2024
Shannon Hubbard, Exalted Ruler, attended Grand Lodge convention in Austin Texas on June 28 and 29. It was an incredible learning opportunity for her as a first time Exalted Ruler and she was very grateful for the opportunity to attend. Darron Jordan attended also.
Highlights:
- Congratulations to Elks as a whole for growing in membership for the last three years straight. Elks have grown over 14,000 per year for the last three years.
- The membership theme this year is “Let’s soar to four in 2024”!
- Huge congratulations to two of the members from Alabama. * Rick Thompson was elected as Grand Esteemed Lecturing Knight and Gwen Parker was elected as Fraternal Committee Chairman.
- The Americanism Essay Contest theme for the year is, “What does patriotism mean to me?”. This is the contest each year for 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Our lodge always had a success with this event. The grand lodge now offers a monetary prize for final winners.
- OUR NEW GRAND EXALTED RULER is Douglas Schiefer from Ohio. (Pronounced Sheefer)
2023
ER Ron Stone attended the 2023 National Convention in Minneapolis, MN. While there representing CVEL Ron attended a number of workshops to help our CVEL chairpersons enhance their programs for the Lodge year 2023-2024. Ron was very impressed with his first National Convention experience and came back excited with new ideas and goals for CVEL.