Category: Uncategorized

DAY	First	Last	City	State	AMOUNT	TICKET No
1	Frances	Allen	OOB	ME	$25.00	0254
2	Paul L	Morrissette	Winslow	ME	$25.00	0464
3	Stephanie	Ingraham	South Portland	ME	$25.00	0286
4	Rick	Rideout	Millinocket	ME	$25.00	0797
5	Carol	Burchill	Portland	ME	$50.00	0020
6	Ricky	Adams	Hermon	ME	$50.00	0690
7	Pam	Schulz	Appletein	ME	$25.00	0096
8	Sundae	Robbins	Waltham	ME	$25.00	1324
9	Heather	Anderson	Brooksville	FL	$25.00	0298
10	Louise	Feeley	Kissimmee	FL	$25.00	0927
11	Danny	Howes	Lewiston	ME	$25.00	0258
12	Joan	Bowley	Pittsfield	ME	$50.00	0833
13	Barb	Chase	North Berwick	ME	$50.00	1082
14	Jeramie	Ledger	J.B. Andrews	MD	$25.00	0718
15	Jo	Spielvogel	Strong	ME	$25.00	0505
16	J.	Oliver	Levant	ME	$25.00	0648
17	Corey	Mansolilli	Southwest Harbor	ME	$25.00	0917
18	Lori	Arsenault	Woolwich	ME	$25.00	0038
19	Carol	Bachofner	Rockland	ME	$50.00	0068
20	Rickey	Overlook	Hermon	ME	$50.00	0669
21	Christine	Goodwin	Shapleigh	ME	$500.00	1081
22	Lloyd	Gray Sr.	Friendship	ME	$25.00	0072
23	Mark	Simon	Bangor	ME	$25.00	0554
24	Nita	Therriault	Presqueisle	ME	$25.00	0806
25	Dianne	Richardson	Lamoine	ME	$100.00	1035
26	Cheryl	Snow	Hermon	ME	$50.00	0668
27	The Kelley	Kids	Prospect Harbor	ME	$50.00	0938
28	Marie	Mc Callum	Ocean Park	ME	$25.00	0236
29	Danielle	Tasker	Levant	ME	$25.00	0602
30	Sharon	Cahill	Topsham	ME	$25.00	0035
31	Penny	Rich	Hope	ME	$25.00	0111

DAY	First	Last	City	State	Amt	Tkt #
1	Alec	Arsenault	Woolwich	Me	$50.00	0054
2	Peter	Ledger	Houlton	Me	$25.00	0720
3	Sharon	Rowling	Rockport	Me	$25.00	0125
4	Leo	Sirois	Fairfield	Me	$25.00	0429
5	John	Caron	Sanford	Me	$25.00	0169
6	Paul	Morrissette	Winslow	Me	$25.00	0464
7	Kelly	Plourde	Millincket	Me	$50.00	0799
8	Amanda	Ouellette	Bangor	Me	$50.00	0561
9	Todd	Blankenship	Sun Prairie	WI	$25.00	0880
10	April	Bomes	Lake Butter	FL	$25.00	0617
11	Nita	Therriault	Presqueisle	Me	$100.00	0806
12	Jack	Zuk	Sanford	Me	$25.00	0184
13	Kris	Miller	Bangor	Me	$25.00	0654
14	Terry	Mosher	Farmington	Me	$50.00	0521
15	Amanda	Houlton	Ellsworth	Me	$50.00	1054
16	JoAnn	Cormaci	Hancock	Me	$25.00	1053
17	Sadi	Russ	Acton	Me	$25.00	1125
18	Aaron	Allumbaugl	Farmington	Me	$25.00	0519
19	Todd	Hoglond	Franklin	Me	$25.00	0859
20	Roxanne	Frenette	OOB	Me	$25.00	0237
21	Belinda	Doucette	Old  Town	Me	$50.00	0572
22	Eva	Moreland	South Berwick	Me	$50.00	0330
23	Alan	Harding	presque Isle	Me	$25.00	0814
24	Darelyn	Kearns	Gardiner	Me	$25.00	0479
25	Gail	Pollard	Adrian	GA	$25.00	0350
26	Maynard	Pushaw	Hope	Me	$100.00	0086
27	Paul	Martitz	Vassalboro	Me	$25.00	0394
28	Gary	Cooper	Sidney	Me	$50.00	0449
29	Rori	Crossman	Biddeford	Me	$50.00	0201
30	Morgan	Robson	Woolwich	Me	$25.00	0053

On November 3rd members of Bangor Lodge #244, and Old Town Lodge #1287 teamed up with the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services, VA Maine Homeless Veteran Program, and several other charitable agencies to provide much needed assistance to local homeless Veterans in Bangor and the surrounding area.

