Welcome to the Elks Family
Since 1931, the Elks National Foundation has helped students recognize their academic dreams. Each year, we award more than $3 million in college scholarships to at least 800 outstanding, service-minded high school seniors. Once you're an Elks scholar, you're family.
Service. Leadership. Academics. Our Elks scholar family is 17,000 strong, with 3,000 active scholars attending 65 unique U.S. institutions.
Hate Has No Home Here
The ENF is committed to making all of our spaces fully inclusive, equitable, and safe for all our members and scholars.
Helping Others, Changing the World
Service is at the center of what it means to be an Elks scholar. Today’s Elks scholars can be tomorrow’s Elks, but we have to make that happen by engaging them and welcoming them to the #ElksFamily. Learn more about our scholars and how we connect them to service below:
An opportunity for our scholars to give back.
Our scholars connect with local Lodges to do good.
Meet our top scholarship winners.
Find scholars sponsored by your Lodge.
Do you know a high school senior who plans to further their education via a 4-year college or trade school? If you do, the Pottstown Elks Lodge #814 offers 3 scholarships per year. The Earl Decker Memorial Scholarship awards a $5,000 scholarship (disbursed at $1,250 per year for 4 years), John Keilman Trade School Scholarship (a one time $750) and the Terry Embody Automotive Tech Scholarship (a one time $750).
The scholarships are open to any high school senior located within our jurisdiction which covers Spring-Ford, Phoenixville, Owen J. Roberts, Pottstown, Pottsgrove, Boyertown, Daniel Boone, Perkiomen Valley, Upper & Lower Perk and any private school located within those district areas. The scholarships are open to the public, the student does not have to be a relative of an Elk.