LAKEPORT, Calif. — Lakeport Elks Lodge 2704 applied for and recently received $11,500 for three Community Improvement Grants.

Three Lake County nonprofits which meet the mission of the Elks National Foundation to “help Elks build stronger communities.”

A $3,500 Gratitude Grant will help Operation Tango Mike send monthly care packages to deployed troops.

A $4,000 grant allows Lake Family Resource Center to provide services to child, youth, parenting, and family development, community violence prevention, intervention and treatment. Lastly, it will help maintain the group’s family safe shelters.

The third grant, for $4,000, will help the Upper Lake Senior Center to upgrade its community kitchen to meet its local food poverty needs.

Like the Lakeport Elks donors, if the local clubs step up with either financial, volunteer or “elbow grease,” our Lake County community benefits.

The Elks offer their thanks to Ginny Craven of Operation Tango Mike for helping active service members and Lisa Morrow of Lake Family Resource Center for stepping up to help Lake County families and individuals.