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Durham County Lodge 2 Information Rocky Mount Lodge 46 –
FOP, Cops, and Kids 2017
By Terry Mangum
Durham County Lodge 2 State Trustee

On Saturday, December 9, Durham County Lodge 2 By Greg Brown – State Sergeant at Arms

will conduct our annual FOP, Cops, and Kids event. Rocky Mount Lodge 46 of the North Carolina Frater-
The event will take place at the Target store located at
4037 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd. in Durham. This annual nal Order of Police will hold its annual FOP, Cops and

event affords Lodge 2 with another opportunity to give Kids event on December 9 at the Walmart in Rocky

back to our community. We are able to take some de- Mount. The children will be selected from the Rocky

serving area children Christmas shopping for gifts and Mount and Nash, Edgecombe and Wilson counties area.

clothing which they may not otherwise receive. The children who will be participating in our program

Also on December 9, Lodge 2 will hold our annual are truly deserving. These children’s parent or parents
Christmas Party for our members. This year’s party will
be held at Rookies Sports Bar located at 4911 Central are trying their very best to make ends meet but have had
Park Drive in Durham and the Zip code is 27703 for your some sort of setback in life.

GPS. If you are interested in attending contact President The lodge and local law enforcement believe that this

Mike Evans or any of the Durham County Lodge 2 Ex- event breaks down the barrier between law enforcement

ecutive Board members. and bridges some of the gaps in the community. It shows

The date has yet to be determined, but in December the citizens the more personal side to a law enforcement

Durham County Lodge 2 will again have our annual Re- officer and it also shows that they are human as well. It
tirees Christmas Luncheon for all of our retired law en- is very humbling to see the smiles on the children’s faces

forcement officers and our members. when they are paired up with the officers and they go out

shopping. It warms the heart. Lodge 46 Auxiliary Pres-

Lodge 8 Secretary Involved in a ident Shannon Brown reflected, “It feels awesome to
give back to the community, especially since some of us

Hair...Lowering Experience have been in their shoes or had family who’ve struggled
to make it. While we might not be able to help everyone,
By Barry Westmoreland – President Lodge 8 we can at least make an impact in the lives of one child

In late September, Lodge 8 Secretary Karen Welch put at a time.” Tim Mehus, who is the Treasurer of Lodge
her neck-length hair on the chopping block to raise money 46 has been participating for more than a decade in the
in honor of Ellie Kate Stokes. Ellie is the 4 year old Grand- annual holiday shopping event. He stated, “When you

daughter of Retired Sheriff Andy Stokes. Young Ellie was take a child around the store and ask what they want and
they say clothing or toiletries, it does the heart good.”
diagnosed with cancer about a year ago.

Karen's goal for the St. Baldrick's Childhood Cancer Re- Walmart of Rocky Mount again is ready and

search project was to raise $1,500. If she was unable to willing to support our program and we would like to

reach her goal of $1,500.00, she agreed to have her head thank them for allowing us to use their store and facili-
shaved. Not only did Karen raise the full $1,500.00, she ex-
ceeded her goal by raising $1,776.00! For anyone who ties.

knows Karen, neither was a surprise.

Likewise, no one was surprised when Karen announced

that she was going to have her head shaved any-

way. Granddad Sheriff Stokes did the honors of the cutting

Karen's hair. Karen asked for prayers for Sweet Lil Angel

Ellie, who is undergoing treatments that no child should

have to endure.

Because of Karen's love and dedication, hopefully, one

day the needs for these treatments will be a thing of the

past.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County FOP Lodge 8 is proud

to have Karen as a dedicated Member and Lodge Officer, a

Sister Law Enforcement Officer, and a warrior against can-

cer and the suffering it causes. Thank You Karen!

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