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# Santa Monica Elks help out activated Reserves
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-elks-help-out-activated-reserves/
- Published: 2003-07-02T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:27:59.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

A major concern among Reserve and National Guard Units is the difference in pay between an enlisted man’s salary and his civilian salary.

To help those units, the Santa Monica Elks #906 is accepting donations for the Friends of Family Support Association, a group committed to helping the families of activated Reserves.

After six or nine months of active duty, the pay differential can deplete the savings of the families, leaving them with the same costs (rent or house payments, food, utilities, etc.), but only half the income.

“There are companies such as Sears and Northrup-Grunman and most governmental agencies that pay the salary difference, including health benefits, but most cannot afford to,” said FFSA President Barbara Weber.

FFSA provides families of activated Reserves with monetary grants. Although there is no requirement for paying back the grant, many of the servicemen do, so that there is money in the pipeline for the next person.

Ann Scully, whose husband is a retired Marine, sees the problem first-hand whenever friends are called to active duty. She chaired the Elks committee that raised almost $1,600 by selling American flag lapel pins with flashing lights.

At a fundraiser on June 22, Santa Monica Elks #906 received individual contributions. Donations to FFSA can be made by check and forwarded to the Santa Monica Elks at 1040 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA. 90405\. For more information, call Curt Curtiss at (310) 645-8989.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 2, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/070203.pdf?ref=smdp.com)