As the New Elk year begins

I would like to say that I am

very excited to be starting

the new fraternal year,

2017-2018. We have an

awesome slate of officers -

some who are returning

and some who are new.

Please join me in congratu-

lating them and welcoming

them to their respective

offices and positions. Our

Officer Installation is

Sunday, April 2nd for all

who would like to come.

In recent months, we've

had many new members

join us, and it's creating a

vibrant energy in the lodge

which, I'm sure that you'll

agree, is very refreshing.

As Elks, we are all a part of

the same team, and we

share the same vision. I

look forward to a remarka-

ble year in which we will be

celebrating our 50th anni-

versary in September, and,

as we begin our year, our

lodge calendar is filling up

quickly with many

sensational events. Lodge

# 2370 is a lodge that is

very busy and is striving to

create new beginnings

during this coming Elk

year. There are many

things happening in April

alone for those who wish

to get involved.

I would also like to take

this opportunity to give

sincere thanks to all of the

outgoing officers and com-

mittee chairs for their

dedication and faithful

service to our lodge, to the

Central District, and to our

Order. I encourage you to

remain involved and to

assist the new officers and

committee chairs, in any

way possible, during this

time of transition.

As we install our new slate

of officers and welcome

our new committee chairs,

we pray that they are

ready, willing, able, and

eager to assume their

positions here at the lodge

and to make a difference

to all those we serve.

Remember that the key to

keeping our lodge moving

forward is our member-

ship! Membership, Mem-

bership, Membership, and

Elks leading the way! An

active membership is key

to any lodge remaining

open and doing the good

work that Elks do.

On April 22nd, East Bruns-

wick lodge will be hosting a

Special Needs Charity Ball

for two very special

Ambassadors from our

district. One of the ambas-

sadors, Zachary Nemeth,

was sponsored by our

lodge, and I am hoping

that members from this

lodge will make every

effort to attend this event.

This will be a black tie

affair.

Finally, please remember

that social media is for fun

and is a way for us to get

the word out about what

we do in our lodge and in

our communities.

God bless America and

God bless our troops and

keep them safe!

Fraternally,

ER Denise Brucato

F R O M T H E D E S K O F T H E E X A L T E D R U L E R

“VIEWS” FROM THE LODGE ON THE LAKE

East Brunswick Elks Lodge 2370

21 Oakmont Avenue

East Brunswick, NJ 08816

WWW.EBELKS.COM

OFFICERS

Exalted Ruler: D. Brucato

Leading Knight: A. Joy Bloom

Loyal Knight: A. Schneider

Lecturing Knight: R. Huddock

Secretary: J. Scaduto, PVP

Treasurer: M. Coller

Esquire: J. Alfinito

Chaplain: A. Brucato

Inner Guard: J. Lebosky

Tiler: C. Hancocks

Justice: D. Lonski

TRUSTEES:

3 Y R TRUSTEE: J. Hancocks

2 YR TRUSTEE : M. Walko

1 YR TRUSTEE: D. DiMatteo

WE’RE ON THE WEB!

V I S I T U S A T :

EAST BRUNSWICK LODG E

W W W . E B E L K S . C OM

N J S T A T E E L K S :

W W W . N J E L K S . ORG

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 Officer

Installation

2PM Bar

Opens 1PM

3 4 5 Wings

N Things

7PM

6 Lodge

Meeting

8PM

7 Jeff

Love Con-

cert 7PM

8

9 Bar Open

1PM

Mother’s

Day

10 11 Special

Needs Craft

Nite 730PM

12 Wings

N Things

7PM

13 House

Meeting

7:30PM

14 Good

Friday Pota-

to Pancake

Nite 7PM

15 Break-

fast w/the

Easter

Bunny 9AM

16 17 18 19 Wings

N Things

7PM

20 Lodge

Meeting

8PM

21 Friday

Nite B’Day

Bash 7PM

22 District

Charity Ball

7PM

23 24 25 Special

Needs Craft

Nite 730PM

26 Wings

N Things

7PM

27 28 29 Vets

Nite of Blues

7PM

30

April 2017

Events at a Glance

Lodge Officer Installation April 2,2017

“Jeff Love” Community/Lodge Fundraising Event April 7, 2017

Youth Recognition Dinner May 5, 2017

Car Show Special Needs Fuundraiser May 6, 2017 (Rain date May 7th)

“Raise the Roof” Fundraiser May 20, 2017

Memorial Day Picnic May 28, 2017

NJ State Convention June 1-4, 2017

Flag Day Ceremony June 14, 2017

SECRETARY’S MESSAGE: Joan Scaduto, PVP/Secretary

Happy Spring! It’s the start of a new Elk Year. I will have the full year end report next month as we are ex-

pecting to initiate five new members on March 26th.

