The last two months have been a blur for me as there was one thing after another. In February of each year, it is necessary to have two Lodge meetings; one for nominations of officers and the second, the election itself. We did have the two required meetings and at the end of this column, you will find the results of this year’s election.
March’s initiation of new members on March 9th enabled us to bring the total of members of our Lodge to 2,003. March 16th and 17th brought us two days of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. The 16th was Ocean City’s annual St. Paddy’s Day parade; and our Lodge followed suit by holding a fun day of food (Irish, of course), drinks and music. We had a full house of members and friends who joined in the festivities. We had a “sea of green” on the 16th. The 17th (the actual St. Patrick’s Day) brought another full day of fun, music, food and drink with a special performance by OC’s Official Bagpipe and Drum Troupe. Wish you all could have been here.
Later that week involved a visit to Crisfield Maryland’s Lodge for dinner with the Grand Exalted Ruler on Thursday and then traveling to Pocomoke, MD for the spring convention of all Lodges from Friday through Sunday. A week later saw us celebrating Easter. We did keep the Lodge open on Easter for members and guests. This brings us up to date with the arrival of April. On April 6th at 1:00 p.m. the Lodge will conduct the Installation of Lodge Officers for the next fiscal year. For those who may not know, our fiscal year begins in April and ends the last day of March. Try to attend to show your support for those who run your Lodge. We may be the biggest Lodge, but I hope we can show to one another how much we care. Remember: Elks share – Elks care! On this note, if you know of any Elk who needs some help, let us know.
Finally, in closing, remember without volunteers we can’t function as well as we do. They had a very busy month, stepped up and volunteered for everything that was needed so never forget what we can do when we do it together.
STAY SAFE! BE HAPPY!
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