DID YOU KNOW? The value of Elk's charitable works last year was over $133 million The Elks National Foundation awards $3.4 million in scholarships annually to students. In addition to information about drugs, the Elks provide alternatives to drug use by sponsoring activities ranging from Little League to Scouting. More than 2.8 million kids participated in these Elks-sponsored activities last year. The Elks have pledged not to forget hospitalized veterans, and each year; they visit hundreds of thousands of patients at VA medical centers and veteran’s hospitals, throwing parties and providing companionship. And they invite patients who can leave the facilities to events at Elks Lodges, on fishing trips and to ball games. Last year alone, the Elks adopted and befriended 108,000 veterans who were far from home or without family The value of the Elks’ contributions to veteran’s service last year was more than $11 million. The Elks Drug Awareness Program prints and distributes, free of charge, up-to-date information about drugs to schoolchildren, their teachers and their parents. Since the program’s inception in 1983, the Elks have distributed more than 110 million pieces of literature. Thanks to the Thousand Oaks Elks Lodge for providing these facts! |