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PUBLIC SERVICE is AN INTEGRAL PART of BEING AN ELK. IN KEEPING WITH THIS TRADITION, ELKS CREATE and PARTICIPATE IN MANY PROGRAMS to BETTER THEIR COMMUNITIES and DEMONSTRATE THAT ELKS CARE - ELKS SHARE SCHOLARSHIPS - EACH YEAR THE ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION PROVIDES MORE THAN 3.65 MILLION IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS to GRADUATING SENIORS. HOOP SHOOT - THE YEARLY ELKS HOOP SHOOT FREE THROW PROGRAM is OPEN to ALL BOYS and GIRLS AGES 8 THROUGH 13. THE CONTEST STARTS AT THE LODGE LEVEL and ADVANCES THROUGH DISTRICT, STATE and REGIONAL CONTESTS BEFORE THE NATIONAL FINALS IN THE SPRING. DRUG AWARENESS - THE ELKS DRUG AWARENESS PROGRAM DISTRIBUTES LITERATURE and ORGANIZES EVENTS to MAKE KIDS and THEIR PARENTS AWARE of THE DANGERS POSED BY ALCOHOL, TOBACCO and ILLEGAL DRUGS. TRY THE PROGRAMS DRUG AWARENESS QUIZ and TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE YOUTH ACTIVITIES - OTHER YOUTH-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY THE ELKS INCLUDE THE SOCCER SHOOT, THE ANTLERS PROGRAM, THE YEARLY AMERICANISM ESSAY CONTEST and MORE. V