We are always looking for volunteers!!
All of our volunteer opportunities are available online via the featured section of our Facebook page and on the MyElks App.
National Elks has reported that only half of our (Elks) charity time is being reported. An hour of charity is a $26 tax deduction on our taxes. Our secretary reports to CLMS annually. That report is divided into ten categories. All our committees have plotted these ten categories.
The Charity Event Tracking explanation Excel sheet (click here) provides all the details on this and how we are categorizing your fantastic support.
This list was emailed to all committees and is on the volunteer sign-up board. We’re also counting “not covered” hours to show how much time we participate in our Lodge.
There’s also a new Volunteer Participation Information Sheet online. This Excel sheet will calculate the hours, miles, etc for you. The form also shows cash and donations in kind. Donations in kind can include any other supply or item you provide to the committee or an event. When using this form, you must type in the time, space, and AM/PM. The sheet will count all entries as new people, so if you volunteer for two days on the same sheet, you will need to go back in and manually adjust the sign-in/tracker sheet’s final number of volunteers.
For those who want a paper/pen form, blank forms are hanging on the volunteer board. You can turn them into the office, or if the office is closed, you can put them in the return envelope on the volunteer board.
Here are a few forms you might find useful (click to download)…
- Volunteer Sign In/Tracker
- Volunteer Sign Up Form
- Event Activity Report
We’ll be reporting our hours quarterly. We’d appreciate it if you turned these forms in as soon as possible or quarterly. Let’s make our hours count.
We see about 10% of the Lodge is signing up to help with our paper sign-up sheets. We’re aware that not everyone comes into the Lodge. We’ve heard you say that at initiation, one of the things you want to do is volunteer. We’re trying to come up with ways to sign up online, but we recommend you contact the various committee chairs or any Lodge officer, and we will continue to work and connect you to those persons in charge of various Lodge functions.
