This year, the ENF will award $2.296 million in Most Valuable Student scholarships to 500 outstanding students based on their leadership, scholarship and financial need. If you had the chance to connect with one of these promising students as he or she journeys through college, would you?

With the MVS Named Scholarship Program, each $4,000 pledge to the Elks National Foundation results in a relationship. Generous individuals name and sponsor a Most Valuable Student scholarship, while connecting personally with the MVS scholarship recipient.

Here’s how the program works:

• Pledge $1,000 a year for four years to the Elks National Foundation by completing the enrollment form and returning it to our office with your initial payment. Various payment options are available for ease in completing the pledge!
  
• Select the name of your MVS Scholarship, either for your own namesake, or in honor or memory of someone you wish to commemorate.
• The ENF pairs you with a $4,000 Most Valuable Student scholarship winner once the new class is announced, based as best we can on your preferences.
  
• Keep in touch with this student over the next four years as you share semester updates, facilitated entirely by the ENF office.
  
• The name of your scholarship appears on all related correspondence and the online MVS Named Scholarship Honor Roll!

Some points to keep in mind: donations through the MVS Named Scholarship Program still count toward your Lodge’s per-capita total and your individual giving total; donations support the ENF Endowment Fund or your favorite ENF program, and do not directly fund a student’s scholarship award.

If you would like additional information about the MVS Named Scholarship Program, please contact Erin Rohan at 773/755-4858 or email ErinR@elks.org.

To learn more about the Most Valuable Student contest, click here.