E L K S N A T I O N A L F O U N D A T I O N Joy of Giving October is ENF Month! T
HIS OCTOBER, big things are happening at the Elks National Foundation, and it’s time to cel-
ebrate! October is ENF month, a month dedicated to supporting the Elks Na- tional Foundation and its programs.
A Big Impact
At the end of October, recipients of the Elks National Foundation’s 2012 Impact Grants will be announced. The lodges that receive the grants, each worth up to $10,000, will use them to strengthen their communities, while showing everyone in the community what the Elks are all about.
Lodges are currently using ENF Im- pact Grants for everything from orga- nizing youth literacy programs to serving meals to those in need and caring for veterans in need. It will be fascinating
Three students join Elroy at a 2010 Cass County, Missouri, Lodge Red Ribbon Week party funded by an ENF Promise Grant.
to see what the 2012 class of ENF Impact Grant recipients will do with their awards! Please visit
www.elks.org/com- munity to find out which lodges received ENF Impact Grants.
Wear Your Red Ribbon!
The end of ENF month also marks Red Ribbon Week, a week when millions of Americans wear red ribbons in memory of fallen US Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. During this week, Elks across the country will help spread the word about the dangers of drug and alcohol use and abuse. The Elks take pride in being an important part of this tradition. Visit
www.elks.org/dap to learn the many ways your
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driver’s license and credit cards, but the most valued tool from the criminal’s perspective is your Social Security number. With that in hand, it is pitifully easy to take on another person’s identity, and a Social Security number opens a number of other doors, enabling a thief to get addi- tional forms of false identification, such as credit cards and driver’s licenses. From there, the rest is easy.
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lodge can take part in Red Ribbon Week programs!
Get Involved
There is much to celebrate this Octo- ber as lodges show their support for the Elks National Foundation by holding special events to raise funds, create excitement about the ENF, and recog- nize ENF donors and program accom- plishments. ENF month places extra emphasis on Elks serving others, so October is the perfect time for every Elk to take part in ENF programs. Contact your lodge ENF chairman for ways you can get involved. For more information about programs funded by the Elks National Foundation or how to plan an ENF month activity, visit
www.elks.org/enf. ■
Mark Your Calendar
• October 2011: ENF Month. • October 24–30, 2011: Red Ribbon Week.
• October 31, 2011: 2012 ENF Impact Grant recipi- ents announced.
• November 2011: Veterans Remembrance Month.
• December 2, 2011: ENF Most Valuable Student scholarship applications, which are available to all high school seniors, are due to local lodges.
So what can you do to protect yourself? Fraud experts offer these tips: Guard your Social Security number closely, and give it out only to government agencies or businesses you know and trust. If possible, do not carry your Social Security number in your wallet or purse. (Unfortunately, Medicare cards contain the holder’s Social Security number, and many seniors often carry these cards with them.) And be careful how you dispose of documents that contain your Social
Security number. Shredding them is your best option.
If you use a computer, identity
thieves have yet another possible gateway to your identity. Be aware of so-called “phishing” e-mails that tempt you to click on a link. If you do, you will often be taken to a website that asks for personal information that can then be used to compromise your identity. Sometimes, that link will contain a virus that allows a hacker to (Continued on page 80)
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