Point Pleasant Elks #1698
National Veterans Service Committee
We, the National Veterans Service Committee (NVSC) BPOE #1698 Point Pleasant, NJ, are about a joint committee dedicated to help support America’s Veterans in the most meaning full ways we know. The function of this committee is to help put some fun and enjoyment into as many America’s Veterans lives as we can.
We
support many New Jersey
Veterans in Rehabilitation Centers and hospitals by the 'Adopt-A-Vet
Program’. Each summer we have the
privilege of taking them on three fishing trips each year and are
treated to a
fresh ‘home cooked’ fish dinner, we take them to a
Lakewood Blue Claws baseball
game. Late in the summer we treat them to a large
picnic. To celebrate
Veterans Day we cook them a delicious spaghetti
dinner. At Christmas time we
pay them a visit and present them with gifts and an ‘Adopt
–A-Vet certificate
from each branch of service they were in.
We assist the McGuire Air Force Base ARS at their annual summer picnic by managing and cooking for the military and their families so they can valuable spend time together. During their annual children’s Christmas Party we provide gifts for the children and assist with running the party.
Assist in running the ‘Ted Holmgren Bowling Tournament’ each February to support the ‘Army of Hope’.
The centers supported are: Army of Hope, - Air Refueling Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base - Burnt Tavern Rehab Center, Brick, NJ -Claremont Care, Point Pleasant, NJ –Lakehurst Naval Air Station,Lakehurst, NJ - Navasink Harbor, Red Bank, NJ - Old Bridge Golden Living, Old Bridge, NJ -Veterans Haven, Winslow, NJ -Veterans Hospital, Menlo Park, NJ and the Department of Veteran Affairs, Newark, NJ.
We
have a NVSC that is very
active and remains dedicated in helping America’s veterans
who gave so much for
our freedom. In doing so, NVSC Elks Lodge #1698 is actively
raising the
necessary funds to continue to provide the support to our Veterans via
yearly 50-50
raffles, additionally, we are extremely grateful when donations are
received
from various organizations and private individuals. Presently
we have underway
a campaign to sell engraved pavers to any private individual, Veterans,
Veteran
Groups, beloved ones etc. These pavers will be installed into
our Veterans Memorial Park located next to our Lodge.
We have a Care Packages from
the Heart’ campaign to obtain various items of clothing,
snacks etc. to send to
our local military presently active in Iraq and Afghanistan. The
committee is
in the process of assembling packages to be shipped to various military
personnel in those locations
The items can be delivered to the: Elks Lodge #1698, 820 Arnold Ave, Point Pleasant, NJ Monday thru Sunday, 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm., in care of the ‘Care Packages from the Heart’
“ So long as there are veterans in our hospitals, the Benevolent
and Protective Order of ELKS will never forget them”
For Further Information
Contact Nancy DeVito, NVSC Committee Chair
(732) 892-8961
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