Congrats Arizona on our 5-star rating from the Grand Lodge for an eighth year.
Welcome to the great state of Arizona, the home of one of the many wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon. AEA President Frank Buso thanks all visitors for stopping by to see what our Association is doing.
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Our State Major Projects are the Steele Children’s Research Center at the University of Arizona and the Youth Camp in Globe, AZ.
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The State President’s Motto:
“Elks – Always Ready to Give”
The State President’s Monthly Message:
September 2026
Hello Arizona Elks, we hope everyone is having a momentous year. We are 5 months into this year, and Angela and I are having a fun time representing all of you. July was a busy month to say the least Attending Grand Lodge then starting our visits.
We first were supposed to go to Show Low but due to health issues we had to postpone it until September. We were off to Chandler #2429 for their “Christmas in July”, what a magnificent event and well attended. The dinner was nothing short of fabulous, a complete holiday dinner. We had a wonderful time doing the gift exchange with PSP Mike Weishan hosting it. ER Mags was an awesome host and all our friends from Chandler always make us feel at home.
As we start to head into our busy season, I want to take the time to say thank you in advance for all the challenging work ahead. We are all heading to the first District Deputies Clinics of the year, let’s go into them and take away all the valuable information presented.
We headed to San Manuel on August 8th for the South District Clinic and what great attendance. DD Mary did an excellent job, and San Manuel did an excellent job of hosting it. Next, we were off to Winslow for the North DD Clinic on August 15th, and DD Charlie was great, a lot of great reports but we had to leave early due to our visit to Prescott that evening.
Our visit to Prescott #330 was a full day to say the least, we attended their Casino Night. It was held along with the VFW and the local Moose Lodge to benefit Homeless Veterans. What a great night of fun, I only wish it would have been real money as I won $5000 in chips. They have a great partnership with the Moose Lodge and the VFW. Bryan Campbell did an excellent job on putting on the event. They raised a lot of money to get our Veterans off the streets and into a place them in homes. “God Bless Our Veterans”
We will be heading to Lake Havasu and Coolidge-Florence for the next two District Deputies Clinic at the end of August.
Let us keep the hard work on bringing in new members and retaining our old members. Remember that we need to bring back those old members and make them feel they are a part of the Lodge. And get our new members active and work on committees as soon as possible.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Show Low Golf Tournament on September 12th, come up and support their Major Projects fundraiser. Don’t forget the Social Welfare Golf Tournament on October 3rd, we plan on being at both of these events. Also, the Mid-Year Convention is going to be at great new venue in October. We tasted the food and it was all delicious. See all of you down the road.
“READY ELKS – LETS GO”
“Elks – Always Ready to Give”
Fraternally,
Frank Buso, President
Arizona Elks Association
Online Forms
Check out our Online Forms page we’ve got set up. Maybe you’ll find an easier way of sending data to the appropriate person in the Arizona Elks Association.
Elks Training
Go to Elks.org and complete the available quizzes and report to your District chair when completed. Please take the quiz today!
Arizona Elks Red Vest Order Form
If you’re planning on heading to the Grand Lodge Convention order your RED VEST TODAY and show your Arizona Spirit and comradery.
We offer the Arizona Elks Red Vests in sizes S, M, L, XL, and XXL. You can have your vest with or without a front pocket.
Contact Mike Burnett from Yuma Lodge 476 to Order, his information is in the directory.
* * * Ladies * * * * Jewelry Project * * * * Update * * * *
Thank you AEA Ladies and friends for all the jewelry donated to the AEA Jewelry Project. At the May convention in Tempe I reported the following:
- The Jewelry Project is under the guidance of the Past State President’s Spouses
- In one year we served over 1,100 children, patients of the six AEA Elks Clinics [our original clinic at the hospital, North Hills, Orange Grove, La Cholla, Glendale, Mesa] and the Steele Children’s Hospital plus, three Clothe a Child events held in Yuma, Kearny and Chandler chose over 2,500 pieces of jewelry for their Mothers, Grandmothers, Nanas or favorite nurse.
- This was accomplished without using any funding from AEA or Major Projects
For further information please contact me with questions at any time via dcskorupski48@gmail.com or phone 520-235-5598.
Thank You! It will make your heart swell with pride and accomplishment!
Diane Skorupski
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