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Elks: Creating a Drug-Free Society
Embracing the robust yet humble spirit of the Elk, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is an almost 1,000,000 army of volunteers who freely give their time and talents to serving the needs of their neighbors and local communities. Hundreds of millions of dollars and volunteer hours are invested each year by the Elks in helping neighbors, college-bound students, the elderly, veterans and active-duty armed forces, local communities – anyone who needs a helping hand. One of the Elks largest and most gratifying works is their programs to combating and eradicating the use and abuse of illicit drugs.
The Elks Drug Awareness Program is the largest, community-based volunteer drug awareness program in the United States. By taking pride in America’s communities and youth, the program takes action against youth drug use through education and inspiration. From a young age, the Elks Drug Awareness Program asks kids to discern what it means to be drug free. Kids express their feelings of resisting peer pressure through the many local and national poster and essay contests. The program reaches nearly every school and community across the nation with its many drug prevention activities, public service
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The collaborations in through these relationships has created the development of strategies for targeting top drug issues, and mobilized the 2,000 Elk lodges in enacting them. As one of the few founding member of the DEA 360 Strategy, the Elks have expanded their drug awareness efforts to target top drug abuse in local communities. This partnership has provided the Elks with access to the latest drug trends, giving them adaptability in addressing the drug use in their