The Elks Magazine Online Edition

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The Elks Magazine is published ten times a year for the members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America and is available in print or online.

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Online Issue

Current Issue: December 2025/January 2026

Features

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The BPOE Prepares for the 2026 Rose Parade, by Tom Scudder

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will enter a float in the 137th Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2026, in Pasadena, California.

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Over the Top of the World: Carl Ben Eielson and the First Trans-Arctic Flight, by Dennis Maurizi

In 1928, pilot Carl Ben Eielson set out with his copilot George Hubert Wilkins to fly across the Arctic Ocean from North America to Europe, a journey that had never been successfully completed before.

Departments

6

Message from the GER

10

Membership Matters

12

It’s Your Business, by Jordan M. Jacobs and Melissa Considine

14

Healthline, by Elizabeth A. Reid, MD

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News of the Lodges

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Supporting Our Troops

38

Elks National Veterans Service Commission

46

Elks Drug Awareness Program

48

Elks National Foundation

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Annual Report of the Grand Secretary