Remember: Dues payments are now due. The key lock is changed as of April 1, 2017. If you did not renew your dues, you

will no longer have access to the lodge with your key card and you will not have membership privileges. Please send in your

dues as soon as possible. Please pay and if you’re having problems paying, please contact me or the Exalted Ruler and we

can arrange something.

Please also note that your membership card is given to you when you pay your dues for a reason- it shows that you are a

member of our lodge and that you are entitled to all its rights and privileges. You should keep this membership card with

you at all times and use it to gain admittance to the lodge when we are open. Too often, our bartenders find themselves

having to admit a member who rings the bell and we know that member has his/her card on them. This is very unfair to the

bartender on duty, especially when the bar is busy. You have your card – USE IT to open the front door. If the bartender is

busy, you may have to wait before being buzzed in.

Wishing you all a Happy Easter/Happy Passover!

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: Joan Scaduto, Lodge Govt. Relations Chairperson ENF

Please give your Government Relations forms to me within one month from having your event. The report

is easy to do. I always have the forms with me at meetings. I will try to get a few in the box upstairs. The infor-

mation needed is as follows:

# of participants

# of Elks

# of helpers

# of Elk miles

#of helper miles

# of Elk hours

# of helper hours

Any cash or non-cash contributions.

If you have any questions about this, please contact me at 732-567-6671 or e-mail me at

joane927@hotmail.com Thank you

ENF: Joan Scaduto, Lodge Chairperson for ENF

Our new Elk year starts again on April 1st, 2016. It’s time to think about your contributions to ENF. They are so easy to do. Just go on-line to www.elks.org and click on ENF and you can make your contribution immediately. Remember one pledge of $100 paid over 10 years is all it takes. And there are one-time donations that are always appreciated.

This past year, we received four grants from ENF – Gratitude Grant, Freedom Grant and the Bea-con Grant in the amount of $2,000 each and the Promise Grant in the amount of $2,500. We used the Gratitude Grant to send five high school students to the Peer Leadership Conference in February; we used the Freedom Grant to purchase brand new clothing for our veterans at Lyons Hospital and the Menlo Park Veterans Home; and the Beacon Grant was used to help support our Feed the Hungry program. The Promise Grant was used for a community-wide Halloween Party for our youth and special needs chil-dren, which was extremely successful.

We will apply for these Grants again this year.

Thanks again for your support to ENF. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at 732-567-6671 or email me at joanie927@hotmail.com

YOUTH ACTIVITIES: Aimee

Schneider, Chair

Our Annual “Breakfast with Easter

Bunny” holiday event will be held at

our lodge on Saturday, April 15th from 9:00 am -12:00

pm. The Easter Bunny will arrive promptly at 10:30 am.

The cost is $10.00 and children under 10 are FREE!

Please bring a nonperishable to donate for needy fami-

lies of East Brunswick. Reservation are a must for

“Breakfast with the Easter Bunny”! Please RSVP to Al-

ecia Bloom @ (908)239-6442, alecia718@yahoo.com

or contact the lodge at 21 Oakmont Ave, East Brunswick

NJ 08816, 732-821-9527 to leave a message. See Fly-

er for more details.

Spread the word: During the first week in May, we will be

celebrating “Youth Week” in our lodge and in our Central

District. Our committee is currently planning a Youth So-

cial night and other fun activities to commemorate the

youth of East Brunswick. Stay tuned for more infor-

mation.

Our Annual Batter’s Up competition will be held at Heav-

enly Farms Field on Friday, June 30th (July 7th-rain date)

starting promptly at 5:30 pm. Children of the ages 5-15

may sign up to participate in this FREE event by June 25,

2017. Please contact Odessa Clayton @ (732)595-

5904 or clayton212@hotmail.com. Winners will also

have the opportunity to compete again in our Central

District level of competition.

Special Needs:

John Alfinito/Kathleen Hyland,

Co-Chairs

Mark your calendar for April 22, 2017 for the District

Special Needs Committee Charity Ball honoring Zachary

Nemeth and Nick Buchek at the East Brunswick Elks Lodge

#2370. Tickets are $25.00, see John Alfinito or

Kathleen for tickets. Don’t miss the chance to

dress up and dance the night away.

