Red Oak Elks Lodge # 1304 has put out a call for all deer hunters to donate the hides and tails of any deer you have harvested to the Lodge, to help them assist veterans. Deer hides and tails are used to make leather gloves and other items that are designed in-part for Veteran wheel chair users.

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organization nationwide has: donated 3,336 pairs of wheel chair gloves; distributed 4,854 square feet of crafting leather to Veterans Hospitals and Clinics; Donated 104,160 square feet of crafting leather to heal Veterans, and have manufactured and distributed more than 48,000 crafting kits to Veterans.

The collection point for hides and tails in Red Oak, is Goranson Seed, at 1965 Avenue G.