LEWISTON – Applications are available for the Elks National Foundation’s 2005 Legacy Awards scholarship contest. The foundation will award up to 500 one-year $1,000 scholarships to children or grandchildren of active Elks in good standing.

The contest exclusively benefits Elk families. Any child or grandchild (or step-child, step-grandchild or legal ward) of a living Elk who joined the order on or before April 1, 2002, or a charter member of a lodge that was instituted on or after April 1, 2002, is eligible. The Elk must also be a paid-up member through March 31, 2005. Great-grandchildren are not eligible, nor are the children or grandchildren of deceased Elks.

Applicants must be high school seniors who plan to attend an accredited U.S. college or university and will take the SAT or ACT by Dec. 31 of their senior year.

The Selection Committee will judge applicants based on how well they exhibit the core values of the Elks National Foundation: knowledge, charity, community and integrity.

Applications are available online at www.elks.org/enf/scholars; by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Elks National Foundation; or at local lodges.

Students need to mail their applications to the Elks National Foundation’s Chicago office, no later than Jan. 14, 2005. The foundation will announce the winners on April 30, 2005.

For more information, visit www.elks.org/enf/scholars or contact 773-775-4732 or [email protected]

For more information on the Maine Elks Association, visit www.maineelks.org .