Dear Fellow Elks,

The season is upon us and as Elks we should all be in the mood to give. Our annual Toy Drive

is under way along with our Food Drive. Please be generous and let’s show the community

that Elks Care and Elks Share.

Several of us attended the Mid-Year Convention last month and heard all the reports from the

state committee chairs. It is truly amazing to hear all the good works we as Elks can accom-

plish.

The total donation to Harry Anna, including the Youth Camp and Children’s therapy was $327,968.55 for the

period ending 10/31/15. That’s a lot but the figure is down over 11% from last year. Please, if you haven’t

made a Harry Anna contribution yet this year, do it now. The Elks National Fund is up over last year largely

due to bequests. The Youth Camp and Children’s Therapy reports were absolutely fantastic. What we do for

kids is something to be extremely proud of. We were informed that our Camperships for next year will in-

crease from 4 to 6. So if you know of a kid that would benefit from going to camp next summer, please let the

Lodge Secretary know.

Coming up on Sunday 12/6 is Elks Memorial Day. This is the Service where we honor all members who have

passed during the year. The Service will start at 11 am, please plan to attend.

I want to wish all of you a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season. Please watch the mirror and your e-mail for

details about all the upcoming events. If you are not getting e-mail, send a request to wapiti2166@yahoo.com

Fraternally,

Bob Warke

Exalted Ruler 2015-2016

Boca Raton Lodge #2166 1395 N Federal Hwy. Boca Raton, Florida 33432 561-395-9836 December 2015

A MESSAGE FROM OUR EXALTED RULER

THE WAPITI

(pronounced wop’-i-tee)

ELKS IN THE COMMUNITY

This year we are partnering with the Boca Raton Fire Department in conjunction with

the Junior League of Boca Raton to help make the wishes of more than 4000 local chil-

dren come true. Please bring a New Un-Wrapped toy to the Lodge by 12/11 to help this

worthy cause.

Elk of the Month is…

Roger Hull For all that you do behind the scenes.

Thanks from all of us!

Lodge Officers 2014-2015

Exalted Ruler Bob Warke

Leading Knight Andrea Fernandez

Loyal Knight Richie Dunne

Lecturing Knight Chris Bailey

Secretary Donna Powers

Treasurer Jerry Mills, PER, PDDGER

Esquire Gerry Carter, PER, PDDGER

Inner Guard Catherine MacDonald

Tiler Ian MacDonald

Chaplain Suzy Christensen

1-Year Trustee Charlotte Healy, PER, PDDGER

2-Year Trustee Duane Samuelson

3-Year Trustee Vinny Como, PSP, PDDGER, PER

4-Year Trustee Tom Thomason, PER, PDDGER

5-Year Trustee Tito Young, PER

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

House Committee: James Barie—Chairman

Linda Barie, PER

Tim Hallman

Roger Hull

John DeCicco

Mark Thomason

Tim Glick

Mike Gagliardo

Richard Schwartz

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Community Service Activities - VACANT

Elks National Foundation—Donna Powers

Lodge Activities—VACANT

Americanism Coordinator—Richard Dunne

Flag Day Coordinator—Don Sullivan, PER

Government Relations Coordinator—Virginia Bauer

Memorial Day Coordinator—Tim Glick

National Veterans Service Coordinator—Rick Haradon

PER Association—Presiding Officer—Charlotte Healy, PER, PPD

Public Relations Coordinator—Donna Powers

Visiting Committee Coordinator—Andrea Fernandez

Membership Chairperson—Don Sullivan, PER

Indoctrination/Orientation Coordinators—-Don Sullivan, PER

Investigation/Interview Coordinator—Catherine MacDonald

Lapsation Coordinator—Richie Dunne

Youth Activities Chairperson – VACANT

Drug Awareness Coordinator—Pat Maher, PER

Hoop Shoot Coordinator—Tito Young, PER

Soccer Shoot Coordinator—VACANT

Wapiti Helpers –Linda Barie, PER, content & emails

-John Allsopp, photos

Wapiti Editor—Roni Warke >> Wapiti2166@yahoo.com

LODGE

12/1 BUILD-A-BURGER

12/4 STEAK NIGHT

12/8 CLAM NIGHT

12/11 CORNISH GAME HENS

12/15 SOUP & GRILLED HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICH

12/18 RIB NIGHT (CHRISTMAS KARAOKE)

