<p>Okay...thanks. I'm still hoping!</p>
<p>any new updates?</p>
<p>Nope...nothing yet. How do you find the name and contact info for your district chair?</p>
<p>Do they tell you if they don't make it? I STILL haven't heard from my LOCAL lodge yet and I'm losing hope. I call them about twice a day but they're never in AND they don't return phone calls. (The reason I'm so anxious is because I'd like to notify the college I was deferred at if I advance). Grrrrrr...</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> I don't think I made it...</p>
<p>...</p>
<p>After a very awkward phone conversation with my local Elks lodge, it appears that I have made it to districts...</p>
<p>The conversation went as follows:</p>
<p>Me: Oh hi! My name's ________, I'm a high school student who applied to the Elks scholarship competition. I wanted to know if I advanced to districts.</p>
<p>Lady: (laughing) Oh yes, someone just gave me your number (note: just??? I left it a week or two ago). I'm sorry, but you're just gonna have to be patient. We don't get the results back from Chicago until May. It's a step-by-step process.</p>
<p>Me: Oh, so I made it to districts, then?</p>
<p>Lady: I don't know yet, you're just gonna have to wait, hun. I sent them all off to states and now it's out of my hands. It's a step-by-step thing.</p>
<p>Me: Yes I realize it's a step-by-step thing, but...oh never mind. Thank you very much.</p>
<p>So from that conversation, I've concluded that I have moved through, but I think everyone who applied with that lodge also moved through (not that I have a problem with that). She was very pleasant the whole time, but it was frustrating and confusing. I hope she sent it to the correct place...</p>
<p>congrats! I'm still waiting to hear from districts....I hope this isn't a bad sign......</p>
<p>still waiting.</p>
<p>u'll hear, it doenst really matter if u dont hear, just kind of a courtesy..</p>
<p>at least until the national one.. money yawhoo!!</p>
<p>do they tell you if you don't advance?</p>
<p>they should</p>
<p>State judging is done tomorrow :) hope to hear soon</p>
<p>I still haven't heard from districts! WHY?? I called the person...and he said they would be sent out in the "next couple of weeks." Now state is almost done....I'm losing hope.......</p>
<p>I'm in the same position.</p>
<p>Did you call your district chair?</p>
<p>no, I don't know their number....</p>
<p>sigh....good luck...i just want to find out ... one way or another</p>
<p>I applied, and so did two of my friends from school. None of us got any notification from the local lodge. My mom called the lodge to see what was going on (it's only open while I'm in school), and she was told that the applications were forwarded and we should hear something in April. Considering that none of us heard anything from districts, we think our three applications were probably lost or disqualified for not following protocal...but hey, it would certainly be nice to prove this theory wrong. Good luck to everyone here!</p>
<p>oh, if they were forwarded then you are probably fine. good luck</p>
<p>I heard back from the Lodge 2 weeks after they were done with the judging, so I would bank on a similar timetable for the other levels.</p>