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Watertown Elks Lodge 496

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Comedy Night at Elks Lodge # 496

    Comedy Night

    On the evening of May 6th, the Watertown Elks Lodge # 496 Past Exalted Rulers Association sponsored the Comedy Night held at the Lodge's Banquet Room.  The evening turned out to be a hit!  The evening was entertained by three great comedians - Dr. Jaxn and Matt Clark and the headliner for the evening was Dan Viola!  There were NO sound of crickets chirping and there were a lot of laughters.

    The doors opened at 6 PM and the Lodge provided food items for sale and 50/50 raffle.  Prior to the main event, there was a joke-off with three contestests.  Two of the three contestants are officers of our Lodge.  Esteemed Leading Knight Michael Cummings and Trustee / PER Tony Verne gave it a try in the amateur contest along with one other individual (never got to catch her name) and all of them got the entire crowd laughing!  Great job!

    All the volunteers were Past Exalted Rulers of our Lodge and great job done by all.  Such great teamwork!!!

    Children's Christmas Party

    December 11, 2022

     Another successful Elks event. The Children’s Christmas Party!  Lots of kids and plenty of pizzas to go around. So great to see children’s smiles on their face. Thank you to those who volunteered in making the pizzas, serving and cleaning up. Hats off to Janet Gardner and Kasey Gardner for collecting names and doing the shopping. We know it wasn’t easy!  Tony Verne and John Gaffney for making delicious pizzas!  Check out the pictures below!


    Harvest dinner meals, Warm Hands Warm Feet and the Children’s Christmas party were all made possible by donations from our members and the community who supports this great organization. Thank you to all!!

    Children's Christmas Party 2022

      Elks Care ~ Elks Share

      Operation Warm Feet, Warm Hands

      On the morning of November 29, 2022, the Watertown Elks Lodge # 496 made a donation in the form of check to CAPC to cover the expense of the purchase of boots and mittens for area children as part of the Elks Annual Operation Warm Hands, Warm Feet.  All this was made possible by generous donations of our Lodge members!  The area children THANKS YOU and have made us beautiful Thank You cards 

      Pictured from left to right: PER Dennis J Brady; Mary Jane Mathewson - Family Center Director; PER Trustee Kathy Converse; Craig Cashman - CEO; PER Trustee Cheryl Clark; Trustee Linda Knight; Trish Gay - Head Start Family Special Sr. Specialist. 

      Elks Youth Hoop Shoot November 26th

      2022-2023 Hoop Shoot

      2022-2023 Hoop Shoot

      2022-2023 Hoop Shoot

      PER Dennis J Brady announcing Hoop Shoot contest rules and rules of the audience.

      Our Volunteers

      2022-2023 Hoop Shoot

      2022-2023 Hoop Shoot

      Of course, the Hoop Shoot contest could never be much of a success without our volunteers!!!  NOTE: You do NOT have to be an Elk to volunteer in this event.

      In this picture: Mike St. Joseph, Carol Cerow, PER Anthony J Verne, Geoff Mattraw, Frank Massa and sitting is PSP Tim Kelly.  PER Joan Carlo also volunteered and she's the one behind the camera!!!

      To all the volunteers, THANK YOU!!

      Boys Age 8-9 Group

      2022-2023 Hoop Shoot

      Girls Age 8-9 Group

      4 boys participated.  Group winner:

      1st Place - Landon Blair

      2nd Place - Mallet Fargo

      Girls Age 8-9 Group

      Boys Age 10-11 Group

      Girls Age 8-9 Group

      Two girls participated.

      1st Place - Harper Robbins

      2nd Place - Morghan LaVancha

      Boys Age 10-11 Group

      Boys Age 10-11 Group

      Boys Age 10-11 Group

      Eight boys particpated.

      1st Place - Braydon Burdick

      2nd Place - Lucas St. Joseph

      Boys Age 12-13 Group

      Boys Age 10-11 Group

      Boys Age 10-11 Group

      Three boys participated.