12/22 MMM...MEATLOAF

12/25 CLOSED—MERRY CHRISTMAS

12/29 50 CENT WINGS

COMING UP! SATURDAY 1/9—VP FORUM

SATURDAY 1/16—CHILI COOK OFF

SUNDAY 2/7—SUPER BOWL TAILGATE PARTY

SATURDAY 2/13—VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER

GOT SOMETHIN’

TO SAY?

COME TO A MEETING!!!

ALL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!

FIRST WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH AT 7:30-BUSINESS

THIRD WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH AT 7:30– INITIATION

GET INVOLVED….NEW MEMBERS!!!

C’MON…THIS IS WHY YOU JOINED!

**ADVICE FROM AN OLD ELK** “I am concerned for the security of our great

Nation; not so much because of any threat from

without, but because of the insidious forces

working from within.”

Douglas MacArthur, General, Statesman, Elk

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

***** DECEMBER EVENTS

1 Lynda Martin

Patrick Murray

2 August Carnock, Jr.

3 Ronald J. Fawley

4 “Big Bad” Bob Turner

5 Andrew Saltazahn

7 Stanley Pohl

9 John Allsopp

10 Thomas Sieja

11 Andy Freed

12 Jeff Higgins

13 Jerry Carter

Al Mauk, Jr.

14 George Moser

Susan Baker

15 Josephine Schlags

18 Tracy Trent

Brian Nickerson

19 Dorothy Kirby

Calvin Maki

22 Claire MacCormack

23 Douglas Hawk

24 Patrick Graesch

Randy Ballard

25 Debra Moore

26 “ Iceman” Tim Glick

27 Vincent Doria

29 Gary Panoch

Jim Furlong

30 Michael Hut

31 Ross Evans

MEMBERS

This

Month’s

Birthdays

HALLOWEEN FUN

STOP BY THE CLUB

TO SEE WHAT

“THE FUNNEST” LODGE

IS ALL ABOUT

News From The Lodge Secretary, Donna Powers

New Applications

Maxton Kearns sponsored by John Ambort,Jason Sekula sponsored by Aaron Oatley,

Bryan Walton sponsored by Aaron Oatley, Michael Sklark sponsored by Aaron Oatley,

Robert Weinroth sponsored by Matt Welhaf

SCAN THIS QR CODE TO VISIT US ON THE WEB * bocaelks2166.wix.com/home#!home/mainPage

Jars Available

At the Bar

Donate Today

EVENTS

BREAKFAST

IS SERVED

SUNDAY

DEC. 13TH

8:30 AM

TEXAS HOLD ‘EM

EVERY

MONDAY

NIGHT 7 PM

KARAOKE

EVERY TUES. & Fri.

STARTING AT 7 PM

BINGO

EVERY

THURSDAY

7 PM

Help Elks build stronger

communities with a

donation to the

Elks National Foundation.

FORMS AVAILABLE AT THE LODGE OR VISIT

http://www.elks.org/ENF

EVERY SATURDAY

HORSESHOES & LUNCH

WITH NADIR

(Photo by Graesch)

WATCH FOR THE

NEXT QUEEN OF

HEARTS GAME

COMING SOON!

BIGGER

AND

BETTER

Saturday Dec. 5th—District

Saturday Jan. 16th, 2016—Regional

Location of all Contests:

St. Paul’s Lutheran School

Gym

Palmetto Park Rd., Boca Raton

We need volunteers at each event and need your

support and encouragement for the children.

Please call or email for more information.

Thank you

Tito Young

Pleh25@comcast.net

561 289 2709

CHILI

COOK-OFF

vs

ALL CHALLENGERS

Saturday

January 16

BRING YOUR BEST

ARE YOU READY FOR

SUPER BOWL

FOOTBALL?

