Community Service Grants Chair
Jon Felice, PDDGER
Willoughby-Cleveland #18
440-376-2337
2024 Community Service Grant Awards
All grants awarded are $1,000. Each district is allocated four (4) grants, however the Northeast and Southwest Districts received additional grants as other districts did not apply for their full allotment.
Northeast District
Salem #305 - Salem Parks and recreation – tables and chairs for swimming pool
Massilion- North canton #2029 - North Canton Fire Dept. – thermal image camera
Berea #1815 - Berea Police Dept. – stop the bleed kits
Cuyahoga Falls Akron Barberton #1923 - Cuyahoga Falls Police Dept. – tactical vests
Cuyahoga Falls Akron Barberton #1923 - Layfette Twp Fire Dept. - Fire prevention and educational literature
Painesville #549 - Fairport Harbor Marine Museum – digital imaging software for museum
Willoughby Cleveland #18 - Willoughby Fire Dept - smoke detectors
North Central
Lorain #1301 - Lorain Fire Dept. iPads and Otter boxes
Marion #32 - City of Marion Public Safety Dept. – nuisance grass equipment and PPE
Northwest District
Toledo/Sylvania #53 - Wood County Sheriffs Dept. – traffic control wands
Van Wert #1197 - Middlepoint Vol. Fire Dept. – p link lighting for helicopter landing zones
Napoleon #929 - City of Napoleon parks & rec - youth baseball equipment
Defiance #147 - Noble Township Fire - Emergency scene lighting
Southwest District
Hillsboro #361 - Highland County Board of Developmental Disabilities – Stihl weed eaters
Wilmington #797 - Clinton County Sheriffs Dept. – high intensity flashlights
Middletown #257 - Madison Township Fire Dept. – high temp gloves, door wedges, helmet straps
Dayton #58 - Miami Township Police Dept. tactical first aid kits
Hamilton #93 - Butler County Sheriffs Law Enforcement Fund – inflatable life jackets
South Central
Jackson #466 - Bloomfield Vol. Fire dept. – rainwear for fire dept
Chillicothe #52 - Chillicothe Fire dept. – smoke detectors
Newcomerstown #1555 -Newcomerstown Vol. Fire Dept. – portable water cans for wildland firefighting
Southeast District
Ohio River Valley #231 - Bellaire Police dept. – spike strips
Coshocton #376 - Coshocton County EMS – treadmill
East Liverpool #258 - Glenmoore Vol Fire - Flammable gas detectors
The Ohio Elks Association provides Community Service Grants to purchase equipment for a Municipality, Police Department, Fire Department, Park Department etc., which they would not otherwise be able to purchase, which will allow them to do their jobs better.
The maximum amount for each grant is $1,000. There are four (4) grants earmarked for each District. Applications can be submitted any time beginning May 15, 2024. Applications will be reviewed and winners will be announced on June 15, 2024. Criteria for grants will be based on community impact, submissions from the previous year, and follow up paperwork returned to the State Chairman (including press releases, photos, charitable forms, etc.).
On July 15th, the earmarks will be removed. If there are grants not awarded, any lodge that submitted their first application through this date, but didn’t receive a grant because their district had already claimed their four grants will now be considered for the remaining grant(s).
You need to email the form to Jonathan.felice@airgas.com
(Note: Jon recommends manually typing his e-mail address as e-mails using the link above occasionally get caught in his work’s spam filter)
Instructions:
Please, no hand-written proposals. Type in the information on the form and email it to me.
The Organization Information section can be filled out by the organization or the Lodge representative.
If you are unsure whether a particular item is eligible for a grant, please contact me.
A Paid Invoice or Price Quote must be included with the application for the item being purchased. The application is not considered received unless included. It is acceptable to scan this document to include with the emailed application.
The Grant check must be written to a government agency or a 501(c)3 organization.
Examples of acceptable purchases:
Portable AED for a squad car.
Weed eater for a parks department.
Light Bar for an ATV used in off road firefighting.
Fire prevention materials for Fire prevention week.
Examples of non-acceptable purchases:
Fund to purchase a K-9 dog.
Supplies
Training classes.