ABOUT THE YOUTH ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE

One of the important committees of the Gateway Elks Lodge is the Youth Activities Committee. The major focus of the Committee is the "Teenager of the Month" program.

Each month, during the school year, the Youth Activities Committee of Gateway Elks Lodge in Portland selects a high school student from one the area's high schools to be named “Teenager of the Month”.  Criteria for selection include scholastic achievement, school involvement and community assistance. The students are presented by way of a nomination submitted by their peers, parents, teachers or friends.  The Youth Activities Committee reviews the nominations and selects a student to honor each month.

Each month the student to be honored is presented to the members of Gateway Elks Lodge in a special ceremony prior to a regular Lodge meeting and receives a US Savings Bond. During Youth Activities Week each May, one of the honored students from the previous year is chosen to be "Teenager of the Year"

If you know of a deserving High School student and would wish to nominate him or her as Gateway Elks “Teenager of the Month”, simply fill out the easy to use, on line “Teenager of the Month” nomination form below and hit "send".

Nomination forms are also available in the counselor's offices of each of the area high schools and at the Gateway Elks Lodge Office.