The Orange Roamin´ Elks is a Lodge Camper Club that was established on July 6,1984. To be a member of the Orange Roamin´ Elks you must be a member of a Southern California Elks Lodge. We have one camp out a month on the 3rd weekend of the month and travel up to 100 miles. Anyone may attend one camp out as a non-member (to check us out) before joining the club. Our annual dues are $15.00, payable by March 1st of each year. Meetings are held on the first Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Lodge, unless otherwise specified. All guests are Welcome!!

We have one fund raiser a year which is our Chili Cook-Off. This has always been a big event at the Lodge and we get a lot of entries. Last year we had approximately 110 people attend our Chili Cook-Off and out of this 110 people there were (8) hot entries and ten (10) mild entries. Last year we made a net profit of $1,010.73 and donated all the money to "House of Hope" (a home for abused women and children) and "Meals on Wheels".

If you like to camp and have camaraderie with other Elks and campers, come join us once a month for a fun time and adventure. If you are interested in joining us contact one of our officers. They are President Pat Warton, Secretary Joyce Claussen and Wagon Masters Mike and Pam Jung. Their numbers are available at the Lodge.

October was a busy month for the Roamin' Elks. We started off with our campout at Chula Vista which was a fun filled weekend. Friday night we had poo-poo's and games. Then we started out Saturday morning with the Durham's famous Eggs in a Bag.

There were games during the day and then in the evening there was a BBQ dinner and a real Ho Down. Everyone ate, danced and had a real fun time. Then on Sunday it was time to head home for some while other fellow campers stayed over and enjoyed another day by the bay.

Our Chili Cook-off on October 26th was a big success, thanks to Richard (Bombay) and Connie Reed. Along with Richard and Connie we also need to thank all the helpers and the participants for making this such a successful fundraiser. Thank You! We had approximately 100 people attend and we made a net profit of $634.00 which was a little less than last year. All the money raised was donated to "Major Projects for the Kids", "The Brain Tumor Walk" and projects for our Servicemen in the Middle East. Tom Van was the winner of one of our door prizes which was a beautiful crocheted afghan made by Sharon Sabo. Thank You Sharon! Scott Gow won our other door prize which was $50.00.

We had (8) mild entries and (6) hot entries. The winners were:

Congratulations!

On December 13th we will have our Annual Christmas Party at Rick and Isabel Slater's. Then in January we are off to Pechanga for some camping and some gambling. It should be fun!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Hope to see you at the next meeting or at one of our campouts. Our meetings are held on the 1st Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Lodge Room. New members are always welcome.

The Orange Roamin’ Elks had another successful Chili Cook-Off.  They had approximately 123 people attend.  Fifteen secret chili recipes were entered. The winners were:

The Orange Roamin' Elks made a net profit of $634.00. The money raised was donated to "Major Projects for the Kids", "The Brain Tumor Walk" and supplies for projects to be sent to our Servicemen in the Middle East.