{"id":31,"date":"2026-05-20T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devsiteomg.com\/vtelks\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-05-26T01:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:48:52","slug":"our-charities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/devsiteomg.com\/vtelks\/our-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"our-charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_post_title_0 et_pb_post_title et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_title_container\"><h1 class=\"entry-title\">our-charities<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The Vermont Elks Association major project is the <strong>Silver Towers Camp<\/strong> \u201cfor people with disabilities\u201d It is supported by two funds, <strong>\u201cVermont Elks Charities, Inc\u201d<\/strong> and the <strong>\u201cVermont Elks Charities Endowment Trust Fund Inc\u201d<\/strong> as well as the 12 Elks Lodges across the state of Vermont.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vermont Elks Charities, Inc:<\/strong> Funds provided here are immediately available to support the current and future needs of the Silver Towers Camp.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vermont Elks Charities Endowment Trust Fund Inc:<\/strong> Funds, gifts, grants are added to the trust with only the income derived from the total fund investments being available to support Silver Towers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>In addition to the Donate options below, here are couple other ideas for providing funds to the Vermont Elks Charities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Include us in your will<\/li>\n<li>Have your Obituary suggest a donation to Silver Towers in lieu of Flowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may want to click below on either one or both of these to learn more about what is happening and to see how you too may become a more important part of this special camp for special campers.<\/p>\n<p>Check us out. We know you will like what you see.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_0 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><h2>Vermont Elks Charities, Inc<\/h2>\nThe Charities account can use the dollars immediately. All donations are tax-deductible.&nbsp;\n\n<a class=\"view-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vtelks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Camp-letter-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the fundraising letter \u2799<\/a>\n\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=YMZ7N85KBKP9Q\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/form><\/div>\n<div class=\"right col-block\">\n<h2>Vermont Elks Charities\nEndowment Trust Fund<\/h2>\nThe Trust fund provides for long-term financial support of the Silver Towers Camp. It is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit of the IRS and all donations are tax-deductible.\n<a class=\"view-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vtelks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ENDOWMENT-TRUST-FUND.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about the fund \u2799<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_1 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=YMZ7N85KBKP9Q\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/form><\/div>\n<div id=\"info-footer\">\n<div class=\"left col-block\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devsiteomg.com\/vtelks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devsiteomg.com\/vtelks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devsiteomg.com\/vtelks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devsiteomg.com\/vtelks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devsiteomg.com\/vtelks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/devsiteomg.com\/vtelks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/devsiteomg.com\/vtelks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devsiteomg.com\/vtelks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}