Kinderhook Elks Lodge #2530

ER's Message

Dear Fellow Members of Kinderhook Elks Lodge,

Where has the year gone? In thirty odd days, this Elk year will be over. I’d like to thank each and every one of you for the time and effort you’ve given to the lodge this year, as well as your support to our officers. We have much to be proud of as a lodge.

We started the year with my PSVP Homecoming dinner. We had beautiful ceremonies for Flag Day, Elks’ Memorial Day, Ritual at District Deputy Visitation, and PER Initiation. We tried new things such as sponsoring dinners for our schools’ state sports champions in basketball and softball, karaoke, ballroom dancing and monthly initiations.

Meanwhile, we continued to provide our ‘traditional’ events that mean so much to our community. These include, but are not limited to, the Easter Bunny at the Village Square, Veteran’s Day Dinner, PERs hosting one of the Community Dinners at St. Luke’s, Community Baby Showers, Red Cross Blood Drives, Special Needs Prom, sponsoring the Veteran’s Room at the Albany Airport, and Marion Stegmann Fund. Representation of the lodge at District and State events was inspiring. Our attendance at District events was always at or near the top and I was surprised at the number of our members that attended a portion of the NYSEA Fall Conference held in Albany.

Unfortunately, during the year we’ve had members who have passed on. The most recent was Dave ‘Oilcan’ Riffley. To our absent members!

As to activities this past month, it was quite a busy time. Our second Community Baby Shower was on the 11th. On the 12th, the lodge had a Super Bowl Party. On Sunday, Feb 19th, the PERs held an initiation for a new member. Thanks to the PERs for an excellent job. Then on the 22nd was our annual blood drive. Thanks to Steve Everett for coordinating this.

On February 27th, elections for the 2023-24 officers were held. However, at the time of writing this, the elections had not been held. We are blessed to have a full slate of officers on the ballot. The slate is:

Exalted Ruler – Anne Leiser, PER
Esteemed Leading Knight – Darci Hover
Esteemed Loyal Knight – Terri Brew
Esteemed Lecturing Knight – Kelly McGiffert
Secretary – Jerry Shook, PSP
Treasurer – Joseph Laviano, PER
Trustee – John Sundwall

For up coming events in March and April, we have:

The PERs will be holding a meeting for planning the year ahead, date is TBD.
Community Baby Shower on Saturday, March 11th.
St. Patrick’s Day party on the Saturday March 18th.
Elks NY State President, Cameron Ricci, will be visiting the North Hudson district on the weekend of March 17-19. He is expected to arrive at our Lodge during the evening of Saturday, March 18th.
Special Needs Prom is Saturday, March 25th.
Officer Installation is on the 26th at 4pm. This will be followed by dinner and awards ceremony. Dinner will be roast pork, potato and vegetable.
Membership Committee is holding at meeting on March 28th at 6:30pm
Easter Bunny will be visiting the Village of Kinderhook on Saturday, April 8th.
District Deputy Clinic is on Saturday, April 15th at Rensselaer Lodge; breakfast at 9am.
Saturday, April 22nd is VERY busy: Poughkeepsie Lodge is visiting us from 12:30 to 2:15pm AND SVP Bill Mellan and PDD Deb Miner’s Homecoming is at the Hudson Lodge from 4 to 7pm.Cost is $50 per ticket. Please see me if interested in a dinner booking at the lodge for 5pm.

We also have a couple of reminders:

For those few members that have not been able to pay their dues for the 2022-23 year, please attend to this ASAP.
Dues for 2023-24 are due by March 31st.

Finally, this is your lodge. If you have any suggestions or thoughts pertaining to it, please let an officer, a trustee or myself know of them.

Fraternally,
ER John Piddock

Recurring Events

(Check with Calendar in case of cancellations.)

Sundays:
- We serve breakfast 8am - 11am. See menu here.
- Dave's Wings and Dogs 4pm - 6:30pm. Place orders with Dave 518-669-0155
Fridays:
- We serve dinner specials from 5pm - 7pm - see menus below. Reservations required - PER Anne 518-758-2196.
- Queen of Hearts sales and drawing at 7pm (Purchase tickets in the lounge or call Tammy 518-704-1866).
Meetings
- Member meetings - 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month at 7:30pm (Jul, Aug - 4th Monday only, Dec - 2nd Monday only)
- Board meeting - 3rd Monday of the month at 7:30pm

Classic Car Show

The Kinderhook Elks Classic Car show will be held in the Columbia County Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 22nd. See announcement for more details.

Forms are available in the Lodge or here: registration form sponsorship form

March

Fri 3rd - Fish platter with shirmp and clam strips - $14. Bar menu also
Fri 10th - Fish fry, served with coleslaw + fries or onion rings - $11. Bar menu also.
Sat 11th - Book club meeting - 10am in the Lodge
Sat 11th - Community baby shower - 11am in the Lodge (see announcement)
Fri 17th - Stuffed shells - $15 or fish fry with coleslaw + fries or onion rings - $11
Sat 18th - St. Patrick's Day Dinner (see announcement)
Fri 24th - Meatball sub or tuna boat - $10 each
Sat 25th - Special Needs Prom (see announcement)
Sun 26th - Breakfast with the Easter Bunny (see announcement)
Sun 26th - Installation of 2023-24 Officers 4pm followed by dinner and awards ceremony. Sign-up sheet on the pool table in the lounge.
Fri 31st - Fish fry with coleslaw + fries or onion rings - $11

April

Sun 2nd - Breakfast with the Easter Bunny (see announcement)
Sat 8th - Kinderhook Village Square - Easter Bunny / Egg hunt (see announcement)

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