Leadership
2026-27 Lodge Officers
- Exalted Ruler Paul Wilson
- Esteemed Leading Knight Franklin Southeby
- Esteemed Loyal Knight Juan Gomez
- Esteemed Lecturing Knight Bill Feldman
- Secretary Nancy Boyd
- Treasurer Alice McMasters
- Trustee John D'Amato
- Trustee David Wilhite
- Trustee Pat Devlin
- Trustee Jane Jamison
- Trustee Jackson Hewitt
- Esquire Billy Franklin
- Chaplin Rev. Anthony Martin
- Inner Guard Lance Bowman
- Tiler Wendy Parmley
PER Association
- President Rosa Delgado, PER
- Vice President Michael Strand, PER
- Secretary-Treasurer Harold Bianchi, PER
Elks Riders
- President Kenneth Boudreau
- Vice President Gerald Kowalski
- Secretary-Treasurer Terry Falkenberg
Charity
Local
Safety Child ID Program
The Elkville Demo Lodge is proud to offer the Safety ID Program at no cost. Ideal for children, elders, and individuals with special needs, this program provides a comprehensive safety profile stored on a flash drive. Using our secure, EZChildID-powered software, we collect biographical information, digital photos, fingerprints, and a digital video interview. Importantly, no information is retained in our system, ensuring your privacy. The flash drive you receive contains all this vital information, providing peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY
We invest in our communities - to help children grow up healthy and drug-free, assist our veterans and improve people's quality of life.
Your support and contributions will help Elkville Demo Lodge XXX build stronger communities right here in Elkville. Your generous donation will fund our mission.
National
The Elks National Hoop Shoot
The Hoop Shoot has been unleashing gritty kids for over 50 years. The Elks Hoop Shoot is a free throw program for youth ages 8-13.
Elks National Foundation Scholarship Programs
Since 1931, the Elks National Foundation has helped students recognize their academic dreams. Each year, we award nearly $4 million in college scholarships to at least 850 outstanding, service-minded high school seniors. Once you're an Elks scholar, you're family.
The Elks National Veterans Service Commission
Thousands of Elks volunteers give generously of their time, energy and resources to serve veterans and military members each day, to ensure that pledge is not an idle one.
Today, our volunteers provide direct service to veterans in more than 330 facilities each month. Through our grants to Elks Lodges, we connect with veterans and military members in their communities, providing them with services where they live. We help veterans rehabilitate and thrive through adaptive sports programs and therapy kits. And our Welcome Home initiative is reaching out to some of our most vulnerable veterans: those who are experiencing homelessness.
History
Local
2026 Elkville Demo Lodge XXX
Elkville Demo Lodge XXX was established in September of 2026 to demonstrate how a local lodge website can be tailor made to the lodges needs using our easy website builder. Coupled with our Elks Feed which is a Facebook like private feed where announcements, events and more can be posted, in many cases it can completely replace the old, one-way communication of a newsletter. Ony a few chosen members can make posts, but all users can react, comment, respond to RSVP's and Polls and much more.
National
Our History
The moving spirit for the Elks was an Englishman named Charles Algernon Sidney Vivian. Born October 22, 1842, this son of a clergyman was a successful comic singer and dancer in the music halls of London. In November 1867, Vivian arrived in New York City to try his fortune.
Other actors and entertainers soon gravitated toward his magnetic personality. With everything closed on Sunday because of New York City Blue Laws, a group of theatrical people began meeting for their own amusement under Vivian's leadership. A loose organization was formed to make sure the larder was well-stocked for these gatherings. They called themselves the Jolly Corks, a name derived from a trick introduced by Vivian in which the uninitiated purchased a round of refreshments.
When one of their members died shortly before Christmas in 1867, leaving his wife and children destitute, the Jolly Corks decided that in addition to good fellowship, they needed a more enduring organization to serve those in need.
On February 16, 1868, they established the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and elected Vivian to head it. Its social activities and benefit performances increased the popularity of the new Order. Membership grew rapidly. Elks traveling to other cities spread the word of the Brotherhood of Elks. Soon there were requests for Elks Lodges in cities other than New York. In response to these appeals, the Elks asked the New York State legislature for a charter authorizing the establishment of a Grand Lodge with the power to establish local Lodges anywhere in the United States. When the Grand Lodge Charter was issued, the founders then received the first local charter as New York Lodge No. 1 on March 10, 1871.