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Minot Elks members pack about 475 weekend food bags for children in Minot Schools. From left are Larry Eidsness, Kathryn Aubol with the Backpack Buddies Program, Jim Bodell, Holly Eidsness and Carolyn Bodell.
The Minot Elks Lodge #1089 recently used its $3,500 Gratitude Grant from the Elks National Foundation to assist six area organizations, according to a news release from the lodge.
The grants are:
— $500 to purchase 15 twin sheet sets and 18 pairs of pajamas for the Domestic Violence Crisis Center.
— $500 to Mouse River Players Children’s Theatre.
— $500 to Second Story Club for people with disabilities.
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Elks treasurer Rich Matteson presents $500 to Amber Klingbeil for the North Dakota Firefighters Museum.
— $500 to the North Dakota Firefighters Museum for fire safety education.
— $500 to Men’s Winter Refuge.
— $1,000 to the Backpack Buddies Program.
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Larry Eidsness, Elks trustee, left, presents $500 to Mike Zimmer for the Men’s Winter Refuge.
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Jim Bodell, center, with the Elks, presents a $500 donation to Greg Gordon, director of Second Story. Samara Holen, assistant director, is at left.
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Jim Brodell with Minot Elks presents a $500 donation to Holly Eidsness with the Mouse River Players Board for its children’s theater program.
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Carolyn Bodell, Elks secretary, left, and Allison Gutknecht, Domestic Violence Crisis Center office manager, are shown with bedding and pajamas donated by the Elks.