Scholarships

Committee Chair – Sue Sawyer – CoChair – Amber Spurlock

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

The scholarship committee organizes, evaluates, fundraises for and orchestrates the Garden Grove Elks Lodge scholarship program.  In 2024-2025, the committee was renewed.

Dollars for Scholars – Texas Hold ’em/Game Night Fundraiser

The Garden Grove Elks Scholarship Committee held a TEXAS HOLD ‘ EM Tournament on Saturday April 12, 2025 for Lodge members and OPEN to the PUBLIC.   Players were given $500 poker chips to use at different tables and various non-card games.    All proceeds go to scholarships with no cash prizes given to the players.

Prizes were given to the top five amassed poker chip winners and all individual game winning players received raffle tickets to place into gift baskets boxes for take home prizes. We had 42 AMAZING baskets for the attendees to put their raffle tickets in for the drawing. Games played: Dart Poker, Yahtzee, Left-Right-Center, Plinko, Jenga, Connect 4, Black Jack, Spinning Wheel and more. We also had a “selfie camera photo booth” that was super fun.

2024-2025 Awards Ceremony

Sunday, March 30th: In our first year we awarded $3,000 to local high school students on their way to post secondary training.  Scholarships include most valuable student (MVS), CHEA vocational grant, CHEA students with disabilities, the Garden Grove Elks scholarships, and the National Legacy awards. Fun, fundraising activities Like the “Dollars for Scholars – Game Night” and “- Texas Holdem Tournament” organized by the committee throughout the year help fund this program.

We had a great turnout at our first Scholarship/Americanism/Youth Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 30th in the East Room at the lodge.