Scholarship Committee

ABOUT OUR SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

The Scholarship Committee oversees the local Elks National Foundation scholarship program as well as our own scholarship activities. The committee locally administers the scholarship programs below.

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MOST VALUABLE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST FOR LOCAL STUDENTS

The Most Valuable Student Contest is open to any Senior High School Student.
The due date for this year’s application is Friday, January 9, 2009. Gateway Lodge will be giving $2,000.00 in scholarships to local seniors; $1,000.00 to the top female winner and $1,000.00 to the top male winner.

Click HERE to download the application for Most Valuable Student Scholarship Contest.

Winners from our lodge go on to compete at the district level where an additional $8,400.00 in scholarships will be awarded. Winners at the district level then go on to compete for scholarships totaling $19,400.00 at the State level. The applications from these winning students are then sent to compete for scholarships at the Grand Lodge level which could equal their full college tuition, paid in full.

If you have any questions, please contact our Gateway Lodge Scholarship Committee Chairperson at for more information.

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LEGACY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ELK FAMILY'S CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN

The Legacy Scholarship is a one-year, $1,000 scholarship for children and grandchildren of Elk members who are high school seniors, going on to college and exhibit the core values of the Elks National Foundation: Knowledge, Charity, Community and Integrity.

The ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION will award up to 500 Legacy Awards.

The scholarship is open to any child or grandchild (or step-child, step-grandchild, or legal ward) of an active Elk who has been a member in good standing since at least April 1, 2006. The Elk must also be a paid-up member through March 31, 2009. (Great-grandchildren are not eligible.) The applicant must be a high school senior. The applicant must apply through the related member's Elks Lodge, regardless of where the applicant resides.

The Student, the Elk member and the Lodge Secretary of the Elk Member's Lodge must complete their respective sections.
The student is to send the application to:

ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION
2750 N. Lakeview Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614-2256
The application must be postmarked no later than January 9, 2009.

Click HERE to download the Legacy Scholarship application for 2009.
or ask for an application at the Gateway Lodge office.

If you have any questions, please contact our Gateway Lodge Scholarship Committee Chairperson at for more information.

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