Happy New Elk Year to all !! That’s right, April is the start of the new Elk year for all Lodges in our great Nation. For many, including our own, this means new faces in key places like Officers and our various Committees. I’m honored to be the Exalted Ruler for the High Points Elks Lodge # 1155 and I’m looking forward to all the great events we will have for this upcoming year.

I’d like to introduce you to our Team of Officers for this year:
Tom Connolly – Exalted Ruler
Tim Hight – Leading Knight
Gary Feldner – Loyal Knight
Bob DeLuca – Lecturing Knight
Shari Driscoll – Secretary
Ada Sanchez – Treasurer
Patti Reece – Esquire
Steve Perdue – Tiler
Mike Stepp – Inner Guard
Bob Henson – Chaplain
Please be sure to thank them for their efforts and we are all here to help answer any questions you may have as the year progresses.

Our motto for 2019 is a simple, yet powerful one: Service Before Self. I can’t think of a better fit for our Lodge since so much of what is done there is handled by volunteers. They are putting their Service to the Lodge before themselves in order to make it a fun and safe place for all member’s and their families to come and make lifelong memories and friendships.

There are too many volunteers to list on this page, but I would like to acknowledge and thank some of the people who are chairing our Committees/Auxiliaries:
House – Russ Pallaci
Membership – Doug Orcutt
Veterans – Beth Hawks
Swim Team – Char Edwards
Ladies Auxiliary President – Laurie Valles
Americanism – Deanna Vernon
Antlers Program – Kara Henson, Susan Day, Robyn Feldner
Public Relations / Webmaster / Social Media – Stewart McGlaughlin
Pool – Tom Connolly

You can talk to myself, or any of the Members listed above to give feedback or offer to help out any way you can in support of our wonderful Lodge.

Lastly, communication is the key to having a successful year. Please make sure you are signed up for our weekly email blast (1 step subscribe link below) and check our website for our monthly newsletter and upcoming events. You can click on most of the events that are listed to get more information.

Upcoming Events – hpelks.com/upcoming
E-blast Sign Up – hpelks.com/subscribe
Social Media – hpelks.com/social

Congratulations to Tom Adams for being named our March Elk of the Month.

I hope to see you at our Lodge soon!!!

Fraternally yours,
Tom Connolly
Exalted Ruler