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The Bismarck-Mandan Elks Lodge #1199 was the starting point for an event that raised over $2,700 for Toys for Tots.  Elks Officers and Volunteers prepared and served a free-will donation public breakfast. Following breakfast, area bikers took the money raised to WalMart to purchase Christmas gifts for children.

Sysco Foods, Olive Garden, Royce’s Produce and Cash Wise also contributed to the event, which was organized by “Lady Bikers 4 Chari-Tea.”

Applications for the 2016 Most Valuable Student scholarship contest, which is open to any high school senior who is a US Citizen, are available for download. Completed applications will be due to the Elks Lodge nearest to the applicant’s home by December 4, 2015. Applicants are judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need.

For more information, e-mail Lodge #1199 Scholarship Chair Michael Lindblom at [email protected] or visit www.elks.org/ENF/scholars/.

“The Bismarck-Mandan Elks welcomed 18 new members during its September Initiation.”
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His face adorns Mount Rushmore and his name and picture adorn Elks upper bar, and the accomplishments of the man – considered by many to be one of the greatest U.S. Presidents – certainly didn’t come easy.

Theodore Roosevelt’s lifetime cycle of tribulation and recovery are a great-untold American story!  Born a sickly child with a severe case of asthma, Roosevelt often awoke with the experience of being smothered to death.  Despite this, he overcame his physical ailments to become an outdoorsy man of nature with robust masculinity.  When he lost his mentor and father at the age of 20, he doubled his Harvard studies, graduating with honors.  When he lost his wife and mother (11 hours apart and in the same house) Roosevelt escaped to Dakota Territory to operate a successful cattle ranch.  When an unusually severe winter wiped out his cattle herd and half of his $80,000 investment (over $1M in today’s dollars), he re-entered politics and public life on the East Coast to eventually become our 25th Vice President and 26th President, serving from 1901 to 1909.

Throughout his life, Roosevelt was peppered with challenges and misfortunes, but each time, he picked himself up, dusted himself off and started all over again, often with more gusto than before.

Perhaps one of the most definitive events happened late in his life:  [Read more…]