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Mission Viejo Elks Win National Awards

For service and donations, Mission Viejo Elks recently took home national awards

Our local charitable Elks are now the award-winning local charitable Elks.

The Mission Viejo/Saddleback Valley Elks took home three national awards. Two were for charitable services, and the third was for donations. Here they are:

For the 2011-2012 Elk year, the Elks Lodge received the following awards in the BPOE’s Division III (divisions are based on Lodge’s membership size):

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  • First Place Community Service and Image Award
  • First Place Best Single Event for the Elks Lodge Handicapped Children’s Christmas Party
  • Third Place Per Capita Donations to the Elks National Foundation

The awards are for division III, and the divisions are based on membership size.

One of the Elks took a moment to reflect on what these awards mean.

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"Although no award can outshine the joy our members receive from their charitable works, these national awards confirm the national prominence afforded our Saddleback Valley communities and Elks Lodge," lodge publicist Andy Costello said.


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