WE’RE HAVING A

SUN. 2/7 WATCH FOR DETAILS

DECEMBER 2015

LODGE

MEETING

BUSINESS

7:30

LODGE

MEETING

INITIATION

7:30

CHRISTMAS

DAY

CLOSED

HORSESHOES

LUNCH

SPECIAL

WITH

NADIR

HAPPY HOUR

ALL DAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

1

BUILD

-A-

BURGER

KARAOKE

WEDNESDAY

2

THURSDAY

3 PLAY

2 WIN

7 pm

FRIDAY

4

STEAK NIGHT

U.S. JOHN

KARAOKE

SATURDAY

5 HOOP SHOOT

REGIONAL

HAPPY HOUR

ALL DAY

6

VS

1:00 PM

HAPPY HOUR

ALL DAY

7

TEXAS

HOLD ‘EM 7 pm

8 DOES MEET

CLAM

NIGHT

KARAOKE

9

HAPPY

HOUR

HOUSE

COMMITTEE

6 PM

B.O.D. MEETING

7:15pm

10

PLAY

2 WIN

7 pm

11

CORNISH

GAME HEN

SOFT KARAOKE

12

13

BREAKFAST

8:30

HAPPY HOUR

ALL DAY

14

VS

8:30

TEXAS

HOLD ‘EM 7 pm

15

SOUP &

GRILLED HAM

AND CHEESE

SANDWICH

KARAOKE

16 17

PLAY

2 WIN

7 pm

18

RIB

NIGHT

CHRISTMAS

KARAOKE with Joyce

19

HORSESHOES

LUNCH

SPECIAL

WITH

NADIR

HAPPY HOUR

ALL DAY

20

AT

4:25 PM

HAPPY HOUR

ALL DAY

21

TEXAS

HOLD ‘EM 7 pm

22

MM..MEATLOAF

KARAOKE

23

THE CLUB IS

OPEN AND IT’S

HAPPY

HOUR

HOUSE

COMMITTEE

6 PM

24

Merry

Christmas

To All

25

26

HORSESHOES

LUNCH

SPECIAL

WITH

NADIR

HAPPY HOUR

ALL DAY

27

vs

1:00 PM

HAPPY HOUR

ALL DAY

28

Boca Cemetery

TEXAS

HOLD ‘EM 7 pm

29

50 CENT

WINGS (5 MIN.)

KARAOKE

30

THE CLUB IS

OPEN AND IT’S

HAPPY

HOUR

31

Watch for a NEW Queen

In 2016

BIGGER AND BETTER

“You’re Name Here”

M Harold Goldrick, PER 2/16

M Florence Goldrick 2/16

Bob Bernier 2/16

Patrick Graesch 3/16

Aaron Oatley 3/16

Mary E. Tarr 4/16

Sandy and Rick Haradon 5/16

Duane & Barb Samuelson 8/16

John & Denise Atler 10/16

Charles & Donna Powers 10/16

Pauline Aylward 1/17

M Bruno Wilk 7/17

“You’re Name Here”

NOTICES

WAPITI BOOSTER

I wish to become a Wapiti Booster.

Please enter my name(s) as printed below on

the

BOOSTER LIST

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( ) $_______for ______years

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AMERICANISM

December is upon us and as usual it is a

busy month for our lodge. On December 5th,

Elroy the elk and myself as Santa will be

guests at the Christmas Breakfast with San-

ta at Delray Medical Center. Thanks to Lin-

da and Donna, the kids loved Elroy last year.

On Sunday December 6th we will have our

Elks Memorial Day. Check our Exalted Rul-

ers column and calendar for time of service.

Make plans to attend and honor our de-

ceased members. On December 7th we re-

member, and we must remember because it

seems that American History is not being

remembered. Pearl Harbor and those that

lost their lives that day and marked the be-

ginning of World War II. Let us never forget.

On a happier note my wife, Joyce and I, wish

all our Jewish members and friends a Happy

Hanukkah and to all a very Merry Christ-

mas and a happy, fun and safe New Year.

