The Santa Maria Elks Lodge is celebrating its 95th Anniversary with a family-friendly gathering this Sunday.
The Santa Maria Elks Lodge is turning 95, celebrating its long history of charitable giving and hosting some of the city's biggest events with a family-friendly gathering on Sunday.
The Santa Maria Elks Lodge's official anniversary was on July 14, according to Rodriguez, with its incorporation in 1927. Rather than a private affair, which is typical for anniversary celebrations, the club decided to hold a public event Sunday to bring awareness to some of the club's history and charitable causes.
Last school year, the local lodge honored 14 students as Student of the Month, giving them each a $300 scholarship donation. Six local students also received more than $1,250 from Elks National Fund scholarships. The lodge typically raises scholarship funds through its weekly bingo nights. The rodeo was initially held at the county fairgrounds, with bleachers seating 3,500 moved from Camp Cooke — now Vandenberg Space Force Base — to accommodate the large turnout. The rodeo later migrated to the Santa Maria Elks Unocal Event Center, where this year's 79th annual rodeo saw record crowds.
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