Volume 4, Issue 10: December 2015
The Official Bulletin of The Fraternal Order of Eagles Grand Aerie
Eagles Collect More Than 60,000 Food Items and Nearly $40,000 During First People Helping Pantries Campaign The Fraternal Order of Eagles held its first ever People Helping Pantries food drive on Saturday, Oct. 3, with Aeries and Auxiliaries across North American uniting to collect 64,999 food items and $38,514 in cash donations to help feed those in need. Alabama -River City #4185 contributed 419 items & cash to Decatur Soup Kitchen. -Pratt City #972 collected 230 food items and $250 in cash. Arizona -Sunnyslope Aerie & Auxiliary #2957 collected 600 items and $100 in cash donations for St. Mary’s Food Bank. -Surprise Eagles #4534 held a canned food drive, collecting 142 pounds of food and $183.50 in cash donations. California -Antelope Valley Aerie & Auxiliary #2985 held a chili/beef stew dinner to benefit the local Salvation Army food bank and hot meal service. Members dropped off a total of 311 food items and $200 in cash. -Chico Auxiliary #218 collected two truckloads of food items to donate to the Jesus Center, as well as $100 in cash donations. Dakota -Bismarck #2236 held a Pack The Pantry Food Drive, collecting 1,160 pounds of food for the Bismarck Emergency Food Pantry. Florida -Spring Hill Aux. #4208 raised food items for the Pack-A-Sack program. -Belleview #4251 donated $200 to the Wings of Faith Food Pantry -Ocala Forest #4216 collected 361 food
The Eagles of Penticton, British Columbia #4281 collected more than 5,000 food items and $436 in cash donations to benefit their local food bank. items for a local food bank. -Lake County Aerie #4273 collected and donated 168 pounds of food to the local food pantry. They have also donated $5,000 this year to two local food pantries. Georgia -Atlanta #714 collected more than 10,000 food items. -Gainesville #4452 collected 345 items. St. Marys #4379 collected 3,462 items. Augusta #1197 collected 700 items. Richmond Hill #330 collected 50 items. Idaho -Coeur d’Alene #486 collected 756 pounds of food in two hours and $356 in cash donations. Indiana -Vincennes #384 collected 726 items.
-River City #4023 collected $120 in cash and 300 pounds of items. -Beech Grove #4167 combined their food drive event with Beech Grove Community Day, collecting roughly 700 pounds in food for the Servants Heart Food Pantry and $987 from concessions for the Indiana State Project. -Old Capitol Auxiliary #2794 donated 132 food items to Harrison County Community Services in Corydon. -Evansville #427 collected 200 items and $86 for the Tri-State Food Bank. -Monticello Aerie & Auxiliary #2570 collected 100 pounds of food for the Monticello Food Pantry. -Princeton #361 collected 38 food items
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and donated $500 to the local Salvation Army. Iowa -Iowa City #695 donated 249 cans and 119 boxes of food to the Johnson County Crisis Center Pantry. -Grinnell #2545 donated 62 items to their local food pantry. Kansas -Lawrence #309 collected 528 cans for Just Food and Leavenworth #55 collected 537 cans. Pictured are several members of Lawrence #309 with three young volunteers from Just Food. -Smoky Hill #765 collected more than 300 items for Catholic Charities. Kentucky -Derby City #2173 collected more than 200 items for the campaign. Member Tom Easley passed away in May before he could serve his term as Southeast Regional President for the current fraternal year, but upon his return from the March Incoming Presidents Meeting, he shared his enthusiasm for People Helping Pantries with the Derby City members, who carried on the event in his honor. Massachusetts -Buzzards Bay #3741 collected more than 200 pounds of food. -Southbridge #334 collected more than 100 pounds of food. Michigan -Greenville #4321 donated 35 cases of non-perishable items to Greenville Community Church Food Pantry. -Coldwater #1907 collected 152 food items and $1,166 for the Branch Area
