Drug Awareness Contest Rules

Joseph M Tress, Vice Chairman West, Beaver Falls Lodge # 348 (W)

Charles M Dean, Trailer Co-Ord West, Connellsville Lodge #976 (SW)

Scott Nichols, Trailer Co-Ord East, Danville Lodge #754 (NEC)

Deborah Raible, Braddock Lodge #883 (M)

Jeanne Duncan, Sayre Lodge #1148 (NE)

C H Mick Brady III, Danville Lodge #754 (NEC)

Randall W Spence, Titusville Lodge #264 (NW)

Nora M Fitzgerald, North Penn Lodge #1979 (SE)

Virginia Cole, Monongahela Lodge #455 (SW)

Kelly McConnell, Kittanning Lodge #203 (WC)

To: All District Drug Awareness, Chairpersons Vice Chairs, Trailer Coordinators, Lodge Exalted Rulers & Lodge Drug Awareness Chairs

Our Fall Convention is now behind us. I hope those of you who attended had an enjoyable time.

It was announced there that Jack Keller has stepped down as State Chairman for health reasons. I was selected as his

replacement. I look forward to working with each of you in the future.

I have already begun to receive requests for the trailers for 2008. It is not too early to get your requests in to me. Please remember all requests must go thru me.

We have two (2) terrific trailer coordinators who work hard to make sure the trailers are stocked and that they get to where they need to be. Please keep in mind that neither Chuck or Scott are required to take the trailer to you or pick it up when your Lodge is finished with it.

The items in the trailers are for the scheduled events. Please do not remove items for your Lodge supplies. Your Lodge may order supplies, thru me, from the Grand Lodge.

Let us not forget the Poster Contest, "Drug Free For Eternity". I should have your entries no later than Jan. 31, 2008.

I received great nominations for the Enrique Camarena Award. They are still in the hands of a committee of Lodge members from my Lodge. I thought it be more fair to all nominees if I were not one of the judges.

Now I ask a favor of each of you. I would like to have the mailing address or email address of each Lodge Drug Awareness Chairperson and each Lodge Exalted Ruler. Please send them to me. Thank you.

Please remember to fill out the Drug Awareness Activity Report after each event and send it to me. That is the only way the State Association can compile an accurate report for The Grand Lodge. This is also needed to show the Federal Government just how much charity work we as Elks do.

Drug Awareness Trailer Guidelines

1) Sign up for the trailer will be with the State Drug Awareness Chairperson via email or telephone, with both provided to the Chairperson, if both are available.

2) Sign up should be as far in advance as possible, preferably one month ahead of the desired date. Exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis, as decided by the Drug Awareness Chairperson. It is first come, first served.

3) The Drug Awareness Chairperson will assemble a schedule for both trailers, which will be given to the East and West trailer coordinators.

4) The Coordinators will contact you with information to assist in making arrangements for the movement of the trailer.

Trailer Travel and Movement

1) The Lodge who has the trailer, and the Lodge who will be getting the trailer, should make arrangements with each other to meet at an acceptable "halfway point" to transfer the trailer.

2) In the event that a Lodge cannot move the trailer to a halfway point, or go to the halfway point to receive the trailer, reasonable reimbursement should be made to the Lodge traveling the whole distance.

3) Refusal to cooperate with and assist other lodges in transfer of the trailer will result in a reduced chance to get on the schedule to use the trailer.

Trailer Supplies And Stock

1) The State Drug Awareness Program has a limited budget, which provides the stock on the trailers. As such, all stock on the trailers is subject to change in quantity and availability.

2) If a certain item is desired for a Lodge's event, the DAP Chairperson should be notified well in advance, so the Chairman can work with you in ordering the requested item.

3) Please realize that the DAP is one of many programs the State Association funds, and that monies are not always available for individual Lodge stock requests. In the event that an item is not available from the DAP due to funding, Lodges should be aware that they can purchase trailer stock for their use at their location.

4) Lodges are required to make a report to the DAP Chairman and to their respective Trailer Coordinator to inform them of stock used. This report need not be a strict inventory; a simple description of the amount of items used, such as "we used about three boxes of pencils," will suffice. This will facilitate accurate restocking of the trailer. Include the number of children, and adults, volunteer hours, and miles traveled. Send the report to your District Chairperson, using the "Drug Awareness Committee Activity Report", so it can then be sent to the State Chairman.

5) DAP supplies must serve more than one location. If the trailer is scheduled to be in one location for a number of days, Lodges and/or Districts are encouraged to purchase trailer stock and supplies with their own funding. This is because long events deplete supplies more quickly.

6) Order your supplies early and reserve the trailer as early as possible.

DRUG TRAILERS AVAILABLE

The Pennsylvania Elks State Association Drug Awareness Trailers
are available to all Pennsylvania Elks Lodges for FREE

--- but John ‘Jack’ Keller, Chuck Dean and Scott Nichols,
who will arrange to transport them to you from a base in the east and west,
asks that your Lodge consider paying for fuel
and have a safe place to park the trailer.
The units have a TV and a VCR to play tapes,
and a wealth of other displays to make
your Lodge Drug Awareness Program a heavy hitter.
Contact Vic Cid now and reserve your date
with the great Pennsylvania Elks Drug Awareness Trailers!

2007-2008
DRUG AWARENESS
POSTER CONTEST RULES

AND DATES

The Pennsylvania Elks Drug Awareness Poster Contest was created to help educate children on the dangers of illegal drugs. Children are to use the Theme provided to draw an anti drug poster.

Contest is open to 4^th, 5^th and 6^th grades.

The Theme for the 2007-2008 Drug Awareness Poster-Essay Contest is "DRUG FREE FOR ETERNITY"

Participants must draw the posters themselves, but they may get help from teachers, parents or friends in the form of ideas.

Poster Paper: NO LARGER than 12" by 24"

Poster Content: Draw a picture related to the theme above, use as many colors as you wish. No trademark characters are allowed.

Essay Content: 50 words or less, attached to the back side and including the student's name, address and phone number; their school name and the name and number of the local Lodge.

Due Date: Return all posters for judging to local Lodge chairman by January 31, 2008. Lodge Chairman must send three local winners (one for each grade) to the District Chairman by February 28, 2008. District Chairman must send three District winners (one for each grade) to the State Chairman by March 31, 2008.

The State winners and chairmen will be notified by April 5, 2008. The winners and their parents will be invited to our Spring Convention. They will be presented with certificates and savings bonds.

Contest should be started as early in the school year as possible.

2005-2006 POSTER CONTEST WINNERS

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Grade 4 – Lydia Musser, Grade 5 – Mark Bacasa, Grade 6 – Colby Peters

STATE COLLEGE POSTER WINNER FEATURED IN ELKS LITERATURE

Shown above is the prize-winning Drug Awareness Poster submitted to the State College, Pa. Elks Lodge this past spring by Jony Rommel, a student at the Mt. Nittany Middle School. Jony's thought-provoking poster not only won the State Competition, but is now featured in the nationally distributed Elks Drug Awareness Coloring Book that is passed out to children all across America as part of the Elks Drug Awareness Program. Our congratulations to Jony, and to the members of the State College Elks Lodge Drug Awareness Committee for the highly successful poster contest they run annually in the State College School Districts.

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