The day started off in Maine fall fashion with a fresh 2 inches of snow on the ground, along with wind and a morning temperature of 25 degrees. But this didn’t slow this team of volunteers which assisted with the objectives of the stand down. While the other charitable agencies were connecting the Veterans with resources, winter clothing, toiletry kits and non- perishable meals the volunteers from the Bangor Lodge were busy preparing a hot lunch for the Veterans, and volunteers alike.

The day would not have been complete without the contributions from the Old Town Lodge #1287. Utilizing their Freedom Grant, the Lodge purchased over $2000.00 worth of non-perishable food which was distributed to homeless, and needy Veterans who attended the Stand Down.

In the end the day was a huge success. The members of the Maine Elks Association Northern District truly displayed the true meaning of “Sharing and Caring”” by ensuring our Veterans know that, “so long as there are Veterans the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them”. Thanks to all who volunteered.

by BOB KEYES STAFF WRITER PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

With the postponement of the annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down, regional service agencies and others who support veterans in Maine are scrambling to cover the loss of a centralized event where the state’s homeless veterans could gather to receive the support they need.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the event, held at Togus VA Medical Center in Augusta, to take on a new form. In past years, Veterans Affairs staff and volunteers provided food, clothing and health screenings to homeless and at-risk veterans, who also received referrals for employment, housing, health care, substance use treatment and mental-health counseling.

This year, thanks in part to an infusion of federal money to address homelessness, other agencies across the state are stepping in by focusing their work on veterans who need assistance with things like medical care, food security and employment services.

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In addition, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services is partnering with Maine Veterans in Need to arrange multiple mini-Stand Downs across the state this fall, in an effort to bring supplies and services closer to those who would benefit from them. The events, which were still being scheduled, would involve the distribution of items like hygiene kits, care packages and cold-weather clothing.

But they will not involve personal medical services such as flu shots, medical checkups and mental health evaluations, as in the past.

“The way we are looking at it right now, anything is better than nothing,” said Jarad Greeley, homeless veterans coordinator at the bureau. “The advantage of doing multiple locations instead of one is that it limits the transportation of veterans. If we can go to the veterans themselves, it eliminates a lot of travel.”Advertisement

David Hassen, who oversees veterans activities for the Maine Elks, said lack of health check-ups and administrative assistance would be the biggest loss. The mini-Stand Downs will help, and their success will depend on service organizations supporting the new effort, he said.

Jim Gehring of the Presque Isle Elks, Lodge #1954, welcomes the concept of a regional Stand Down.

“The Stand Down was great, if you were in walking distance of the Togus campus or if you were in a community with the ability to get veterans transportation to Togus,” he said. “But there’s no veteran transportation up here, so we get by with a little help from our communities.”

The Elks used to arrange transportation to the annual event, but for a variety of reasons – a lack of trust in government and fear of admitting to being homeless chief among them – many veterans didn’t bother to make the trip, Gehring said. The Elks and other groups have improvised.

“Instead of doing a Stand Down, we are coming in through the back door with our own supplies,” Gehring said. “We can give the veterans what they need, and they don’t identify us as the government, so they trust us.”

There are about 140 homeless veterans in Maine, according to state statistics. That number is up from about 100 before the pandemic, Greeley said.Advertisement

In an interesting twist caused by the pandemic, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services has “a ton of extra money” to spend on homeless services through the CARES Act, Greeley said. The bill funneled $17.2 billion to the Veterans Health Administration and increased funding for homeless programs.

“Pre-COVID, those funds were hard to find. I always had to ask other organizations – the Elks, the Legion, the VFWs – if they could put up the tab to put someone in a motel for a couple of nights,” Greeley said. “Now, I don’t have to ask them, which means they can do other things.”

Those agencies and others like Goodwill Northern New England, Easter Seals and Pinetree Legal are filling needs based on their specializations, said Jonathan Barczyk, acting public affairs officer for the VA Maine Healthcare System.