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Food Pantry. -Orion/Oxford #3613 collected more than 100 items to a local food bank. -Taylor, Mich., #3138 collected 358 items for the Fish & Loaves Community Food Pantry . -Monroe #2254 delivered 1,000 canned and paper products to St. Anne’s Food Pantry in Monroe. Minnesota -Detroit Lakes Aerie & Auxiliary #2342 collected 1,691 items to benefit the Becker County Food Pantry. -Fairbault #1460 collected 76 items for a local food pantry. Missouri -Marceline #726 collected 1,018 food items and $400 in cash for the Marceline Food Pantry. -Springfield Auxiliary #3934 collected 663 items at the Bingo Emporium to donate to a local food bank. -On Oct. 10, Advance, Mo., held a food drive, collecting more than 2,100 items for the local gospel mission, which feeds as many as 200 needy families each month. Montana -Missoula #32 collected 312 pounds of food for the Missoula Food Bank. -Mount Helena Eagles #4040 collected 114 pounds of food. -North Valley Eagles #4081 donated $80 worth of food to the Columbia Falls Food Pantry. Nebraska -Omaha Aerie & Auxiliary #38 collected 500 pounds of non-perishables for the
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Top Producers/ New Leaders for October 2015
Aerie:
1. #741 Columbus, IN 2. #4320 Bellefonte, PA 3. #4294 Burnham, PA 4. #844 Jeannette, PA 5. #4299 Lake Havasu City, AZ
Auxiliary:
1. #741 Columbus, IN 2. #4534 Surprise, AZ 3. #2141 Seattle, WA 4. #3357 Granite Falls, WA 5. #3529 Snoqualmie, WA
Aerie (Individual): 1. William S. Ketter #844 Jeannette, PA 2. Gary Johnson #741 Columbus, IN 3. Five-Way Tie Clara Rood, #2 Robert Wright, #3723 Karl Houser, #4320 Chuck Zapfe, #741 Zach E. Purtlebaugh, #741
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Auxiliary (Individual): 1. Shauna Johnson #741 Columbus, IN 2. Joyce Mitchell #4534 Sun City, AZ 3. Shawna Proske #2141 Seattle, WA 4. Four-Way Tie Ruby Campbell, #1631 Sharon Thiebaud, #2196 Helen Conklin, #398 Brittany Burt, #741
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We Are People Helping People Arizona -Lake Havasu Aerie & Auxiliary #4299 donated $10,000 to Lake Havasu Cancer Association. Co-Chairs Lanie Glick and Dean Beard presented the check to Havasu Community Health Foundation for assistance to cancer victims and their families. Florida -The Eagle Riders of Springhill #4208 held a 9/11 benefit run for K9 Partners for Patriots, which supplies service dogs for veterans with PTSD and TBI, free of charge. The event grew to such size that Springhill had to enlist Crystal River Eagle Riders #4272 to help out. Eventually, the two groups needed the help of both Aeries and Auxiliaries, the County Police, VFW, American Legion Riders and Scootergoods Magazine, among others, to help the cause. The ride started at the K9 Partners for Patriots training facility in Brooksville and ended at the Crystal River Aerie. Two Sheriff’s deputies escorted hundreds of motorcycles and cars on the 23-mile ride. Food was sold and prizes raffled off, while three different entertainers performed. In total, the event raised more than $11,000. -Spring Hill #4208 donated several items for the West Pasco Pregnancy Center. The center provides a number of free services to pregnant women. Henry Wilson, CEO accepted the donations. Indiana -Jr. Past Grand Madam President Gloria Mason presented the check for her special project from last year, PACE Head Start. Gloria was proud to present $53,636.10 for the cause, thanks to the hardworking men and women of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Minnesota -Crookston Eagles #873 presented a check for $2,500 to Crookston High School Band Director Chris Gough, to help purchase new band uniforms. -Willmar Eagles #2334 held their 12th Annual Golf Tournament on September 13, at the Hawk Creek Golf Course in Raymond, Minnesota.
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On Sept. 16, members of the Queen City Eagle Riders from Regina #4126 presented a check for $12,000 to the local STARS air rescue service. To raise the funds, various raffles and rides were held throughout the year. In their three years, the Queen City Eagle Riders have raised more than $40,000 for charity. The group would like to thank Harvey Howie, who donated a 2005 motorcycle for one of the raffles. The tournament raised $1,000 for the Robert Hansen Diabetes Fund. New York -On Oct. 10, Cobleskill Aerie #2695 participated in a local parade. Members rode on an antique fire truck owned by Worthy President Shane Strong. More than 200 pumpkins were handed out to children along the streets. Pennsylvania -Blairsville Eagles Auxiliary & Eagle Riders donated $4,500 to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Virginia -Piedmont #4420 held their 6th Annual Dean Ferris Memorial Poker Run in September, raising $16,887.37 for the Danville Cancer Association, bringing their four-year total to $55,558.20.
