Members of Barre Elks Lodge were recently invited to sell 50/50 raffle tickets at a Vermont Mountaineers home game at Montpelier Recreation Field. $300 was raised for Vermont State Major Project, Silver Towers Camp for People with Disabilities, thanks to the generous winner donating their winnings back to Silver Towers. Silver Towers is the chief charitable project of the Vermont Elks Association, which has owned and operated Silver Towers since 1958. Silver Towers is a camp like no other, an overnight retreat for those with mental and physical challenges, ages 6 – 75. It is among the first of its kind in the United States, and still remains one of the very few. Silver Towers has a high ratio of counselors to campers to accommodate the special needs of the campers.
Theresa Paine with Skip (the Mountaineers Mascot)
L to R: Karen Bingham, Loyal Knight Maureen Lawson and Leading Knight Donna Bartolucci