How Bpoe Elks Help Veterans And Active Service Members

Veterans Programs

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Are you looking to connect with service-minded people in your community? Join the Elks! For the past 150 years, Elks have been welcoming veterans into their ranks as leaders. About Lodges will offer free or discounted membership for active-duty armed forces members or those separated from active-duty inside the past two years.

Who are the Elks?

A fraternal order founded in 1868, "to promote and practice the 4 cardinal virtues of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Dearest and Fidelity; to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members; to quicken the spirit of American Patriotism and cultivate practiced fellowship."
A network of almost 1,900 lodges and 800,000 members in communities all over the land.
A non-political, non-sectarian organization open to American citizens over the age of 21.

What practice the Elks do for veterans?

The Elks take two charitable arms: The Elks National Foundation and the Elks National Veterans Service Commission. Both of these organizations provide funding to Elks Lodges and Elks members for community service projects, many of which are specifically aimed at serving veterans and military members.

Want to acquire more about the opportunities available to you as an Elks member?

View this playlist about all our programs, including our Hoop Shoot youth basketball programme, and our Elks Scholarship Programs.

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Attention Elks

Section xiv.310. A Club may provide in its By-Laws for the waiver of the Society dues of any Member who is ill or in distress, and may further provide for the waiver of the dues, initiation fees or reinstatement fees of whatsoever Applicant or Member who is serving every bit a member on active duty in a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, or who has separated from active duty during the preceding twenty-four months by virtue of retirement or the receipt of an Honorable Discharge.