July 4th Cookout - Saturday, July 4th
Away Swim Meet - Monday, July 6th (Hamilton Lakes)
Ladies Auxilary (Ladies Night) - Tuesday, July 7th
Swim Team Championship Meet (07/09 - 07/11)
Member Appreciation Night - Wednesday, July 15th
Band Night with Hydroplane - Friday, July 17th
Ladies Auxilary (Open House) - Saturday, August 8th
Island Night - Saturday, August 29th (pool closes at 6pm)
Allison King Band - Sunday, 09/06
As I write this letter, pool season is in full swing and school is out for the summer. The Pool Committee has done a great job getting the pool open for the season. Almost all of our Lodge activities take place around the pool during the summer months. Our Swim Team has started practice; the Junior Elk swim program is about to begin and our Volleyball League has started playing. I hope you and your families take full advantage of this wonderful facility while it is open and participate in our programs.
Our Swim Team has about 150 swimmers on the team this year. Due to our excellent finish in the city meet last year we are swimming against the most competitive teams in the league this year. We will be very active with this program until the city meet July 9-11th. During our home meets we close the pool early to prepare for the meet. We can always use volunteers to help run the meets and you don't need to have a swimmer on the team in order to help out. Just sign up at the pool so they know where you are able and willing to help. Some of our best support comes from our corporate sponsors. Our sponsors are listed on the Swim Team page of our website, www.hpelks.com. Our corporate sponsors help offset the cost of trophies, ribbons and concessions. Please use and support our sponsors.
Your Lodge Officers performed the annual Flag Day ritual by the pool on Sunday, June 14th. The Elks recently updated the ritual to include Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Our annual ritual was made special with Carroll Moseley singing the Star Spangled Banner and our Lodge Esquire, Steven Hall, a veteran of the Afghanistan war, reading the response. I also want to thank the Boy Scouts of Troop 42 for displaying the historical versions of the flag. Of course, we could not have flown the flag without Tom Day repairing the flagpole by the pool.
During the months of July and August we change our Lodge Meetings to only the fourth Wednesday of the month. We have been busy with the initiation of over 60 new members.
July 4th is our biggest pool party of the season. There will be activities for all members during the day. The Ladies Auxiliary plays a big part in planning and organizing all the fun activities for the kids. Our "Old Guard" will be starting the grills and cooking hamburgers and hot dogs all day. There also will be some adult beverages being sold. Plan on getting to the pool early and plan on bringing a chair. The line starts early to get the best seats. Check our website, www.hpelks.com for the latest details.
Our House Committee is planning a member appreciation night on July 15th. They are planning on grilling London Broil with all the fixings. I invite all members to come and see what goes on inside the Lodge and get to know other Elks.
We also have the return engagement of Hydroplane. They play all your rock favorites from the 70' to the 90's. They were such a hit with the members in May that they were asked to come back. Mark your calendar for this special event which will take place on July 17th in the Members Lounge.
I look forward to seeing you all at the Lodge.
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Scott Webster, Exalted Ruler
High Point Elks Lodge #1155
I would like to give a big "THANK YOU" to all the women that helped with the Yard Sale, Ladies Night, Donations and Selling Snow Cones this past month. We have the best Ladies Auxiliary and YOU make it this way!
Ladies Night is July 7th at 6:00 and the Theme is Caribbean, so bring your favorite Caribbean dish and be ready to go on a Scavenger Hunt. Bimini's is sponsoring this event. Please come join us, this is a good way to meet other ladies at the pool.
Open House is August 8th by the pool. If you are a vendor or would like more information about this event please contact Carol Hoover at hooverc@aetna.com.
Happy Fourth of July!
MJ Hedrick
Ladies Auxiliary President
Greg Conner is our Elk of the Month for June. Greg was instrumental in securing the donation of the picnic tables under the shelter by the pool. In addition to the tables, Greg was able to get two refrigerators and an intercom system donated that will be used in the snack bar during pool season. Greg has been an active member and officer of the Lodge over the past several years. Thanks Greg - and congratulations on being our Elk of the Month for June!
