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Elks Drug Awareness Contests

These contests can be held in any type of setting, Elks Lodge, Scout troop, School, YMCA, Boys and Girls Club wherever you can find interested children. Could be an entry received from a concerned parent or grandparent. Grab your pencils, markers, keyboards and video recorders. The Elks Drug Awareness Program offers contests for you to demonstrate your commitment to a drug-free life.

Video Contest – Local contest can be anytime from now to March 15th

Video winner from last year – please download and view:

https://toolchest.elksdap.org/document/65e69aad-6b0d-4951-a2a5-46c4b721008e/download

Local winners must reach State Chairman by March 31st. Theme “Life does not rewind, choose life not drugs”

District Winners to be awarded a $30.00 gift card and District Winner Certificate. State winners will be awarded a $40.00 gift card and a State Winner Certificate

Rules:

The contest is open to three age groups, Pre-high school, High School and Post Graduates. Participants may be an individual or group, the length of the video should be 2 to 5 minutes in length and on a flash drive or similar “mobile” media in readable format.

Previous Winners – Learn more about the Elks Drug Awareness Video Contest, by visiting elks.org/dap/videoContest.cfm. Your video could end up on elkskidszone, too!

Essay Contest – Local contest can be anytime from now to March 15th

Essay Contest winner from last year: Iowa Essay Winner 2018-2019.pdf

Local winners must reach State Chairman by March 31st. Theme “Life does not rewind, choose life not drugs”

District Winners to be awarded a $30.00 gift card and District Winner Certificate. State winners will be awarded a $40.00 gift card and a State Winner Certificate

Rules:

The contest is open to all 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students. Participants must write their essay themselves, but they may get help from teachers, parents, or friends in the form of ideas.

Length: No longer than 250 words

Paper size: 8½” × 11″

Text: Typed, computer generated text, hand written or hand printed

Learn more about the Elks Drug Awareness Program Essay Contest for students in sixth through eighth grade at:

www.elks.org/dap/essay.cfm

 Poster Contest – Local contest can be anytime from now to November 15th.

Local winners must reach State Chairman by Nov 30 th Theme “Life does not rewind, choose life not drugs”

District Winners to be awarded a $30.00 gift card and District Winner Certificate. State winners will be awarded a $40.00 gift card and a State Winner Certificate

Rules:

The contest is open to all 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade students.

Poster paper: Ideally, posters should be submitted on 8½” × 11″ inch paper. However, posters submitted on paper up to 11×24 inches in size will be accepted.

 Learn more about the Elks Drug Awareness Poster Contest for students in third through fifth grade, by visiting elks.org/dap/poster.cfm. Your artwork could end up in a coloring book, too!

A new website has been added this year. It’s www.elksteenzone.org , look it over it is outstanding.It has pre-made lesson plans for teachers, a jeopardy type game that the teachers or group leaders can change the categories to fit their needs. We will continue to offer the www.elkskidszone.org for the younger children. Both of the current outstanding SMOSH video’s can be accessed through these websites as well as the third and newest when it is released in October. These videos as well as most of our current brochures are being made in cooperation with the DEA. They contain the most current information for our children and their parents.

If you would like to participate, please contact your nearest Elks Lodge. 

What is the Elks Drug Awareness Program? (Press Release)

Grand Lodge Press Release :PRESS RELEASE – The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Coll (1).pdf

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks welcomes you to the resource center for the Elks National Drug Awareness Program – the largest volunteer drug awareness program in the United States. We are very proud of our dedicated army of volunteers who freely give their time and talents to this most noble cause. The Elks are committed to eliminating the use and abuse of illegal drugs by all members of society and believe that in order to ensure a bright future for our country, it is essential that our children be raised in a drug-free environment.

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