Enfield Elks Donate Backpacks and School Supplies

With the help of a $1,500 Anniversary Grant from the Elks National Foundation, Enfield Elks Lodge 2222 was able to purchase backpacks and school supplies for the “Back to School” drive sponsored in September every year by Educational Resources for Children in Enfield.

Lodge members pulled up to the ERfC offices on March 29th with a truckload of boxes that included 80 backpacks, 80 spiral notebooks, 200 packages of filler paper, two cases of erasers, glue and mechanical pencils, three cases of markers, two of pocket folders and two of colored pencils. The Elks also supported ERfC's Back to School program last year.

Lodge volunteers who assisted with the delivery included Lori Percoski, Bill Gordon, Jerome McCray, Mary Moschetti, Joe and Lori Spellman, Ellen Ludemann, Danielle Chabot, Zenobia McCray and Mike Helechu.

In addition to Educational Resources for Children, the Enfield Elks Lodge supports a number of local charities, including the Enfield Warming Center, Enfield Food Shelf, Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen, Outrun Addiction, Key Initiatives to Early Education (K.I.T.E.), the Police Department's "Toy for Joy" drive, the Network Against Domestic Abuse, Enfield Fuel Bank and more. Christmas food baskets are distributed every year to needy families and senior citizens are treated to a free holiday dinner every December.

For more information about the Enfield Elks Lodge, please visit our Facebook page, call (860) 749-0946, or visit us at 138 North Maple St., across the street from the Enfield Annex. Information about the distinctively American Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks can be found at www.elks.org.