The holiday season, that time for friends, family, and community and around our lodge it’s time for our annual Christmas Basket program began back in 1965 by our departed member PER Bill Chandler. What began with passing the hat around to help a fellow Elk recently injured and in need, built into an amazing program helping build community in our neighborhoods and grounding our belief in helping our fellow man.
This past month a longtime member of 44 years stepped up and went abov
Peter Monsaas Jr. – Thank you! You’ve gone above and beyond to help our lodge build community by making those amazing Ballard Elks emblazoned cribbage boards to be given away with our lodge Christmas baskets. Your efforts are astounding in a day and age of online connections and quickly delivered gifts. To do the work you did for such a noble cause exemplifies the values of
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 and prove a good deed honestly and properly preformed lasts forever.