Community News

The Orange Elks working with our Community Partners

 

by: Bill Neessen
Published: April 13, 2026

 

ORANGE...This week, the Orange Elks worked with four of our Community Partners.

The Orange Elks Antlers presented a check for $550.00 to the Orange Unified School District Special Education Department in support of their 2026 OUSD Olympiad Games. This is an athletic event celebrating approximately 500 students with disabilities from across the Orange Unified School District. The event is May 1st    at Fred Kelly Stadum in Orange.

The lodge donated $1,000 to our Community Partner, the HUB OC. The HUB OC is a local nonprofit resource center serving the unhoused and individuals experiencing hardship.

L–R:Julie Sutton, Julie Brown, Cameron Geringer-Pate, Kelly Martines & Garrett Hamblin

 

Next, we served lunch at the GRIP Soccer Camp. On day one lodge members served hot dogs and cheeseburgers and the next day Lamppost pizza.  GRIP (Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership) is a program for kids between 8 and 12 years old that are pre-selected to participate in the program. The kids are middle school kids that are at-risk of gang involvement and drug use during a time when they have very little adult supervision.

 

The Orange Elks 1475 Team ended the week participating and supporting Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County “Walk to Feed O C”.

 

“Orange Elks Care Orange Elks Share”