-- Contributed

The Wellsburg Elks Lodge presented a $1,000 donation to the food pantry at St. John Catholic Church in Wellsburg and a $1,000 donation to the Follansbee R.E.A.C.H. Program, both of which were through the Elks National Foundation’s Gratitude Grant program, which is aimed at addressing hunger. On hand for the presentation were, from left, Katy O’Connell, treasurer; Ed Wilkerson, co-chairman of the Follansbee R.E.A.C.H. program board of directors; and Bruce Cionni, the lodge’s exalted ruler;