Emblem Club
Save the date for Sunday, April13th, 2025. This is our Spring Boutique. We will have over 40 vendors for your shopping pleasure. Our veterans chairman, Valerie Fisher continues with have 2 great events each and every month at Hero’s Landing. We play Bingo with the Veterans there and we do crafts each and every month. If you would like to help, for Bingo, you can contact Bernadette Lazzara or to help with craft you can contact Gloria Chavez. For vendor information, click HERE.
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On Sunday, February 23, the Santa Ana Emblem Club # 530 held their 44th installation of officers. Our new Clubpresident is Sharon Casares Breece. Past Supreme President Barbara Johnson was ourinstalling officer. It was a beautiful ceremony. Our Interim President Bernadette Lazzara delivered the club president’s badge to Sharon. At this Installation, we award our Member of the Year. Last year’s Member of the Year, Gloria Chavez, gave a great speech about this year’s recipient. Our Member of the Year award was presented to Bernadette Lazzara.
Following are our new officers for 25-26 Emblem Year.
President: Sharon Casares Breece
1st Vice President: Maria Paulin
2nd Vice President: Valerie Fisher
Financial Secretary: Evelyn Godinez
Treasurer: Cynthis Campitelli
Recording Secretary: Shannon Kennedy
Corresponding Secretary: Jennifer Woods
Press Correspondent: Connie Foley
Historian: Gloria Chavez
1st Trustee: Connie Foley
2ndTrustee: Barbara Bernal
3rd Trustee: Karen Bergeron
4th Trustee: Bernadette Lazzara
5th Trustee: Gina Galvan
6th Trustee: Linda Fernandez
Marshal: Sheila Rodriguez
1st Assistant Marshal: Catherine Pouchie
2nd Assistant Marshal: Peggy Kupfer
Chaplain: Dixie Brenner
Organist: Evelyn Godinez
1st Guard: Rose Kyger
2nd Guard: Sandra Bensworth
Congratulations to our Emblem 2025-2025 Officers
Do you have any membership questions? Please contact our membership chairman Valerie Fisher at 949-798-9384
The Emblem Club Story
A small group of Elks ladies began meeting together in 1917 to wrap bandages for World War I. They enjoyed the sociability, and at the same time felt the joy of accomplishment. The combination of assisting others and enjoying good fellowship appealed to other women, and a community group came together.
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Fifteen members of a group of ladies in Providence, Rhode Island, related to members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, who were active under the name of “Emblem Club”, developed the idea of a national organization of such groups. The organization was chartered in the state of Rhode Island as the Supreme Emblem Club of the United States of America by Esther A. Sweeney, Mary T. Duffy, Alice Farrell, Mary L. Clark and Charlotte O’Connor of the “original fifteen”, on April 27, 1926.
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During the first year, nine Clubs were formed in four of the six New England States. Today, Emblem clubs are in all six of the New England states. Growth has been steady on the east coast, and on the west coast since 1932, when the first club in the west was organized.
Today, Emblem Clubs are located in every section of our country, and the organization is continuously progressing in the charitable works whereby it was organized. Emblem Club members are of many diverse talents, abilities, and ages, all of whom combine to make Emblem a very special national organization.
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Emblem Club members are recognized for the charity work they do in their communities, scholarships they provide, their dedication to patriotism, and their support of the Elks and our veterans.
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To join or for more information , click HERE.