Each year, the Kentucky Elks Association awards the Veteran Volunteer of the Year Award to a person who demonstrated a longstanding commitment to improving life for our veterans. This is in keeping with our Elks pledge, “So long as there are veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them.”

At the recent Mid-Year Convention hosted by Louisville Lodge #8, the 2019 Veteran Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to none other than our very own Sulena Bryant! To those who know Sulena, this news will come as no surprise. She has dedicated herself to working with veterans. She currently serves as the Veterans Chair for our lodge, as well as the VAVS representative for the Lexington VA. She’s helped homeless veterans find housing through the Welkome Home Program, and she’s always looking for a new opportunity to help veterans.

Please join us in congratulating Sulena Bryant on this well-deserved honor! You can click the picture to the right to see a larger version of the image.

Recently, the Frankfort Elks Lodge awarded its 2019 Citizen of the Year Award to Danny Bryant, the owner of the downtown Frankfort Pic-Pac. Mr. Bryant is a fixture in the community, donating food and money to charities and feeding generations of FHS kids at lunch and after school, and most importantly, serving as an oasis in a part of town that would otherwise be a food desert. For all of these reasons, plus the fact that he’s simply a great guy, the Frankfort Elks Lodge #530 honors as its 2019 Citizen of the year, Mr. Danny Bryant.

Pictured above is Mr. Bryant (right), along with Frankfort Lodge Exalted Ruler John Snyder.

As part of this year’s Kids with Cancer Golf Scramble, the Frankfort Elks Lodge is holding a very special raffle. The holder of the winning ticket will receive a bottle of 20-Year-Old Pappy Van Winkle!

This bottle was graciously donated by our friends at Buffalo Trace Distillery, and we would like to extend our thanks to them for their generosity.

Tickets are $25 each, and only 750 will be sold. The winner will be drawn at 8:00 PM on May 11 at the Frankfort Elks Lodge following the golf scramble. You do not need to be present to win.

To buy tickets, you can contact Mark Skeeters at (502) 545-2415 or stop by the Frankfort Lodge at 309 Lewis Street.

If you’d like to play in the annual golf scramble, sponsor a hole, or donate a prize, you can find all of the information about the scramble at this link.

This year’s Kids with Cancer golf scramble will be held on Saturday, May 11 at Juniper Hills Golf Course.Lunch will be served at 12 noon, followed by a shotgun start around 1 PM. Just like in years past, we’re looking for volunteers, hole sponsors, and of course, golfers!

We’re also still looking for door prizes, silent auction items, and individually wrapped desserts (cookies, brownies, etc.). If you would like to donate, volunteer, or play in the tournament, there is a signup area in the Lodge foyer to volunteer in various capacities. If you have questions, or would like to arrange a donation, please contact one of these folks:

• Jennifer Hicks: jenhixdem@yahoo.com or (502) 298-9145
• Leigh Ruble: leigh@mtlwrk.com or (502) 682-1120
• Mark Skeeters: Tenderlawn.ky@gmail.com or (502) 545-2415

If you would like to donate an item for the Annual Frankfort Elks Kids with Cancer Charities Golf Scramble Silent auction please contact
Dawn Loman at Dawnloman@hotmail.com

The Frankfort Elks would like the thank the Frankfort community for all of its support over the years with this tournament. It couldn’t be successful without your help. We look forward to seeing all of you at Juniper Hills on May 11!

• 2019 Kids with Cancer Golf Scramble Entry Form (203 downloads)
• 2019 Kids with Cancer Golf Scramble Sponsor Letter (163 downloads)

From February 21 through the 23, nine members of Frankfort Lodge #530 attended the annual state convention of the Kentucky Elks Association in Hopkinsville, KY. Also in attendance were representatives from all 16 Lodges across the state, as well as special guests State Sponsor Lester C. “Ted” Hess and Indiana State President Randy Snellenberger and his guest Nancy Wells. On Saturday, Charlie Martin of Hopkinsville Lodge 545 was installed as our new State President, and his wife Lana as the new First Lady.

The officers and members of Frankfort Lodge #530 would like to extend our very best wishes for the coming year to Charlie and Lana, and we are looking forward to having them both come to Frankfort for their official visit.

We’d also like to recognize and thank our outgoing State President and First Lady, Charlie and Troi Cunningham of Frankfort Lodge #530. They have been amazing representatives for our lodge and state over the past year and we are very proud of the success they have brought to the Kentucky Elks Association.