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Warm donationWaynesboro Elks President Glenn Dean (left) presents a check for $1,000 to Pastor Paul (right) Pingel member of the Board of Directors of WARM (Waynesboro Area Refuge Ministry).

WARM provides year around transitional shelter for homeless women with children who desire the opportunity to overcome life’s challenges and gain self-sufficiency.  You can find out more at http://www.warmwaynesboro.org/

The donation was part of a grant to the Waynesboro Elks Lodge from the Elks National Foundation.  The Elks National Foundation donates $8 over million dollars Nationwide through the local Lodges for charitable work in each Lodge’s local community.

The Elks National Foundation also donates over $8 million to all the state associations for their charitable programs, $4 million for a national scholarship program, $1.1 million for Veterans Service programs, and $1.5 million the Elks National Hoop Shoot Contest and drug awareness program. You can find out more details at http://www.elks.org/ENF/

 

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