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Show '"TjrTu 'i i wii ,iii, , vn&A 7-ln ? r' PACKING BOXES for the needy families who had Christmas fm nUhnH h XftoR, Jan.es Loock.DarleneLoock, Jeannie Padgett a"d ahlS llM (' Ka'"s A Eagles deliver Christmas 'pleasant Grove Aerie and Auxiliary 3372 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles delivered Christmas Christ-mas packages to families in need this holiday season. The families are residents of Lehi, American Fork, Pleasant Grove and Orem. 'The' families names were submitted sub-mitted by members and call-ins (rbm people in the communities. This year the Pleasant Grove jodge was able to provide for 19 families, including 44 children plus eight widows and widowers. In charge of the project were James and Darlene Loock and Jim and Jeannie Padgett, together with the dedication of Aerie members, Ladies Auxiliary and R.E.A.C. "Retired Eagles Activity Club," and cash donations from the D.B.R C. Club and Eagle members, the lodge has raised over $3,800 to : purchase food, clothing and toys for the families. They were also able to make cash donations for Christmas charity needs to Utah State Hospital in Provo and the Head Start program. Each year they strive to provide more for the needy. All this becomes possible from the total support of the members and the hard work provided by the chairpersons chair-persons and committee members who donate their time in the preparation of planning the fund raising projects, such as the family breakfasts, dinner socials, dances and annual swap meet and the generous donations from members. The motto of the Fraternal Order of Eagles nationwide is "People Helping People." Along with the Christmas charity program in 1983 the Pleasant Grove Eagles Lodge was able to raise over $7,000 to donate to other charitable organizations such as the cancer fund, heart fund, Jimmy Durante Children's Fund, the Golden Eagle program, the diabetes foundation, kidney fund, Muscular Dystrophy, the arthritis foundation, High Sky Girls Ranch, Utah Boys Ranch, U of U leukemia research center and the Utah Eagles seeing eye dog fund. The local lodge this year also received a thousand dollar grant from the national office, which was presented to the Lindon Care and Training Center. The officers wish to thank all members for their support and express thanks to all the merchants in the surrounding communities who donated door prizes for the fund raising events. All their efforts made this year of charitable donations a great and rewarding year. |