Elks Scholarship Opportunity – Spring 2024

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Deadline:  March 3, 2024
Award amounts: (1) $1,000, (8) $500 awards

Each application will be scored by an analytic rubric, a detailed outline for how each application will be read and scored. Using rubrics to review scholarship applications helps reviewers stay consistent, minimizes personal bias, and provides a useful reference for everyone involved in the process. The rubric consists of four, equally weighted areas: Merit (unweighted GPA); Financial Need; Relationship to the Elks; and Essay Response.

Candidates must be graduating in Spring 2024, and attending a vocational, 2- or 4-year institution of higher education. Funds will be paid to the institution. Deferred admission or gap years are not eligible for this scholarship.

Essay Prompt: (650 words max): What personal achievement are you most proud of and why?

• Our Mission: To inculcate the principles of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity; to recognize a belief in God; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its Members; to quicken the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and to provide for its government, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America will serve the people and communities through benevolent programs, demonstrating that Elks Care and Elks Share.
• Our Purpose: This Fraternal Order was founded “to promote and practice the four cardinal virtues of charity, justice, brotherly love, and fidelity; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of American Patriotism and cultivate good fellowship.
• Diversity Statement: Inherent in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks cardinal virtue of Brotherly Love, we support a culture of mutual respect regardless of gender, race, country of origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, military service, disability, and age. We celebrate the diversity of our membership and use their talents and energy to foster the Charitable works of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. We promote a safe environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value the distinct contributions of all our members and require that all members refrain from any action or deed that may be interpreted to conflict with this statement.