Richie Dunne, Esteemed Loyal Knight

Americanism Chairman

State President's Message

The Holiday Season of Giving

Leaving November behind, I want to take a moment to once again thank all of

our veterans and to remind everyone of our pledge: “So long as there are Veter-

ans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them.” Dolly

and I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and found the time to recall your

blessings and express your thanks for all of them.

December is a month of multicultural holiday celebrations. Whether you cele-

brate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Three Kings Day, St. Lucia Day or Box-

ing Day, I hope you celebrate it in style with friends and family.

December is the greatest month of giving, gifts to children and grandchildren

and gifts to our favorite charities. How much and to whom are highly personal

decisions, often influenced by financial circumstances, life experiences or per-

sonal connections to a particular cause. As Elks, we are committed to the Harry-

Anna Trust Fund and its two major projects that benefit the children of Florida:

Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services and Florida Elks Youth Camp.

We have developed an easier system to connect your spirit of giving and the

Elk’s commitment to our Florida children and I am reaching out now for your

support.

Do you shop on Amazon? Do you know that Amazon donates 0.5% of purchases

to charities? It does not cost you a thing and only requires one small change in

the way you shop at Amazon. Instead of shopping at amazon.com, shop at

smile.amazon.com, same username, same password. You only need to choose

your charity once. This small change is an opportunity to easily get more money

flowing into our charity account. Go to: www.smile.amazon.com

Sign into your Amazon account. Select the Florida Elks Charities as your chari-

ty and 0.5% of your purchases will accumulate and be transferred into the es-

tablished FEC bank account.

Of course, there are other ways give:

Make a donation to HATF through Rachael King at rachael@floridaelks.org and

she will mail you a Harry Anna Trust Fund pin that you can mate with my

State President pin.

Purchase a Harry-Anna Trust Fund certificate with a one-time or memorial

donation:

$50.00 State President HATF pin

$100.00 Bronze Pin $500.00 Silver Pin

$1,000.00 Gold Pin $5,000.00 Your name on FSEA Donor Wall

Participate through the FSEA Wills and Bequests, Planned Giving Program via

the Florida Elks Charitable Trust. You can leave a permanent legacy during

your lifetime:

Gift from your Will or Trust, Gift from your Retirement Plan, Gift of Stock and

Appreciated Assets, Gift of Life Insurance, Gift of Real Estate, Gift of Personal

Property

Wapiti Booster List—

DROVE #173 Boca Raton, FL

Dear Sister and Brother Does and Elks,

We had a fantastic time at the wine tasting party on November 14. Thanks go out to all who planned, worked, got

this together and attended. Big thanks to co-hosts Corinne, Judy and Shirley. A lot of work goes into putting this

together. This is the first time we tried this, so we learned a lot. Thanks to all Does bringing great finger food. Joanie Water from Pom-

pano Does. Several Elks are enthusiastically in favor of having another party very soon. We hope the tables looked like it was a fancy

joint. No paper or plastic cups for our gourmet wine. Did anyone find a new wine you liked? Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

We only have one meeting in December, on the 8. We’ll be busy. There will be the cookie jar and homemade cookies raffle. Wait till you

see the jar. If no one wants to keep it, I do. It is BEAUTIFUL and seasonal. We’ll be having the Does Christmas party. Call Kita @ 954-

573-3535, so she and Kit can coordinate the food. $10 gift exchange is optional. Don't forget the Elks toy drive. It is amazing how much

is collected every year.

We may have luncheon at the lodge on the 18th if enough are signed up. Call Judy @ 954-461-7909. All are invited.

Pot luck has been canceled for December.

December Birthdays:

Sybil Berarrducci 5 Shirley Board 9 Elizabeth Mykitka 26 Sue Watts 27 Opal Nash 30

Have a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year, with Sisterly love, Karen Davison, President Drove 173.

6/16

Owned by Elk members Vic and Joyce Weliky

Show your Elks card to the cashier and receive $1.00 off your Full Service wash or any higher wash and

we will also donate a $1.00 to the Elks Lodge too!

Cannot be combined with any coupons or other offers

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Boca Raton, FL 33431

(561) 672-1880

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