballard Beach!

Chorus:
Yes, we’re from Ballard, from good old Ballard,
The home of live ones
Down by the sea; the western sea.
We do some crowing, But watch us Growing,
Lodge eight two seven B.P.O.E, Yes, we’re from E!

Download the pdf here.

 

 

Membership Awards!

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Grand Exalted Ruler Membership Awards

Pictured receiving pins: Nestor “Baby” Tamayao (PER), Mary Lynn “Skeeter” Bogdanovich (Tiller), Dee Anne Evans (Treasurer). Ben Braden (PER) awarding pins.

Our Final group of Grand Exalted Ruler Membership Award pins of the 2018/2019 Elks year have been earned!

We are honored to recognize our member’s efforts in bringing our community into the walls of our great lodge and strengthening the Great Heart of Elkdom by proposing new members to our lodge and benevolent society and then seeing these members through to initiation and finally membership in our order. Below are four members that our Grand Exalted Ruler Micheal T. Luhr and your lodge membership committee would like to thank and congratulate for meeting and some exceeding the membership award goal of bringing in 3 new or reinstated members to our order – AND – a member receiving a Grand Exalted Ruler membership award watch for bringing in 11 new members!

By bringing our community members within our walls you help build the stepping stone needed to enable our lodge to create our Grand Exalted Rulers vision that “Working Together To Make A Difference” and have it become a reality

These awards were presented at our July 9th lodge meeting.

Our Ballard Elks Lodge Member’s Receiving a Grand Exalted Ruler Membership Award From Initiation in the 2018/2019 Grand Exalted Ruler’s Year

    • Dee Ann Evans – 1 pin for bringing in 3 new members (her 3rd pin of the year)
    • Cathy Anne Prentice – 1 pin for bringing in 3 new members
    • Karl Uri – 1 pin for bringing in 3 new members
    • Lori Queen – 1 pin for bringing in 3 new members (her 2nd pin of the year)
    • Mary Lynn Bogdanovich –  1 pin for bringing in 3 new members (her 8th pin of the year)
    • Nestor “Baby” Tamayao, PER – 1 pin for bringing in 3 new members
    • Rob Casey – 1 pin for bringing in 3 new members (his 2nd of the year)

Grand Exalted Ruler Award pins are earned for any combination of 3 new or reinstated members.  One pin for every three members proposed and initiated during the Grand Exalted Rulers year.  A Grand Exalted Ruler Award watch is earned for any combination of 11 new or reinstated members. Congratulations & Thank you!

 

We have a Winner!

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$100 Winner!

Ron found his Membership number in the Antlers!

Congratulations Ron Benish and thank you for taking the time to read our outstanding monthly newsletter!  The $100 pot is a big thank you for reading the newsletter, finding your membership number hidden within and coming to the next lodge meeting after the newsletter comes out to claim your prize money.  The prize pot starts over in August with $25 in the pot!

The Newsletter Number Game 

The Membership Committee created a membership game incorporated into our monthly Antlers Newsletter.  Members who read the monthly lodge newsletter might find their membership number hidden somewhere inside. When the member finds their number, the member comes to the next Lodge meeting to collect $25 in person, in cash.  The pot builds if it’s not claimed each month to a maximum of $300 in one  year!

    • Only can be claimed at the next Lodge meeting after a newsletter is printed.  Generally the second Tuesday of the month after a newsletter comes out unless there is only one meeting in the next month, (July, August & December)
    • You must be present at the meeting to win.

How it works: a member number will be chosen at the second Tuesday of the month Lodge meeting by our Esquire. ((28311)) It will be recorded and then sent to the newsletter editing team to be hidden somewhere in the text of any article in the Antlers newsletter for the month after the number was drawn.  If you see your number in the newsletter bring it and yourself to the next lodge meeting after the newsletter was printed to claim your prize – and don’t forget your membership card!  You need to be a member in good standing to attend the meeting and therefore to claim the prize.

We’ve hidden a membership number in this text as an example. Did you find it?

The goal is to encourage members to receive the lodge newsletter, read the Newsletter and attend a meeting (even if it’s the only meeting of the year they attend to claim their prize!).  Our lodge sends out over 1500 emails with the newsletter linked to inside and generally it is opened to be read by about 300 members that received it.  Conversely know that the newsletter is also printed and mailed out to almost 500 members each month at an average cost of $1.20/member.  Affording to mail it everyone is a tremendous cost to the lodge so we appreciate those that receive it by email and are hoping to find an exciting way to get you all to read our lodge newsletter – the primary form of communication between the lodge and the member.