One of the Lodge goals for this year is to familiarize membership with benefits and resources available
both on the local and national levels. One of these programs is the Elks National Drug Awareness
Program the largest volunteer drug awareness program in the United States.
Since 1982 working in partnership with multiple federal agencies including the Drug Enforcement Agency
and national organizations such as Pride Youth Programs, the Elks provides an effective, community-based
drug prevention program ensuring it addresses the leading drug abuse issues facing communities today.
The program’s Drug Awareness Program Resource Center provides parents, teachers and kids’ access to
educational materials including anti-drug literature, videos, coloring books, posters, public service announce-
ments and prevention tools for parents along with information on the annual poster, essay and video contests.
The importance of educating our youth on the impact of drugs and alcohol use is even more important today
as it was in 1982. Take advantage of the resources available. You can access to The Elks National Drug
Awareness Program directly at www.elks.org/dap or under Programs on the Elk’s Home Page, www.elks.org.
Jack Harris, Drug Awareness Chairman