“We’re not replacing the Stand Down, but we are continuing to go about providing services and connecting veterans with the resources that best suit their needs, and a lot of that is through a number of community partnerships that we have with different organizations across the state,” he said.

Goodwill is focusing on job services by pairing veterans with both a career adviser and life navigator – “a social-worker type position” – said Heather Steeves, external communications manager.

“We know, for veterans, it’s often not just resume that gets in the way of long-term success,” she said. “It can be other life factors, such as mental health, homelessness or food insecurity. If they need to be connected to food stamps, we will help them with that. Any issue they might have in their life, we will work with them holistically, so they can succeed in the long run. We will stay with them until they reach stability.”

The Goodwill life navigator helps mitigate the barriers at home that inhibit productivity at work. The focus is timely. Goodwill served 74 veterans between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019. The following calendar year, which included job losses because of the pandemic, the number of veterans seeking job services through the nonprofit nearly doubled to 132, Steeves said.

Up north in Presque Isle, the Elks Lodge operates a warehouse-size furniture bank, providing free furniture, appliances and other items for veterans who are transitioning from homelessness to safe and secure housing, Gehring said. The Elks collect furniture by donation and through a company that secures used hotel-room furniture.

“They often have no clothes, no furniture – basically nothing, including no money,” Gehring said. “We can take a vet and his family and get them completely set up in an apartment, including everything you need to start your life over again. That is what we do.”

Letter from Special Deputy Andy Constantine concerning updates to the GER’s Maine visit November 10-11 2020

Day	First	Last	City	St	Zip
1	Stephen	Spielvogel	Strong	Me	04983	$25.00	0504
2	Celena	Ranger	Portland	Me	04103	$25.00	0498
3	Scott	Storer	Weld	Me	04285	$50.00	0506
4	Joan	Lapierre	Buxton	Me	04093	$50.00	1361
5	Shirley	Quimby	Sanford	Me	04073	$25.00	1359
6	Laura	Grosskurth	Surry	Me	04684	$25.00	0896
7	Susan	Piper	Hancock	Me	04640	$25.00	0915
8	Tom	Rizzo	Spruce Head	Me	04859	$25.00	1001
9	Bob	Burns	Hampden	Me	04444	$25.00	0639
10	Cliasta	Bither	Houlton	Me	04730	$50.00	0721
11	Roxanne	Frenette	OOB	Me	04064	$50.00	0237
12	Matthew	Bardanza	Owlshead	Me	04854	$100.00	0104
13	Nita	Therriault	Presque Isle	Me	04769	$25.00	0806
14	Jen	Gardif	Biddeford	Me	04005	$25.00	0238
15	Sundae	Robbins	Waltham	Me	04605	$25.00	1324
16	Brad	Wing	Oakland	Me	049633	$25.00	0351
17	Kathy	Farrell	Lamoine	Me	04605	$50.00	1325
18	Bobby Lee	Klein	Franklin	Me	04634	$50.00	1058
19	Scott	Adams	Orrington	Me	04474	$25.00	0910
20	Jeff	Hingston	Nobleboro	Me	04553	$25.00	0126
21	Zane	Littlefield	Winterport	Me	04496	$25.00	0691
22	Justin	Duncan	Bangor	Me	04401	$25.00	0067
23	Anthony	Richardson	Trenton	Me	04605	$25.00	1034
24	Sadie	Russ	Acton	Me	04001	$50.00	1125
25	Barbara	Perkins	Annapolis	MD	21403	$50.00	0930
26	Ellen	Schulman	Palm Bay	FL	32905	$25.00	0931
27	Joe	Bongiorno	Selmour	CT	06483	$25.00	1030
28	Randy	Gerry	Winslow	Me	04901	$25.00	0358
29	Brittany	Duncan	Bangor	Me	04401	$25.00	0069
30	Liz	Bergan	Smyrna	Me	04780	$25.00	0706
31	Christopher	Rand	Naples	FL	34105	$50.00	0070

On Tuesday November 10th, 2020 our Grand Exalted Ruler the Hon. Paul R. Ryan and First Lady of Elkdom Stacey will make their official visit to Maine.

A reception and dinner will be held in their honor at the Augusta Elks Lodge #964 starting at 6:00 p.m. Information and costs will be sent out by the Lodge shortly, please make your reservations with them.

Also during their stay in Maine they will visit the Gardiner Elks Lodge #1293 for lunch Tuesday November 10th, and the Waterville Elks Lodge #905 Wednesday evening. These Lodges will send out notices with pricing.

