Scholarships

2009 - 2010 Scholarships

The 2010-2011 Elks Scholarships are available in the following areas and are due on or before November 2, 2009.

• The Elks Most Valuable Student Contest is open to all students and applications are available online or at the Lodge
• The New York State Elks Association Award is open to children and grandchildren of Elk members in good standing. Applications are available at the Lodge.
• The Elks Legacy Award is open to children and grandchildren of Elk members in good standing. The application is online only and is due on or before January 8, 2010.

If you have any questions or want more information on any scholarships, please contact Jennifer Bell at 854-1627.All scholarships are currently awarded for the 2009 year.

The application process and deadlines vary for each of the programs. All applications must go through a local Elks Lodge before reaching the Elks National Foundation office. Contact your high school counselor for more information or your local Elks Lodge. Full information is available at www.elks.org!

Most Valuable Student Award   

http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/mvs.cfm

The Elks National Foundation will award 500 four-year scholarships to the highest-rated applicants in the 2009 competition.

• Any high school senior who is a citizen of the United States is eligible to apply.
• Applicants need not be related to a member of the Elks.
• College students are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants must be citizens of the United States on the date their applications are signed; resident alien status does not qualify.
• Male and female students compete separately.

Legacy Awards

http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/legacy.cfm

Starting in 2009, Legacy Awards will be four-year, $4,000 scholarships. The Foundation will offer a total of up to 250 awards. Any child or grandchild (or step-child, step-grandchild, or legal ward) of a living Elk who joined the order on or before April 1, 2006, or a charter member of a Lodge that was instituted on or after April 1, 2006, is eligible to apply. The Elk must also be a paid-up member through March 31, 2009. Great-grandchildren are not eligible.

Emergency Educational Grants

http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/eefgrants.cfm

The Emergency Educational Grant program provides financial assistance to children of deceased or totally disabled Elks, who wish to obtain or further their college education.

Grant amounts are based on the information submitted in the application and can range up to $4,000. The grant is for one year only; however, the student may submit up to three annual renewal applications for succeeding years as long as he or she meets all other eligibility requirements. The applicant cannot accept more than one ENF scholarship/grant in any one academic year.

2007 - 2008 Lodge #772 Scholarship Awards

Ronald Ewart Memorial Award

awarded to Ogdensburg Free Academy student

Joseph Denoncourt

Sheila Gwin Memorial Award

awarded to Ogdensburg Free Academy student

Alicia Crowder

Leroy Backus Memorial Awards

awarded to a Heuvelton Student

Joshua Dettmer

and

Dylan Williams