Largo, FL Lodge News
ENF Freedom Grant Present Check to Virginia Myers Founder of Veterans Mall
On July 19, 2022, ER Gloria Todd and Veterans Committee Chair Bob Behm presented a check
for $1,000 from the ENF Freedom Grant to Virginia Myers who founded the Veterans Mall
about 9 years ago. Virginia is now 94 and still shows up every Tuesday and Thursday to support
our veterans. Our Elks Lodge currently supports them every time we have a Veterans Clothing
Drive by bringing them suits, sports jackets, dress pants and ties.
The Veterans Mall is a storeroom of home-starter kits including kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom
essentials, i.e. coffeemakers, toasters, pots and pans, dishes, linens, blankets etc. Veterans can
also pick out shoes, suits, etc. to use for job interviews. The object is to get the homeless
veterans off the street and into an apartment and a job! I have submitted a picture of the ER and
myself presenting the check to Virginia and a few pictures of items in the Veterans Mall.
