The Elks Pledge
So long as there are veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them.
Message from Missouri Elks Veterans Chair Darrell Quinley
In our state of Missouri, we count 31,200 Elks strong, 72 lodges and 8 Districts. We actively engage with 18 facilities across the state that serve veterans. Our purpose is to share veteran’s events and projects with our Lodge and District Elk partners around the state. Collaborating, sharing, expanding with new fresh ideas can and will improve service to veterans and their families.
Opportunities continue from district to district and with multi state Elk projects. Our single terminal Kansas City Int. Airport, which will open early 2023, will have a USO. Currently Elks service Lambert Int. Airport in St. Louis and its USO. Our unique opportunity is we have multiple elk lodges in Missouri and Kansas near KCI Airport. Northwest, Metro West in Missouri, Overland Park and Atchison Kansas elk lodges. This is an opportunity to lock arms with elks across state lines for the benefit of traveling veterans.
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State Veterans Coin
The State Veterans Coin represents a symbol; an award to be given and received much the same as our lodge Elk of the Year award and lodge Officer of the Year award. It symbolizes the extraordinary work done on behalf of our veterans. This award can be presented to an individual, a committee of individuals, for a function, presentation, or event that enhances the lives of veterans. It is to be presented at a scheduled lodge or district meeting with the same formality given for other coveted Elk awards.
The Elks National Veterans Service Commission takes that pledge one step further and promises service to our nation’s veterans and military members, with a special focus on service to those in need.
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.
What we do, and how you fit in!
Learn where you and your lodge fit into the Missouri Elks Veterans Association
Organizational Structure
Learn how Missouri Elks support for Veterans facilities is organized across the state
District Forum & Documents
The Forum section is to support sharing ideas within and across the districts. The Documents section is designed to aggregate most of the forms needed to support our veteran facilities.