Four students have been selected to receive the prestigious Celia Moh Scholarship for the 2009-2010 academic year, which goes to students at universities around the country with Home Furnishings Programs.This year's recipients are: Skylar Davis and Jessica Henderson, High Point University; Andrew Golombisky, Kendall College of Art and Design; and Trenton Huffines, North Carolina State University.
The Celia Moh Scholarship pays full-time tuition and fees, room, board and books for its recipients, who are students bound for the Home Furnishings Industry. In addition, the scholarship hosts an annual networking and resource-building trip to the High Point Market, and provides informal internship and career guidance for its scholars, as well as offering an active alumni network for former scholars who are now in the home furnishings industry.
Established in 2001 by furniture industry entrepreneur, Laurence Moh, founder of Universal Furniture and later, Fine Furniture Design & Marketing, to honor his wife, Celia, the program's strategically managed $3 million endowment investment, has provided 56 full scholarships in only eight years.
Scholarship candidates are selected by their respective universities and then must complete an extensive application questionnaire, write a personal essay, obtain instructors' recommendations, and provide a college transcript illustrating exceptional academic achievement. A scholarship committee comprised of home furnishings industry executives selected the students from a pool of candidates from eight universities across the country. The four scholarship recipients join five returning undergraduate students selected as Celia Moh Scholars in previous years.
Jessica is one of our summer lifeguards, as is her sister Natalie. Her parents are David (deceased member) and Rebecca Henderson. We wish to extend major congratulations to Jessica for earning such a prestigious and difficult scholarship.
Dinner & dancing with a DJ
6:30pm - until
$25 per person
$50 per couple
Tickets available in the Lounge
Tuesday July 7th, 6:30 pm until
Pirate Theme - Let’s go on a treasure hunt. Bring your favorite Caribbean dish.
There will be food, fun, raffles, and door prizes. Be sure to bring a friend.
It's that time of year again, the official - official - official start of the summer pool season. Please join the Pool Committee under the Shelter on Friday, June 19th @ 6pm for our annual School's Out Cookout. $1 gets you a hot dog, chips and lemonde.
What better way to have a final hurrah to send off the summer?!!
Come join us with one of the most established bands in the area for a night of music ranging from Aretha to Zeppelin, Heart to Stevie Wonder, Benatar to Rundgren. This will be a night to surely please your auditory senses!
Tickets will be available in the Lounge $5 in advance / $7 at the door (Adults Only Event).
Sunday night before Labor Day, 09/06 (8:30 - until)
July 4th at the pool will be a day full of fun, games and food for the entire family. Our annual hat parade will start off the event, judges will vote for the most patriotic and creative hat. Also this year we have added a new contest "Most Patriotic Family" so show your patriotic colors. There will be hot dogs and hamburgers, and there will be a DJ to play your favorite music. The concessions stand will be in full force. The Ladies Auxiliary will raffle off their Wet-n-Wild basket (8 passes to Wet-n-Wild and other goodies $500.00 value); sell snow cones and patriotic trinkets for the kids. Bring a chair from home to sit in because they get gone quickly. We will wrap up the day with our favorite "Slime the Guards and Swim Team" and the coin toss in the pool for kids and adults of all ages. The pool will close at 6:00 pm so everyone can go home and watch the fireworks.
Also new for 2009, a 4th of July King and Queen will be crowned. All ages are eligible to enter and you can vote for only a $1. All proceeds benefit the Elks Swim Team.
We're still waiting on the insurance check for more chairs & tables. PLEASE BRING AN EXTRA CHAIR and plenty of sunscreen.
We will be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers (with lemonade & chips) in the shelter for $1 and will have keg beer for $1.
A severe storm passed over the Lodge tonight and SNAPPED several trees, took down a power line, damaged the back fence and threw tables & chairs in the pool and all over the pool deck. The lower parking lot is littered with trees and debris. Therefore, tomorrow will be a cleanup/repair day.
