Elks Lodge donates dictionaries to local schools
Courtesy photo. Third-graders Bridget Chappell, Dillon Mickelson, Emily Shankland and Torben Higgins receive dictionaries donated by Coeur d’Alene Elks Lodge No. 1254 during the regular morning chapel service at LAM Christian Academy. Behind them are teacher Denise Childs, co-chair Joan Braden, principal Shelly Mathews and co-chair Karen Magner.
Coeur d’Alene Elks Lodge No. 1254 used a $2,000 ENF Gratitude Grant and a $1,000 grant received from the 3Cs local charity organization to provide 1,688 dictionaries this year to third-grade students in the Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls School Districts and local area Charter schools.