Local groups receive donations
Published 11:04 am Monday, November 21, 2016
- Representatives from the Ironton Fire Department accept a donation check from the Ironton Moose Lodge. The lodge donates a portion of money from gambling to local schools, charities and non-profits. From left to right: Jerry Walker, treasurer of the Ironton Moose Lodge, Bill Sweeney, Ironton Moose Lodge administrator, Tim Bush, governor of the Ironton Moose Lodge, and Jeff Joseph and Chris Prater, of the Ironton Fire Department.
More than $27,000 was recently donated to local charities, schools and non-profits by the Ironton Moose Lodge through the Ohio State Gaming Commission by gambling at the lodge.
“At the end of the year, we donate 25 percent of what we make, and that all goes locally,” Jerry Walker, treasurer and past governor of the lodge, said. “This year, $44,663.30 was the total donated, and out of that, $27,691.24 was donated locally. The difference goes to Moose International and the Ohio State Moose Association.”
The money is made through pool tips, Keno and some state regulated machines at the lodge.
The City Welfare Mission, Coal Grove Little League, Mended Reeds, the Ironton Police and Fire Departments, Tank Memorial Stadium, Rock Hill, Ironton and Fairland Schools, the Ironton Health Department, the Friends of Ironton and local Boy Scouts are just some of the recipients of the money.