Americanism: June Irey, Chair

Thank you all for coming out for the Citizen of the Year dinner. It was a great success & a good time was had by all. I want to thank everyone who helped me make this event a success! Congratulations to our Citizen of the Year, Alecia Joy Bloom!

God bless us all, God bless our troops and God bless America!!!

Veteran Svcs/ Army of Hope: Annie

Brucato, Chair

Army of Hope: The Central District is running a

bus trip to the 911 Memorial in May. The infor-

mation is attached in Sandy's flier. Colleen Mur-

phy will present this to the membership this

Thursday at our lodge meeting. We are hoping to

fill a lot of buses. Collen will take care of collect-

ing the names and checks from our membership.

(See attached flyer.)

Veteran Svcs: We will begin to

purchase a Welcome Home Kit

with the 200.00 donation from the

Ladies Auxiliary of the Milltown

American Legion Post 25. We are

expecting more donations and will purchase

more Welcome Home Kits as soon as we receive

them. We will keep all of the receipts and submit

them to ENVSCC for reimbursement. We are go-

ing to Menlo Park to play bingo on March 28th

and will talk with George about the items for the

Welcome Home Kits. (On a personal note, I want

to thank Colleen Murphy & Andrea Evans for

stepping up to represent these committees in our

lodge in my absence. I appreciate your support

more than I can say. Annie Brucato)

It’s also that time of year when we come out to

recognize our public servants as Public Servant

Appreciation Week rolls in, for their outstanding

service to our community in our Nite of Blues fea-

turing Tommy & Friends. It also helps to raise

money for our Veterans. Tell your friends, come

out, enjoy & help others because that’s how East

Brunswick rolls. See flyer for more details.

Public Service Appreciation Week

Veteran Svcs Fundraiser Event Presents

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR OFFICER & ELK OF THE YEAR, 2016!

Thank you for your hard work & dedication!

Officer of the Year: Denise Brucato, ER

Elk of the Year: Chris Hancocks

To Our March Officer & Elk of the Month! Well Done!

Officer of the Month: Annie Brucato

Elk of the Month: Lisa Lee

April Birthdays

1 – Caroline Molinaro

4 - Allen Cadavero

5 – Bruce Ohlendorf

Jeanne Philpitt

Maryann Singleton

8 – Steven Moccio

9 – Jessica Taylor

George A. Bours

10 – Barry Sollish

Anthony Nigro

12 – George Labik

16 – Robert Ahlers

Raymond Fodor

Donna Jeffs

Patricia Myers – Hancocks

John F. Sturdy, Jr.

18 – Alan Carmy

21 – David Lonski

Anna Marie Brucato

25 – John Trotta

Come join us for your birthday celebra-

tion. Just show your driver’s license and

your membership card to get your free

drink during your birthday month.

Sickness & Distress: Keep Annie Brucato in your prayers. She's due to come back to NJ after recuperating from her injury in late April.

Kevin Massaro's brother is seriously ill and in the hospital. Please keep him in your prayers.

Dennis Peck's mother is seriously ill. Alice Leonhardt’s sister Fran needs prayers for healing. Keep Dennis & Alice in your prayers for strength & comfort.

Feed the Hungry: Aimee Schneider, Committee Member

The committee members want to take this time to THANK Ja-

net Messina for her time as our Committee Chairperson. She

was an inspiration to us all. The members took the initiative to

continue with this year’s Easter Deliveries. According to the

new updated list, there are about 20 families who will receive

Easter Dinner food baskets. Thank you to Andrea Evans who is

currently collecting non-perishable food items through her con-

nections with a local East Brunswick Relate agencies. Anyone

who want to make a monetary donation towards this year’s

deliveries, please see Denise, E.R.

The committee members will meet on Wednesday 4/5/17 at

7:30 pm to assemble the all the food baskets. Deliver these

food items will occur on the morning of April 8th at 9:00 am.

Please see Aimee or Andrea if you would like to volunteer to-

wards any part this year’s Feed the Hungry Dinner food pro-

ject.

Convention: Martin & Laura Good, Co-Chairs

Happy Spring! The St. Patrick's Day party went well. Everyone had a nice time. We made $650.00. Our budget is on track. We will have a couple Friday night dinners to help pay for shirts for the members marching in the parade.