GERs Visitation Letter GER Biography

Day	First	Last	City	St	Amt	Ticket
1	Nadine	Casper	Sidney	Me	$25.00	0451
2	Richard	Feeley	Kissimmee	Fl	$25.00	0928
3	Gerry	Inkel	Plantsville	Ct	$25.00	0205
4	Sharon	Darling	Millinocket	Me	$25.00	0970
5	Eric	Hoard	Stonington	Me	$50.00	0912
6	Frances	Allen	OOB	Me	$50.00	0254
7	Barbara	Pileggi	Portland	Me	$100.00	0006
8	Pat	Tait	Brewer	Me	$25.00	0552
9	Lori	Peltren	Hancock	Me	$25.00	1050
10	David	Guay	OOB	Me	$25.00	0186
11	Mary	McKern	W.Gardiner	Me	$25.00	0483
12	Renee	O’Rourke	Tewksbury	MA	$50.00	0496
13	Shawn	Hubbard	Shapleigh	Me	$50.00	0176
14	Erthel	Vienneau	Veazie	Me	$25.00	0611
15	Tristan	McKenney	Waltham	Me	$25.00	0885
16	Sue	Robinson	Windham	Me	$25.00	0983
17	Chris	Cowperthwaite	Prospect Harbor	Me	$25.00	0941
18	Hayley	Bergan	Smyrna	Me	$25.00	0705
19	Tyler	Bryant	South Portland	Me	$50.00	0293
20	Marie	Huckabey	Bangor	Me	$50.00	0696
21	Dan	Richands	Gouldsboro	Me	$25.00	0897
22	Stephen	DuPus	Saco	Me	$25.00	0189
23	Dianne	Richardson	Lamoine	Me	$25.00	1035
24	Dolores	Francis	Old Town	Me	$25.00	0622
25	William J.	Davis	Presque Isle	Me	$25.00	0804
26	Tim	Calahan	Strong	Me	$50.00	0511
27	Robert	Ray	Ellsworth	Me	$50.00	0870
28	Todd	Hoglond	Franklin	Me	$25.00	0859
29	Marilyn	Gilbert	Winslow	Me	$25.00	0393
30	Penny	Collins	Millinocket	Me	$25.00	0958

Day	First	Last	City	St	Amt	Ticket
1	Allison	Bryant	South Portland	Me	$50	0291
2	Pauline	Roy	Biddeford	Me	$50	0242
3	Garrett	Place	oakland	Me	$25	0420
4	Matthew	Bardanza	owlshead	Me	$25	0104
5	Roxanne	Frenette	OOB	Me	$25	0237
6	Cliasta	Bither	Houlton	Me	$25	0721
7	Bob	Burns	Hampden	Me	$25	0639
8	Tom	Rizzo	Spruce head	Me	$50	1001
9	Ricky	Lemoine	Ellsworth	Me	$50	1338
10	Donna	Smith	Hermon	Me	$25	0667
11	Christa	Quint	Brooklyn	NY	$25	0825
12	Mary	Houlton	Hancock	Me	$25	1036
13	Susan	Soper	Prospect Harbor	Me	$25	0937
14	Kevin	Ames	Orrington	Me	$25	0631
15	Peter	Duff	Bangor	Me	$50	0655
16	Corey	DeWitt	Wells	Me	$50	1161
17	Mike	Albert	Litchfield	Me	$25	0490
18	Jared	Drown	Hope	Me	$25	0099
19	vanessa	Dougherty	Saco	Me	$25	1077
20	Amy	Lalime	Saco	Me	$25	1078
21	Diane	Gilpatrick	Sanford	Me	$25	1079
22	Kim	Croteau	Palmyra	Me	$50	1080
23	Jon	Webber	Dover-Foxcroft	Me	$50	0662
24	Jeff	Guillemette	Sanford	Me	$25	0166
25	John	Mercer	York Beach	Me	$25	0313
26	Matt	Burgess	Carmal	Me	$25	0778
27	Sandi	Randall	Farmingdale	Me	$25	0489
28	James	Nyman Jr	Lees Summit	MO	$25	0777
29	Jeffrey J.	Doucette	Rochester	NH	$50	0828
30	Leroy	Hart	Farmingdale	Me	$50	0488
31	Leanne	Hoard	Stonington	Me	$25	0916