Havre Elks Lodge accepting Most Valuable Student scholarship applications

Press release

Havre Elks Lodge #1201 and the Elks National Foundation have announced that the 2021-2022 Most Valuable Student Scholarship program is now underway.

All high school seniors who are U.S. citizens are welcome to apply. The entire MVS application process is handled online with applicants being judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need.

Elks Scholarship Co-Chair Brandy Kurtz said applicants will be judged at three levels with the opportunity to earn scholarships at the local, state and national level. Six scholarship winners — three young men and three young ladies — from the local lodge level will be advanced to the Montana state judging with the top five students receiving additional scholarships as well as advancing to the national level.

Kurtz said that at the national level two first-place awards of $50,000 each, two second-place awards of $40,000 and two $30,00.00 third-place awards will be awarded.

The remaining 14 finalists will receive $20,000 each and 480 runners-up will receive fifth-place scholarships of $4,000 for a total of $2,440,000 nationwide.

Students wanting to apply for the scholarships do not have to have an affiliation with the Order of Elks. The deadline to apply for the 2022 application deadline is Nov. 15 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

Online applications and additional information are located at https://www.elks.org/scholars/scholarships/mvs.cfm .

For more information or assistance, interested students, families or high schools can contact Kurtz at 406-390-0091 or Linda Hoover at 406-945-0454