Since 1911, the BPOE have been honoring the history of this country and the birth of the American flag via a tribute to the flag of the United States of America on Flag Day. Please join us on Flag Day, Monday, June 14, 2021, at 5:30 PM as our lodge officers perform the time honored Flag Day ceremony. The ceremony is both patriotic and historical. We will meet on the south lawn at the lodge.
After the Flag Day ceremony, we will introduce and honor our local 2021 scholarship and awards recipients.
The attire is casual. If you have a blue Nevada Elks vest, please wear it. You may want to bring a lawn chair. Bottled water will be provided on site by the Elks Lodge.
Hope to see you there.
Category: Special Event
Elko Home Show
Stop by this weekend and purchase a $5 raffle ticket from the Building Fund Committee for a personal pistol safe at Booth 182. We’ll draw for a safe with every 35 tickets.
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Flag Day – June 14, 2020
Since 1911, the BPOE have been honoring the history of this country and the birth of the American flag via a tribute to the flag of the United States of America on Flag Day. Please join us on Flag Day, Sunday, June 14, 2020, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM as our lodge officers perform the time honored Flag Day ceremony. The ceremony is both patriotic and historical. We will meet on the south lawn at the lodge. See the flyer below or CLICK HERE.
After the Flag Day ceremony, we will introduce and honor our local 2020 scholarship recipients.
The attire is casual. If you have a blue Nevada Elks vest, please wear it. You may want to bring a lawn chair. Bottled water will be provided on site by the Elks Lodge.
Hope to see you there.

Beer Tasting & BBQ Veteran’s Fundraiser
When: 2:00 PM, Saturday, June 20th
Where: 1163 McClellan Avenue, Spring Creek (South Fork Reservoir)
Beer tasting will consist of beers from the Hound Dog Brewery (homebrew) and Sam Adams.
Some Wine and sodas will be available.
Food will be hamburgers, sausages, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, and various desserts.
Feel free to bring a dessert.
Cost is $25 per person, or $40 per couple. Kids age 10 – 18 are $5, under 10 are free
Event is open to Elks and their guests. Kids are welcome.
Friendly dogs too, except yard is not fenced.
All the proceeds go the Elks Veteran Fund to assist veterans in need.
Please come and have a good time while helping out the Veterans.
For directions, see the map CLICK HERE or see below.

Legacy Scholarships
Do you know a high school senior who is a child or grandchild of a dues paying Elk? Encourage them to apply for a Legacy Award Scholarship! The 2020 application is open until January 31, 2020. Just visit https://www.elks.org/scholars/scholarships/Legacy.cfm, scroll down to Apply Now and get started!
Scholarship-seeking season comes to an end on January 31 when the Legacy Awards application closes. Legacy Awards are available to high school seniors who are the children or grandchildren of dues-paying Elks. Each Legacy Award recipient will receive a $4,000 scholarship distributed over the course of their college career. Legacy awards scholars are required to serve with the Elks at least once per year.
Encourage your children or grandchildren—or those of your fellow Elks—who are high school seniors to apply for a Legacy Award! Learn more about the eligibility requirements here.
October 26, 2019 Elko Daily Free Press, Elko, Nevada:

Flag Day Ceremony
Please click here to see the flyer for this event.
Flag Day, Friday, June 14, 2019, 6 to 7 PM
Lamoille Grove, Elko County, Nevada
Presented by: Great Basin Elks Lodge #1472
- Open and free to the general public.
- Enjoy a beautiful evening in Lamoille Grove.
- Come learn about the history of the American Flag.
- See historical flag replicas.
- Great family event – appropriate for all ages.
Learn how the national, historic, fraternal organization, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE), annually honors the U.S. Flag and all it represents in a moving and traditional ceremony.
Lions Camp Lamoille Clean-Up Days: June 1 & 2, 2019
The Elko Lions Club is hosting a clean-up weekend at Camp Lamoille to begin a multi-year restoration process due to last summer’s Range 2 Fire. Volunteers with gloves, tools, and able bodies are needed for either day or both days. Water and lunch will be provided. Saturday evening will include a BBQ dinner for all workers provided by the Lions Club.
Work will include, picking up trash, cleaning up burned brush and materials, dismantling sheds, cutting wood, shoveling dirt and debris, etc. It may be dirty work, but it will be rewarding work to assist with the overall rebuild. Tools needed include work gloves, boots, sunscreen, chainsaws, brush trimmers (loppers), rakes, shovels, magnets on sticks or wheels, etc.
We need a head count before the event so the Lions Club can coordinate logistics and food. If you would like to assist with this project, please contact Ben Reed, Walt O’Brien, or email [email protected].
Mother’s Day Ceremony & Brunch
Our lodge invites all Elks members and guests to our Annual Mother’s Day Ceremony and Brunch on Sunday, May 12 at the Masonic Lodge in Elko. This is a wonderful time to remember our Mothers and honor our ladies with a beautiful ceremony and a brunch in their honor.
The ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m. with brunch to follow. Brunch will consist of sandwiches, strudel bites, deviled eggs, fruit tray, and some breakfast breads. If you would like to contribute your own special dish, please feel free to bring it to share.
Hope you will bring your special ladies, moms and memories of moms, to this special Mother’s Day event.
Next Meeting: Thurs. March 28, 2019
The next regular meeting of Elks Lodge 1472 will be on Thursday, March 28 at the Masonic Lodge in Elko, NV. Doors open at 5:00 PM; ourBlue Pig dinner will be served beginning at 6:00 PM; and the meeting begins at 7:00 PM.
The Blue Pig Dinner will feature a bone-in ham and pork loin. Please bring pig-themed sides and desserts.
Be sure to bring your blue piggy banks to this meeting! Proceeds from these Blue Pig piggy banks will be split between our lodge Building Fund and the Nevada State Major Project. The Project helps fund the Nevada Dept. of Health & Human Services’ Division of Child & Family Services in a few ways, including Project Safe Haven and Camp to Belong. The 2019 Elk Year Awards will also be presented in this meeting.
Hope to see you there!
Saturday and Sunday December 1 & 2, 2018
Please join the Great Basin Elks Lodge at our Elks Hoop Shoot at Adobe Middle School in Elko, NV, beginning at 9:00 AM, on Saturday December 1, 2018. See https://greatbasinelkslodge.org/elks-hoop-shoot-dec-2018/ for more info.
The Great Basin Elks will be holding our Memorial Service at 11:00 AM, Sunday December 2nd at the Masonic Lodge. This is an Open Meeting so family and friends are encouraged to attend.