Initiation September 2023
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SEBRING ELKS LODGE DONATION - August 11, 2023
Pictured is Sebring Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler Johnathan Spiegel and officers presenting a $1000 check to be used for Arcadia Lodge building restoration. Also present on Friday were members of the Lake Placid and Plant City lodges to offer support at our reopening. ELKS CARE ELKS SHARE!
SEBRING ELKS LODGE DONATION - August 11, 2023
Pictured is Sebring Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler Johnathan Spiegel and officers presenting a $1000 check to be used for Arcadia Lodge building restoration. Also present on Friday were members of the Lake Placid and Plant City lodges to offer support at our reopening. ELKS CARE ELKS SHARE!
MEMBERS GATHERING---POST HURRICANE RENOVATIONS
August 4, 2023, members gather to see renovated lodge after ten months of closure due to Hurricane Ian damages
August 4, 2023, members gather to see renovated lodge after ten months of closure due to Hurricane Ian damages
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION GRANTS
Arcadia Lodge 1524 partnered with the DeSoto County School District to host a back-to-school fair that included the Lodge partnering with the Health Department and Arcadia Main Street to offer free back-to-school supplies ON July 29th at the Turner Center. Arcadia Lodge supplied funding for computer mice and ear buds that was attained by $8,500 ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION Community Investment Program grants. Lodge members assisted with distribution of the school supplies
ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION GRANTS
Arcadia Lodge 1524 partnered with the DeSoto County School District to host a back-to-school fair that included the Lodge partnering with the Health Department and Arcadia Main Street to offer free back-to-school supplies ON July 29th at the Turner Center. Arcadia Lodge supplied funding for computer mice and ear buds that was attained by $8,500 ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION Community Investment Program grants. Lodge members assisted with distribution of the school supplies
INITIATION July 2023
FLAG DAY 2023
Jackie Hughes - Southwest Central District VP
As part of the Florida Elks State Convention in Orlando over the Memorial Day weekend, Arcadia Lodge member Jackie Hughes PER began her term as Vice President-Southwest Central District.
ELKS HONOR WWII MIA AT MEMORIAL SERVICE & BURIAL-May 20th
Installation of Lodge Officers (2023-2024)
Initiation February 2023
Community Food Pantry offered by Arcadia Elks for Easter 2021
City of Arcadia Proclaims November 8-15 "Veterans Week"
(Picture: Mayor Robert Heine Jr & Exalted Ruler Troy Hughes)
INITIATION SEPTEMBER 2020
INITIATION January 16, 2020
INITIATION December 5, 2019
BROTHERHOOD RIDE – SEPTEMBER 7, 2019
Arcadia Elks lodge held a fund raising dinner to support the two local Elks members (Joey Santos/DeSoto Sheriff’s Department and Ricky Mercer/DeSoto Fire Department) who are participating in this year’s Brotherhood Ride.
The 2019 Brotherhood Ride is dedicated to 19 Florida Fallen Heroes who died in the line of duty in 2018 while protecting their communities. The team of law enforcement officers and firemen will honor them by bicycling through the state of Florida for 7 days, covering over 600 miles and average 80-100 miles a day. The ride will begin on October 20th from Titusville, will travel north to Jacksonville and then bicycle south through the center of the state before finishing on October 26th in Fort Myers, FL.
SUDS 'N STORIES - August 24, 2019
Arcadia Elks Lodge 1524 partnered with the Florida Department of Health (DeSoto County), DeSoto County School District, & All Faiths Food Bank for a morning of free laundry and storytelling at a local laundromat.
Arcadia Elks Lodge 1524 partnered with the Florida Department of Health (DeSoto County), DeSoto County School District, & All Faiths Food Bank for a morning of free laundry and storytelling at a local laundromat.
Arcadia Elks BBQ for Purple Heart Association August 10, 2019
Initiation July 18, 2019 <> Welcome New Members!
National Convention/Grand Lodge 2019
Florida State Convention 2019

Initiation
May 2019
Welcome New Members!
Flag Day Ceremony 2019
Celebrity Bartender Fund Raiser (Harry Anna Trust Fund)
Initiation April 2019