Covid can’t keep Elks from helping local vets

Lodge visits VA, domiciliary bearing gifts

Michael Lydick, Lake City Elks Lodge #893 Veterans Committee chairman, stands with Cynthia Voltz of the Lake City VA Medical Center, as the two showoff a 65-inch television that was recently donated to the facility. The TV was one of several items donated for veterans who have been restricted from normal social outings due to the global pandemic. (COURTESY)
Michael Lydick, Lake City Elks Lodge #893 Veterans Committee chairman, stands with Cynthia Voltz of the Lake City VA Medical Center, as the two showoff a 65-inch television that was recently donated to the facility. The TV was one of several items donated for veterans who have been restricted from normal social outings due to the global pandemic. (COURTESY)

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