North Central -During the 2015 North Central Regional Conference in Bemidji, Minn., the Eagles presented a grant to the Sanford Health Foundation of Northern Minnesota to support its kidney dialysis program.
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Omaha Food Bank. -York Auxiliary #3990 had a drive-thru drop-off for the York County Food Pantry, collecting 130 items and $371 in donations. Ohio -Lake Erie Aerie #2875 collected 157 food items and $418 in cash. -Great Miami #2309 held a rummage sale raising $4,000 for the local Franklin Food Pantry. -Loveland Eagles #3006 collected 70 food items for the Loveland LIFE food pantry. -Guernsey Auxiliary #386 collected 183 items for Grace Pantry. -Columbus Linden Aerie #2252 collected 600 cans of vegetables plus other assorted food items for the Mid-Ohio Food Bank. Oregon -Cornelius #4177 collected 74 pounds of items for the Echo Shaw Elementary School Food Bank. Pennsylvania -Tony Angelo Aerie & Auxiliary #1188 in Latrobe, Pa., collected 79 items and $28 cash for the local food pantry. -Tarentum Aerie & Auxiliary #699 held a huge People Helping Pantries event, welcoming local Fire, Police and EMTs, raffling off a 40� flat screen tv, selling food items and more. Thanks to the hard work of everyone involved, the Eagles had raised enough food to fill half of a box truck and collected $1,841, all of which was split between the Allegheny Valley Community of Churches, the Salvation Army of Brackenridge and the United Presbyterian Church of New Kensington. -Carlisle Eagles #1299 collected 861 items for Project Share. Texas -Auxiliary #2999 of New Braunfels donated $150. Virginia -Fredericksburg #4123 participated in People Helping Pantries, collecting 260 pounds of food and a $1,000 donation to S.E.R.V.E. food pantry presented by member Raymond Polcha. Washington -During the Washington State Fall Leadership Conference in Longview, Wash., members of the State Aerie and Auxiliary
collected 400 pounds of food and $125 in cash donations split between the Longview and Castle Rock food banks. -Pasco Eagles #2241 collected 247 items. West Virginia -Clarksburg Eagles #2353, home of Grand Madam President Penny Skinner, collected 1,057 items for the People Helping Pantries campaign. -Bluefield Aerie & Auxiliary #857 collected 251 items. Wisconsin -Madison Aerie & Auxiliary #623 collected three large barrels of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank. -Green Bay Auxiliary #401 collected 216 food items and $62 in cash donations. -Manitowoc Aerie #706 collected 536 food items and $100 in cash donations. Wyoming -Sweetwater #2350 held their food drive event, collecting 195 items and raising $55 for the local food drive. British Columbia -The Eagles of Penticton #4281 collected more than 5,000 food items and $436 in cash donations to benefit their local food bank. -The Eagles of Campbell River #3097 collected roughly 1,000 food items and $3,500 in cash donations to present to the local food bank. -On Oct. 4, Cranbrook Aerie #3032 hosted a bingo event where players brought food items in exchange for a free bingo card. Almost 90 players showed up and at the end of the event, the Eagles presented Food Bank rep Gerry Oviatt with a check for $1,500, $74 in cash and nearly $300 worth of food items. -Cranbrook Aerie #3032 held a second food bank drive on Oct. 11, this time for the Kimberley British Columbia food bank. Donna Purvis from the food bank volunteered her time to be Paymaster, Heather Smith from the Kimberley Food Bank played bingo and won the Bonanza. Charity Chairman Steve Chisholm presented a check for $1,000, cash of $51 and more than $200 worth of food items, including two frozen turkeys. Total over the two bingos was $2,500 in checks, $124 in cash and $500 in food items.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles 2015
THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
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