SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 will be holding its Elks Hoop Shoot Free-Throw Competition on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. at St. Joseph’s School gym, located at 240 Franklin St., in Maplewood. Registration and warmups are from 9 to 9:25 a.m. The contest will begin […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Elks No. 1154 recently held its Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Competition at St. Joseph’s School in Maplewood. The winners were as follows: Girls ages 8-9 Mary Jane (M.J.) Galea Girls ages 10-11 Adriana Pinto Boys ages 8-9 Greyson Gousse Boys ages 10-11 Jack Catanese […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Elks No. 1154 will be holding their Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Competition on Sunday, Nov. 19, at noon at St. Joseph’s School gym, located at 240 Franklin St., in Maplewood. Registration is from 11:30 a.m. to noon. The contest begins sharply at noon. The program is free […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Tuesday, Aug. 2, the South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 donated $1,500 to the local organization Girls Helping Girls. Period. The money was a portion of the Gratitude Grant awarded from the Elks National Foundation. Girls Helping Girls. Period., created from a one-time collection drive in 2015, is now a […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Elks pledge “So long as there are veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them.” Eleven veterans from the East Orange Veterans Affairs Medical Center will be going in July to the Wheelchair Games in Arizona. The funds for this trip were raised by the Elks community, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 hosted its second Ladies Night dance party for the Maplewood and South Orange community and it did not disappoint. The lodge was packed, and ladies danced for hours while Elk Preston Olson played the hits and took requests, keeping the dance floor jiving. Specialty […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In the past, the St. Patrick’s Day cookout at the South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 was a wonderful event at which members would prepare meals for the community’s front-line responders and sell dinners to members. Due to diminishing sponsors, competition with other local restaurants and businesses, food waste, and of […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, Feb. 11, the South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 designed bags and Valentine’s Day cards, then packed with them candies, for 71 area veterans. Photos Courtesy of Dan Pieraccini
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 will be holding their Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw competition on Sunday, Nov. 14, at noon at St. Joseph’s School gym located at 240 Franklin St. in Maplewood. Registration is from 11:30 a.m. to noon. The contest begins right at noon. The program is […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Elks recently presented the Rent Party Garden with a check for $3,500. “It was a pleasure to present Rent Party a check for this year’s garden expenses, funded by our Elks National Foundation Beacon Grant, for this continuing community project,” lodge secretary Bob Donnelly said. “It has been […]