See http://picasaweb.google.com/hpelks/200906ElksStorm for pictures of the damage
For those about to ROCK, we SALUTE YOU (again)!
The Lodge is pleased to announce the return of Greensboro's Hydroplane! Combining rock hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Everything from Hendrix to Van Halen to The Cult and beyond.
Friday, July 17th @ 8PM in the Lounge
$5 cover charge
Tickets available in the Lounge
Open to members and their guests
Come enjoy Steak, Salmon or a little of both, served with baked potato, salad & bread.
Charcoal grilled to order by our band of Elk grill masters
$12.99 per person - Sign-Up in the Lounge
The Lodge would like to thank Greg Conner for his generous donation of the new tables under our shelter!
Have you seen it? I have and I use it all the time. I'm talking about our new website, www.hpelks.com The website provides the most up to date information about what is going on at the Lodge. Our monthly newsletter only covers a small snapshot of the activities we offer and is published several weeks ahead of time. With pool season upon us, I suggest you visit the website often to keep up with the happenings at the Lodge. If you see Stewart McGlaughlin or Mark Anthony, be sure to thank them for their efforts. To post anything on our website, send the information to the Lodge Office and we will work on getting it posted.
Your Lodge Officers attended the NC State Elks Spring Convention in Asheville. At the convention, your Ladies Auxiliary did a fantastic job entertaining all of the spouses from across the state during our business meeting. We received an award for reaching our goal for the Elks National Foundation set by the Grand Exalted Ruler. You may recall pledging $10 a year when you were initiated as an Elk. If your pledge has expired, now would be a good time to sign up again. You can sign up at the Lodge office or online at www.elks.org
As I write this letter the pool is about half full (being an optimist!) and I can feel the Lodge about to come alive with activity. All of the repairs to the drains have been completed and we are down to the last few workdays so the pool can open on May 22. Our website will have the most up to date schedules for volleyball, swim team practice and swim meet schedules. Make sure you give all the Pool Committee members a big thank you for all their efforts to get the pool open on time.
Our Swim Team has 3 home swim meets during June. We swim against Hamilton Lakes, Greensboro Elks, and Greensboro Country Club. Swim meets require a lot of volunteers to run. Contact any of the committee members to volunteer. They need timers, clerks of course, concession workers and grill workers. These are great events for our kids and can't run without your help.
We will have our own Vern, Tuck and Stormin' Norman play in our Lounge on June 6th for our Band and Breakfast Night. Vern and the guys will play all of your favorites and at 11:00pm our House Committee will serve a breakfast buffet to chase away those late night munchies. This event is always a great hit.
Our Karaoke Nights in the Lounge have been a big success. If you inner Idol needs to come out, June 13th is the night to do it. We have all the equipment and our own DJ Gunny (Tom Day) to play the songs you want to sing. I hear rumors of members planning and even practicing the songs they are going to sing. Pictures have been taken during the performances and new house lights have been added to our dance floor. So come on out and get in the mix.
Your Lodge Officers will be performing the annual Flag Day ritual by the pool on Sunday, June 14th. "The purpose of this service is to honor our country's Flag, to celebrate the anniversary of its birth, and to recall the achievements attained beneath its folds. It is quite appropriate that such a service should be held by the Order of Elks, an organization that is distinctively American, intensely patriotic and without counterpart." We will display all versions of our flag from early history to the current version during the ritual.
Our House Committee is planning a members appreciation night on June 17. A big Italian feast is planned for all members and allows for good fellowship on a night when we don't have a Lodge meeting. I invite all members to come and see what goes on inside the Lodge and get to know other Elks.
Our annual Mothers Day Buffet was such a big success that, our caterer, Above and Beyond Catering, will be pulling out all the stops for our fathers on Fathers Day. This is a new event for the Lodge. Other events still in the planning stage are Steak and Salmon Night and Drive in Movie Night. Look for more details on our website as they become finalized.
I look forward to seeing you all at the Lodge.
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Scott Webster, Exalted Ruler
High Point Elks Lodge #1155