The work on the float as begun. Volunteers are appreciated. Come join the fun especially if you have a talent for it. .

Don't forget to submit your final payment for Wildwood. It is due by May 1st.

Scholarship News: Marian Walko, Chair

The Most Valuable Student Scholarship national finalists were announced recently, and I

am proud to report that one of the applicants from our lodge was chosen as a finalist. In

our district, three boys and two girls moved on to the national level for judging. In addi-

tion to our applicant who is a senior at East Brunswick Township High School, three stu-

dents from Woodbridge lodge, and one student from Watchung Hills lodge will be ad-

vancing. These students will be in the running for scholarships ranging from $4,000 to

$50,000. Congratulations and best of luck to all!

April Bartender Schedule

April 2 Sunday Installation Marian

April 5 Wednesday Wings & Things Joan

April 6 Thursday Lodge Meeting Lisa

April 7 Friday Jeff Love Benefit Ale,Aim,Mar

April 9 Sunday Sunday Fun Day Alecia

April 12 Wednesday Wings & Things Lisa

April 13 Thursday House Meeting Joan

April 14 Friday Parades Dinner* Marian

April 15 Saturday Breakfast w/Bunny** Chris

April 16 Sunday HAPPY EASTER Closed

April 19 Wednesday Wings & Things Joan

April 20 Thursday Lodge Meeting Lisa

April 21 Friday Friday Night Dinner Marian

April 22 Saturday District Special Needs Gala Ale, Mar

April 23 Sunday Sunday Fun Day Alecia

April 26 Wednesday Wings & Things Joan

April 28 Friday Friday Night Dinner Aimee

April 29 Saturday Appreciation Day Ale, Mar

April 30 Sunday Sunday Fun Day Chris

*Bar opens at 5 p.m. on Good Friday, April 14. **Bar opens at noon on April 15.

911 Memorial Trip Sponsored by Central District Army of Hope

Date: Sunday, May 21, 2017

Included: Roundtrip Charted Bus, Admission ticket to 911 Museum, Reflecting Pools

Not Included: Lunch (affordable lunch options will be provided)

Departure: 10AM, Leave NY: 4PM

Prices:

Adults (18-64) $55.00

Seniors (65+) $49.00, proof of age suggested

Youth (7-17) $47.00, must be accompanied by an adult.

College $51.00, must have institution issued ID

Vets/Active $31.00, must have valid ID

Example of Payment: One Adult-$55.00, Youth $47.00 and Vet $31.00 =$133.00

Open to all Elks and non members. Departure Lodge to be determined.

If interested in going please put your name on the signup sheet. Payment is required at the time of signup and

is non refundable unless the tour is cancelled. All checks must be made out to: Central District Army of Hope.

PARADES COMMITTEE: Rich Huddock, Chair

THE THEME THIS YEAR for 2017: NEW JERSEY ELKS “SHARE THE PRIDE”

Our next fundraising event will be held on Good Friday, April 14th. Alice will be making her homemade potato pancakes and I'm sure the kitchen chairs

will be providing a fish fry as well. Take-out orders are available on the potato pancakes. We hope to have the lodge open early on Good Friday at

5:00pm. We are currently working on getting new lodge shirts that can be worn in the parade. Details will be forthcoming. Next Parade meet-

ing....April 10th – Metuchen

Some heads up information: The State Convention Parade will be held Saturday, June 3, 2017 in Wildwood, New Jersey. If you are attending the Con-

vention, it is desired that you plan to participate in the parade; either walking or riding.

What is mandatory for us in the parade:

2 banner carriers - 4 in the American Section

one Exalted Ruler - one Lodge Esquire

and the membership

Zachary will be riding as the Special Needs Ambassador

Our Persons of the Year will be riding – we will need a car and driver

Laura, Jim and company have started to get together to work on our float and more details will follow on this via e-mails. We will have Winslow Twp.

High School Marching Band once again. Remember, the monies we pay them for marching for us goes towards their scholarship awards at gradua-

tion time.

We are in the second division this year which means we are in the 2nd half of the parade. Details will follow next month. You get to sleep a little later

Saturday morning. Also, remember we will need cars to drive us up to our assigned street in No. Wildwood.

UPDATE ON

EAST BRUNSWICK 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

6:00 – 11:00PM

Tickets: $50.00/pp (open bar, cocktail hour – followed by dinner/dancing)

Dress will be: black tie optional

Things are moving along as planned. Members have started to sell and return their ticket stubs and monies. Remember, if you do not

think you will be able to sell your tickets, please return them to the lodge.

