People Helping People

Evansville, Indiana - December 2019

Evansville Auxiliary #427 will be donating lap quilts to veterans in hospice care. 

Red Oak, Iowa - December 2019

Red Oak Eagle Riders #2715 donated lap quilts to those in need.

Bartlesville, Oklahoma - December 2019

Bartlesville Auxiliary #610 donated $997 to help provide food for their local food bank, Pat’s Pantry. 

Fremont, Ohio - December 2019

Croghan Aerie #712 collected $38,929 and distributed it to their local and state charities. 

Alamogordo, New Mexico - December 2019

Challenger Eagles #4101 was able to present $1,600 to the Cancer Resource Center. For the past ten years, #4101 has been hosting this fundraiser, in conjunction with Brest Cancer Awareness month. They raised the money from hosting a Halloween party, with a live and silent auction, and collected donations from local businesses. The Alamogordo Cancer Resource Center provides cancer patients and those touched by cancer with information, educational materials, resource referrals and gift items. 

Fremont, Nebraska - December 2019

Fremont Auxiliary #200 collected school supplies to donate to children and teachers in need. Items donated included paper, pencils, pens, notebooks, colors, colored pencils, Kleenex, protractors, and more. This was the first time the Auxiliary has decided to do that after former #200 Trustee Beverley Mielke suggested this project. The Auxiliary plans to do this every August going forward, to support the different elementary schools in their area.

Concord, New Hampshire - December 2019

Concord Eagles #613 hosted their annual free Thanksgiving dinner event for the less-fortunate. They also co-sponsored the 69th Concord Christmas parade – where more than 4,200 people attended. 

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin - December 2019

Chippewa Valley Eagles #2213 held their 5th Annual Hallie Block Party. The event consisted of an auction, cake walk, chicken dinner, raffles and the evening ended with a wrestling match. From the money raised, #2213 made two donations of $5,731.37 each to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Veterans Housing and Recovery Program.

Cranbrook, British Columbia - December 2019

Cranbrook Aerie #3032 held a bingo fundraiser for the Salvation Army. The bingo players donated $728 and #3032 donated $2,000, for a grand total of $2,728.

Cranbrook Aerie #3032 donated $5,000 to the Easy Kootenay Foundation for Health, to help with the purchase of a SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) scanner for the EK Regional Hospital.

Orange Park, Florida - December 2019

Orange Park Eagles #4365 held their annual Toys for Tots dart tournament, and was able to donate $1,300 worth of toys to children for the holidays.