      1st Place - Mason Burdick

      2nd Place - Shane Millan Jr

      Watertown Elks Donates to the Community - November 23, 2022

      At the VFW

      On Wednesday morning, November 23rd, our Lodge has something extra to be Thankful for on Thanksgiving. 

      At the Veterans Outreach Center

      Watertown Elks Lodge # 496 regretted not being able to provide Harvest Dinner for area senior citizens due to the snowmaggedon over the weekend, but we were able to serve turkey dinner to our members, and then donate the remainder to area community. 

      At the Salvation Army

      Thanksgiving food was donated to the VFW, the Veterans Outreach Center, the Salvation Army and to the temporary shelter for the homeless in Watertown.   

      At the Temporary Shelter for the Homeless

      Our hearts are full knowing we have contributed to our community and knowing that the homeless will have a nice Thanksgiving meal.

      The meals were delivered by Exalted Ruler Ed Massa, PER Anthony Verne and PER Dennis J Brady.  

      Veterans Day Luncheon 2022

      On Saturday, November 12th, 2022, Veterans Day Luncheon was held today at our Watertown Elks Lodge. Opened with a brief ceremony out across the street at our Lodge’s Honorary Outer Guard (Pvt Harold Wright) at 11:00 am. It was followed by opening with Exalted Ruler’s introduction of officers and his opening speech. PER Trustee Anthony J Verne led in prayer. Esteemed Leading Knight led with the scouts in the pledge of allegiance. Fort Drum Sergeant Garnett sang the National Anthem. Our guest speaker was Lt. Col. Peter Young from Fort Drum.  PER Joan Carlo led in singing God Bless America to close the luncheon. A good day today. 

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      Dictionary Project - Drug Awareness Program

      On November 9, 2022, Drug Awareness chairperson Anthony J. Verne (Watertown Lodge # 496 trustee, PER) went to Glen Park Elementary School to distribute dictionaries and to speak with four 3rd grade classes about the Dictionary, the Elks, what Elks do, the various programs that the Elks have.

      The students were engaging and happy to have the beautiful dictionaries that were given to them.  This is the 13th elementary school that he has distributed dictionaries to with five more to go, all in Jefferson County. 

      The Dictionary Project is part of the Drug Awareness program.  Drug Awareness program is one of many programs that the Elks provide (Community Activity, Veterans, Youth, Government Relations, ENF, Major Projects, etc.). 

      ER Volunteer Appreciation Awards

      ER Volunteer Appreciation Dinner & Awards

      On Saturday, March 18th, 2023, it  was the ER Volunteer Appreciation Dinner.  It was a night for the Exalted Ruler to express his appreciation for the officers, committee members, community members and the volunteers for their service to the Lodge and to the community.  There were certificates of appreciation and awards given out.  Congratulations to all those deserving individuals!


      Certificate of Appreciation: Kim Kowal for her secretarial service
      Certificate of Appreciation: Linda Cantwell & Julie Verne for Queen of Hearts and Volunteering
      Certificate of Appreciation: JoAnn Pastor for Membership Board & Volunteering
      Certifcate of Appreciation: Kasey Gardner for Children's Christmas Party & Volunteering
      Employee of the Year: Elwyn Bodley
      Committeeperson of the Year: PSP Tim Kelly
      Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award: Dominic Nicoll of Salvation Army
      Outstanding Service Commendation: PER Tony Verne
      Outstanding Service Commendation: PER Dennis J Brady
      Officer of the Year: Anne M Fleming
      Elk of the Year: Janet Gardner


      OFFICERS FOR 2023-2024

      Exalter Ruler - Anne M. Fleming

      Esteemed Leading Knight - Michael Cummings

      Esteemed Loyal Knight - 

      Esteemed Lecturing Knight - Margaret "Peg" Bootie

      Secretary - Heather Sullivan

      Treasurer - Beth Bennett

      Esquire - Karen Miller

      Tiler - Philip K Nuffer

      Chaplain - PER Dennis J. Brady

      Inner Guard - Linda Lepper


      Trustees:

      PER Anthony J. Verne

      Linda Knight

      Jay Miller

      Mary Hughes Hoistion

      PER Edward C. Massa




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