We will begin to solicit for our ad journal starting in May/June. Letters will be mailed to all lodges in the State as well as all lodge vendors.

We will also be asking the membership to ask their local business owners to take an ad, i.e. accountant, hairdressers, mechanics, dentist,

etc.; in other words, any businesses you deal with frequently.

Ads are priced accordingly at:

Boosters - $10.00 (name in the back)

¼ page - 25.00 (business card)

½ page - 50.00

full page - 100.00

To reserve your dinner tickets, drop me an e-mail (aldenelks@gmail.com), then send payment to lodge with check made payable to the EB

Elks Lodge #2370. Once payment is received, we will mail back or hold at the door for you. Remember, these efforts are an attempt to

defray the costs of this event for your lodge....at your lodge. If you have any questions, please do not hestitate to contact me.

Fraternally in Elkdom,

Alice Leonhardt

PER President, PDDGER

HOUSE COMMITTEE: Alecia Bloom, Chair

The House committee last met on March 9th and we discussed all upcoming events. I will have the final House numbers

for fraternal year 2016-2017 at the next lodge meeting.

I am very honored to be serving as your House Committee Chair and I thank ER, Denise for the appointment! I would like to

thank Alice for all her dedication and hard work over these last few years as House Committee Chair and I will be looking to

her for guidance. Those are some huge shoes to fill and I hope that I can serve you all as well as she did! Thank you Alice!

We are securing more and more rentals but that also means the lodge needs more hosts to cover these events. Please

consider being a lodge host . I know I will be asked to be added to this list. Please contact Alice (aldenelks@gmail.com) if

interested.

Many on the House committee will be helping with our lodge installation on April 2nd, the Community/Lodge "Jeff Love"

event on April 7th as well as the Bunny Breakfast on the 15th. The lodge will be having its annual Memorial Day Picnic on

May 28th and information on that will be forthcoming. We hope to finalize the entertainment for this picnic at our next

meeting.

As you already know, the lodge will need a new roof and we will be planning fundraisers to help cover as much of the costs

as possible. Lastly, I hope that your sales of our "Super 50/50"'s are going well. Please contact Alice if you wish to have

additional tickets.

HOUSE COMMITTEE House Chair: Alecia Joy Bloom

Banquet Chair: Alice Leonhardt PDDGER

Secretary: Joan Scaduto PVP

Bar Manager: Marian Walko

Kitchen Co-Chairs: Tom Evegan/Lisa Lee

June Irey

Rich Huddock

Alecia Joy Bloom

Caroline Molinaro

Chris Hancocks

Colleen Murphy

Jeannie Lebosky

Aimee Schneider

HALL AVAILABLE: MEMBERS, YOUR HALL IS AVAILABLE TO YOU AT A

DISCOUNTED PRICE.

CONTACT ALICE LEONHARDT, PDDGER banquetmanager@ebelks.com

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Adopt a Road: Gus Bunn

Americanism: June Irey

Audit/Accounting: Daphna Langballe

Army of Hope: Annie Brucato

Banquet Chair: Alice Leonhardt PDDGER

Bar Manager: Marian Walko

Bldg & Grounds: John Alfinito

Drug Awareness: Denise Brucato, ER

Communications: Alice Leonhardt, PDDGER

Convention: Martin/Laura Good

Feed the Hungry: Denise Brucato, ER

Financial Advisor: Pete Zinchuck

Government Relations: Joan Scaduto, PVP

House Chair: Alecia Joy Bloom

Hoop Shoot: Aimee Schneider

Hospital Equipment: Chris Hancocks

Indoctrination Training: Joan Scaduto, PVP

Internet/Webmaster: Annie Brucato

Kitchen Chairs: Tom Evegan/Lisa Lee

Lodge Activities: Denise Brucato ER

Membership/Retention: Joan Scaduto PVP

National Foundation: Joan Scaduto, PVP

National Veterans Svcs: Annie Brucato

Newsletter Editor: Annie Brucato

Parades: Rich Huddock

Public Relations: Alecia Joy Bloom/Laura Good

Ritual: Joan Scaduto PVP/Alice Leonhardt PDDGER

Scholarships: Marian Walko

Special Children: John Alfinito/Kathleen Hyland

Youth Activities: Aimee Schneider /Odessa Clayton

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