On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, Gary Van Nevel, Grant Committee Chair and member of the Vista Elks Lodge #1968, awarded a Grant for $1500 from the Elks National Foundation, based in Chicago, to help North County Lifeline, located at 200 Michigan Ave., Vista, CA. “We receive notifications from our headquarters about grants that are available. We usually are looking for veterans, the homeless and disadvantaged youth. This particular spotlight grant came to light and I suggested that we give it to North County Lifeline which works with many youth in the community,” Gary said. “The Grant Committee approved this donation and I spoke to Shannon Stubblefield, Director of Philanthropy at Lifeline. She works with Graciela Gutierrez, one of the Youth Program Managers who knows that a lot of their families are already struggling to make ends meet and working on their path of self reliance and these times are much harder.
” Shannon said, “We provide them with gift cards for things like groceries, and this helps the families in a huge way. A little goes a long way and a lot goes a long way.”
Graciela works with the youth every day and she said, “We are very appreciative of all the help and support we are getting for our families and our youth. As Shannon said, we see our families struggling with those basic needs, not only as it relates to food but with hygiene products, and even utilities with kiddos being at home more and the SDGE bill becomes higher and higher. Thank you for this support.”
Who We Are North County Lifeline
OUR MISSION
North County Lifeline’s mission is to build self-reliance among youth, adults, and families through high-quality, community-based services.https://www.nclifeline.org/
STRATEGIC GROWTH GOALS
To expand housing for victims of human trafficking
To expand counseling and behavioral health programs for adults in the criminal justice system
To build on the success of The House, our new drop-in center in Vista, by further expanding housing and support for foster youth and homeless youth & young adults
OUR VISION
To cultivate strong, cohesive families
To foster leadership in the community
To anticipate and respond to community needs
To build better service access for clients through collaborations
To generate new funding strategies to expand and enhance services
To utilize data for program improvement
To attract and retain exceptional staff and volunteers
And through our vision, to redefine the social service delivery framework
OUR CORE VALUES
Connected
Authentic
Resourceful
Responsive
Engaged
Vista Lodge #1968 Home
Welcome to the Vista Lodge! “The Friendly Lodge!” We are the most active Lodge in the South Coast District!
We have the Most Affordable Wedding Hall in North County! Located at 1947 E. Vista Way, Vista, CA 92084 (760)724-1968
Our meeting nights are on the first & third Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM.
Our office is open Monday through Friday, 9:00AM to 2:00PM. We have expanded our hours. Our Bar & Lounge will be open Monday at 1:00PM and Tuesday through Saturday starting at 11:00AM.
Sunday we offer brunch from 8:30AM to Noon.
The proof is all on our calendar, check out our activities! Please check out our “Calendar” link for our monthly calendar and join us sometime. It just makes sense!
We also have a RV Park for more information see our Facilities page or call Al at 760-330-1861 or E-Mail him at rvhost@1968.sdcoxmail.com
https://www.elks.org/lodges/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=1968
