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DECEMBER 2021
Temecula Valley Elks National Drug Awareness Winner, Isabella Medici Earlier this year, Isabella Medici was the first-place video winner for the Drug Awareness Contest at the Temecula Valley Elks Lodge #2801. The theme was “Drug Abuse – No Excuse!” Her video entry was forwarded onto the Elks District Level, in which she competed with 11 other lodges and her video took 1st place at the District. Her entry was sent on to the next level, which was the state (California and Hawaii) level, where she again took first place. Then onto to the top level, the National level and competed with Elks Lodges throughout the United States and took 1st place for the high school division. Isabella created this amazing “Winning” video on her cell phone, with the help of a special app she downloaded and her stylus! She received gift cards at the Local, District, State and National Levels, which totaled $1,470.00. Isabella is from Temecula Valley High School and was in 10th grade (school year 2020-2021) when she submitted her entry to the Temecula Valley Elks Drug Awareness Competition. Isabella’s video centers around a man,
Left to Right – Vincent Puterbaugh, Exalted Ruler; Isabella Medici, National Drug Awareness Video Contest Winner and Diane Farrens, Lodge Drug Awareness Chairman
who has lost his loved one to drug abuse. The story shows the conflict between his love and her drug addiction and in the end, his love for her can’t help her overcome her drug addiction.
