Hello Members and Friends,

December was a wonderfully busy month for our Lodge as it we had several of our traditional gatherings to celebrate “the most wonderful time of the year”. We started off the month by paying respect to our absent members in the Annual Memorial Service. It is a very nice service and if you have never seen one, please try and attend one in the future-they are always held on the first Sunday in December. We also kicked off our first PER Steak night of the winter, and as usual the steaks were grilled to perfection and everyone had a nice time. We will have these the first Friday of each month thru March—if you’re interested you must RSVP ahead of time by calling the office. We had an amazing turnout for the Breakfast with Santa that was put on by our Ladies Auxiliary and kids of all ages were excited to see Saint Nick arrive to visit and take pictures with the kids. Later that same day, our Antlers program went to the River Landing retirement home. Together with some of our members and families they played bingo, sat and talked and helped bring some early Christmas cheer to the residents and it looks like everyone had a wonderful afternoon. We also had a very well attended Christmas open house that was packed with members, guests and food. It was great to see everyone enjoying each other’s company, the NFL games and all the food that people brought as well as Mike’s famous wings. Later that week we had our traditional Members Christmas party with around 40 members attending and enjoying Holiday music, fellowship, raffles and some great food. Last but certainly not least we had our annual Family Christmas Karaoke/Burger night and I think we set a record for number of songs played. We had a very festive group of singers who enjoyed singing and dancing for the crowd that night and a lot of family memories were made thanks to the kids.

Needless to say there a LOT of thank-you’s to be said for all the hard work people did to make all of this happen in December—so THANK YOU to everyone who volunteered, prepped, help plan, decorate, cook, worked, cleaned or attended an event this past month. It truly is heartwarming to see everyone pitch in and show why the High Point Elks Lodge is such a great place for the entire family.

I hope that 2020 is a happy and successful year for you and your loved ones.

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Congratulations to Bob Gold for being named our December Elk of the Month.

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

Fraternally yours,
Tom Connolly
Exalted Ruler