Hamden Elks Install Officers

The Hamden Elks Lodge #2224  installed officers for the 2011-2012 year beginning April 1.

Shown are, left to right, front: Chaplain Nancy Torello, 3rd  Vice President Edward Gorman, 1^st Vice President Robert Murphy, Exalted Ruler (President) Karen Forsyth, 2^nd Vice-President Alton Hudson, Esquire Harry Richetelle. Back row: Treasurer Peter Fusco, Trustee Timothy Mayer, Trustee Eric Wagner, Tiler Scott McKechnie, Inner Guard Art Camera, Trustee Carl Rennie and Secretary Andrew Caporossi.

The Hamden Elks are dedicated to youth scholarship, sports and drug prevention programs, patriotism, service to our hospitalized veterans, and raising funds for national and local charities and catastrophic causes.

Membership in Hamden Lodge #2224 is comprised of men and women from Hamden, North Haven and other communities in the area. Chartered in 1961, the Hamden Elks Lodge is celebrating its 50^th year serving Hamden and North Haven communities.