[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 145 (Thursday, September 29, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1730-E1731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING THE WHITTIER ELKS LODGE 1258

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                         HON. LINDA T. SANCHEZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 29, 2011

  Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
recognize and congratulate the Whittier Elks Lodge 1258 on their 100th 
Anniversary. This is a remarkable milestone that deserves our 
recognition and praise.
  For 100 years, the City of Whittier has benefited from the generous 
contributions and selfless acts of members of the Elks Lodge 1258. 
Beginning with about two dozen members in 1911, Lodge 1258 grew 
alongside Whittier and helped it become the prosperous and welcoming 
city it is today.
  The Elks Foundation, driven by local lodges such as 1258, has been a 
model of organized civic engagement, sharing with communities' their 
ideals of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity. These cardinal 
virtues are the keystone philosophies the Elks Foundation were founded 
upon.
  The Elks Lodge 1258 has not only helped bring Whittier together, it 
has also served as a second home for many of the city's residents. The 
Elks Foundation, with help from Lodge 1258, contributes more than $80 
million yearly to benevolent education and patriotic community-minded 
programs, while actively advocating on behalf of physically and 
mentally challenged children and veterans.
  Due in large part to the generous financial support of the Elks, 
countless Whittier parents have seen their children attend and graduate

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from college, fostering future generations of service-oriented, 
civically engaged Whittier residents.
  The contributions and achievements of the Elks Lodge are far too many 
to count, but the enrichment and sense of community they have created 
have greatly benefited the city of Whittier. For that reason, I would 
like to recognize Whittier's Elks Lodge 1258 for a century's worth of 
honorable deeds and good work. I am certain the next 100 years will be 
as successful.

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