Elks National Foundation How is the Elks National Foundation Helping South Carolina?

When you give to the Elks National Foundation, you're doing more than funding the Elks National Drug Awareness and "Hoop Shoot" programs. You're doing more than supporting the Elks National Veterans Service Commission and the Elks National Home. You're doing more than providing Emergency Educational Grants to the children of deceased or totally disabled Elks. You're doing more than maintaining the Elks Veterans Memorial.

You're doing all that, and you're supporting Elkdom in your state.

During the 2005-06 Lodge year, the Elks of South Carolina donated $60,750.46 to the Elks National Foundation. This year, the Foundation will give back the following:

• A State Charities Grant of $28,390.00, and a bonus grant of $10,390.00. The bulk of these grants will go toward South Carolina's major charitable project. But portions will be used to fund your state Drug Awareness, "Hoop Shoot" and Soccer Shoot programs.

• A Special Projects Grant of $10,090.00. We've authorized your state to use this grant to enhance its educational programs, as well as other charitable and philanthropic programs.

• A total of at least $12,000.00 in "Most Valuable Student" scholarships to 3 high school seniors from your state. (Click here to check out your recipients.) In addition, we will award up to 7 Legacy scholarships-a total of $7,000.00 to children and grandchildren of Elks who have been members for at least two years. (Click here to check out your recipients. Ed. Faulty link.)

• A total of $5,220.00 to Veterans Service volunteers through the Elks Veterans Service Commission. These funds will help them provide aid and comfort to hospitalized veterans.

That's a total grant of at least $73,020.00, which represents a ratio of 1.202 for every dollar the Foundation received from your state last year.

And if you'd like to know what the Elks National Foundation has done for South Carolina in the past, since inception in 1928 through March 31, 2006, the Foundation has granted a total of $1,181,784.18 to your state, compared with your state's total donations of $854,973.65. That's a ratio of 1.382 for every dollar the Foundation has received from your state.

The Foundation's past support includes:

• $446,615.00 in State Charities Grants

• $106,131.00 in Special Projects Grants

• $208,200.00 in "Most Valuable Student" Scholarships

• $246,160.68 in Emergency Educational Grants to the children of deceased or totally disabled Elks

For more information about the Elks National Foundation, contact your local chairman or write us at Elks National Foundation, 2750 N. Lakeview Ave., Chicago, IL 60614, enf@elks.org.

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