The Autism and Movement Project, which was awarded a $5,000 IEA grant at the Mid-Winter meeting in January, offers movement therapy for autism and special needs children, in addition to any child needing to build a stronger speech, academic, behavioral, social and motor skills. “Our program cognitively redirects or remaps the brain,” said Erica Matthews, […]
Horses for Heroes
The IEA has given a $10,000 lifeline to the Kemmerer Village Horses and Heroes program in Assumption, southeast of Springfield, to continue serving abused children. The Horses for Heroes program is part of Kemmerer Village, whose mission is to help the Presbyterian Church minister to children and families who face stress and turmoil in their […]
2017-18 IEA Lady of the Year – Shelly Ray
Centralia Lodge 493 is as active as any lodge in Illinois, and a key to the lodge’s enthusiasm has been the behind-the-scenes efforts of lodge Lady of the Elks member Shelly Ray. Those efforts earned Ray the 2017-18 IEA Lady of the Year award. The award was announced at the ladies luncheon at the IEA […]
2018 Mid-Winter Meeting Reports
Website Illinois Elks lodges are encouraged to post their community news on the illinoiselks.org website. The process is easy. Simply click on the “members only” drop-down box at the top of the homepage and click on the listing “submit an article” at the bottom. From there, just fill in the blanks and submit. IEA Webmaster […]