Summer is Flying By – Letter from our ER

Summer is flying by and many of our fine members continue supporting and enjoying our Lodge.  THANK YOU very much!

July 4^th celebration at the Lodge was a smashing success as we enjoyed our Independence Day with outstanding scrumptious Chicken specials prepared by Cathylee Granucci; it was an absolute “sell out!”   Thanks to Dominick and Mary Venezia and MaryAnne Dunnaway in helping with the serving of this dish. Barbara Fournier did a fantastic job with the BBQ of our exceptional Hamburgers and Hot Dogs.  Our members along with their families and guests enjoyed a special day swimming in the refreshing pool, entertained with music by Steve Mullis, Tiki Bar, and then were able to enjoy the firework display off the patio that evening.

Our Wednesday Night dinners are becoming more and more popular with our very affordable dinner specials consisting of Filet Mignon, Baked or Fried Fish, and Chicken specials.  We have to give a hearty thanks to Ron Deluca who provides Music Entertainment and Musical Trivia fun during dinner making the Wednesday evening dinner a very enjoyable time.  Ron your contribution to the success of Wednesday Night’s Dinner is GREATLY appreciated as you donate your time and outstanding music to our Lodge. Reservations are being encouraged for Wednesday and Friday dinner; please call 727.399.7143 to ensure a table of choice and our popular dinner specials.  We are now offering awesome homemade desserts from our kitchen.  Friday night’s dinner is also popular as our guests and members find our salad bar to be quite the attraction, to include our excellent service and attention to our members and guests, delicious Prime Rib, Baked or Fried Fish and Chicken dinners at affordable prices.  We are still serving on Monday Tacos and your choices are Fish, Chicken and Beef.  Tuesday we have Casserole Night which is chaired by Dominick and Mary Venenzia and they are really doing a fine job and more and more are participating in this event.  Thursdays we still serve Pasta in which $3.00 gets you a bowl of pasta and for $1.00 two meatballs.  You can drop by the Lodge almost every day in which we are offering some type of food for everyone to enjoy.  Thank you for your continued support of the Lodge and we sincerely thank you for it!

Thanks to all that helped out at the Lodge while we were at National Convention in Phoenix.  Please stop by the Lodge and view the changes voted in at convention which are posted on the bulletin board for your convenience. I have to stop and thank Marcy Parson for taking on Monday’s Taco Night in our absence. Marcy also made sure Thursday’s Pasta Night went on without a glitch with the help of Dominick and Mary Venezia.   Betty Ryan thanks for taking on the Kitchen duties and making everything run so very smoothly.  Linda Kufro for all her hard work in making sure the registers are covered and everything she does for the Lodge to include the creation of our posters for all our events……Linda you are very much appreciated.   John and Dianne Nangle thanks so much for taking time out of your schedule and driving us to and from the airport.  Thanks everyone we greatly appreciate you all!

Bingo is on absolute great time! Consider coming to the Lodge on Thursdays about 12 Noon and check out how our lovely “Bingo Queen” Jane Jordan makes this weekly event such a success!  Her personality is the “tops” and makes Bingo so much fun and enjoyable for everyone that attends, along with Barbara Fournier as she calls out Bingo numbers.  Thanks Jane and Barbara!

We have to thank our members Dave and Rhonda Levesque who referred our Lodge to friends, and they had an outstanding fun filled 50^th Birthday Party.  This is one fantastic way our members make our Lodge a success by referring us; and it is an honor when you refer our Lodge for events such as Birthdays, Weddings, and Aniversaries etc.  Please continue your support and encourage your family and friends to consider Holiday Isles Elks Lodge 1912 for their event.  Call Cathylee Granucci at 727.215.1226 to schedule your event today.

We are having our Annual Golf Outing scheduled for September 17th at the Mainlands Golf Course.  Please contact Bob Pitney PDDGER to get your tickets for this outstanding event the tickets are going fast.  Tickets are only $60 per person and this will include golfing and an outstanding dinner. PER Don Boring and his wife June will be putting together the dinner to be served at the Elks Lodge 1912, looks like it will be their FAMOUS Rib’s.  There will be raffling and fun prizes to win to include winners in the golf tournament.

Bob Pitney and his lovely wife did a fantastic job representing our Lodge as DDGER last year, you made us all proud!  Thanks!

We are continuing to support our community and our Lodge and we have donated $200.00 toward the Madeira Beach 911 Memorial.   Also, twice a month on Friday, our Lodge provides a free dinner to our Veterans from Bay Pines a nice thank you to them for their exemplary service to our Nation.  We are fortunate to be able to give to our community and we have to thank our Lodge Members for making this possible.   We have two major projects our Lodge is working on,  Elks National Foundation (ENF) Chaired by Barbara Fournier and Harry-Anna (Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services and the Florida Elks Youth Camp) Chaired by Valarie Powell your contributions to these Charities are GREATLY appreciated.

Christmas in July is scheduled for Saturday the 30^th and hopefully you were able to attend.  Barbara Fournier worked hard to get this event going, and we have to thank Julia Cate and Rico Borrazzo for the fabulous gift basket they donated to our Lodge and will be raffled off.  Julia worked hard to put this basket together and it is absolutely awesome and we all thank you.

Coming this August 6^th we have our District Visitation. The theme for this event is a Pirate Invasion by Land or by Sea.  Please stop by and show your support as Lodges from around the area come and enjoy our facilities.  Cocktails are from 5-7P, then the meeting, and quickly following will be the dinner and dessert.

August 28^th is our Hurricane Party!  Come prepared for some “blown away” fun at the Lodge.  This event is chaired by Ron Deluca and Bill Leary.  Tickets are available for only $8.00.  You won’t want to miss the fun packed event.  Polish Sausage will be served with Sauerkraut along with Baked Ham and Beans, Potato, Bread and scrumptious Dessert.

Labor Day Weekend will be upon us shortly and we will serve on Labor Day a large portion ¼ Chicken for only $4.00 Dark/$5.00 White meat, made with Cathylee’s special recipe choices of either Italian Marinate or Honey BBQ, along with delicious Cole Slaw, Bread, and Corn on the Cob.    Come join us on Labor Day.

Thanks to Shirley and Tom Krieger for trimming the trees and now the view of the water is much nicer from the Tiki Bar deck area.

Fall Fling is scheduled for September 24th, please keep that date open.  We will have additional details for you at a later date.

In final, at the National Convention this year it was mentioned how as a Lodge we need to continue attracting new Members and keeping them.  Your help in this endeavor is greatly appreciated, as you invite guests to see our Lodge and enjoy our activities prompting them to join.  We are only a success because of our current members and your continued support.  Together we make our Lodge at the Holiday Isles 1912 a positive place to go to and experience, encouraging new members to make it their home.

God Bless United States of America, our Lodge, our Military and their families!