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Emblem Club # 279 Honors National Supreme President with a Charity QuarterMania Event

 

by: From: Pierino Zappella
Published: January 21, 2025

 

GARDEN GROVE...The Emblem Club # 279 Honors National Supreme President with a Charity QuarterMania Event.

Garden Grove Emblem Club # 279 held a President's Charity Event honoring Supreme President Molly Velez with her traveling officers from Ohio, held Sunday at the Garden Grove Elks Lodge. Shown (left to right) : Deb Blough Schmidt Supreme Marshal, Jan Genelle Supreme Deputy Orange # 418, Sherry Erickson Supreme Assistant Chaplain Long Beach #106, Jennifer Kushner, Supreme Deputy South, Past Garden Grove Emblem President, Molly Velez Supreme President, Candy Valko Supreme Assistant Chaplain Fullerton #469, LuAnn Barrows, Past Garden Grove President, and Della Stroup, Current Garden Grove President. The President’s selected charity is the Healthy Aging Center Acacia improving the quality of life for older adults.

 

With 200 patrons in attendance, the event began with a boxed chicken sandwich lunch, an enormous spread of desserts, and then QuarterMania began.  Vendors provide prizes from $30 to $100 value for bidders (waving their numbered paddles)  contributing 1 to 4 quarters as called by the vendor, and with the winning  drawn number, the matching  paddle holder gets the prize.   With over eight vendors, QuarterMania continues for two hours. 

 

In addition, at the completion of QuarterMania, a Silent Auction of gift baskets followed.   A  Fun Time was enjoyed by all. 

Photos: Emblem Club