<p>Thanks Crystal! Found my daughter's name on the list!!!! Thank you for making our day!!</p>
<p>Ah, I just realized that in my last post, I meant to put "same lodge" instead of "state lodge."</p>
<p>^ noticed that. lol but yeah now it makes more sense. I was thinking maybe each state had a stage lodge I didn't know about</p>
<p>Aw, I'm not a national finalist. I think it's because I don't have too much financial need... and I haven't received a THING in the mail, which is weird. I don't even know if I advanced or not!</p>
<p>what does it mean if my name's on the list? i advance to ....where exactly?</p>
<p>i didnt advance to nationals im assuming since my name isnt on the list for the PA kids...im guessing the ones with the (,)'s are the ones from this year that move onto nationals, thats what it appeared to be from last years competition...im actually really upset upset over it :'(</p>
<p>@ tnb if your name's on the list, congrats -- you made it to the top 500 national finalists.</p>
<p>@ adidas - yeah, the ones with the (,)'s mean 2009. seriously, don't worry though. shoot for the local scholarships. the chances of winning those are MUCH higher than winning this one and you probably could get much more cumulatively through those than with this Elks</p>
<p>My name is on the list but has anyone received any concrete notification of a national finalist?</p>
<p>yeah, I received a letter in the mail 2 weeks ago or whenever I posted my capslock-filled post a page or two back in this thread...</p>
<p><em>EDIT</em> 10 days ago.</p>
<p>ok so i got the letter in the mail today. but would someone be kind enough to explain what a "Named Scholar" is and what the deal is with the donors. do the donors donate the money to the lodge if they are paired up with you or what? i am slightly confused.</p>
<p>^ same here</p>
<p>This is from a post last year.....alamemom says "I don't think the donor matching things affects your scholarship at all. They say it is like a pen-pal system, that sort of personalizes your scholarship. They match you up with someone who donates to the scholarship program as a whole-maybe by your area, University, or major.That gives you someone to thank personally, and gives the sponsor a sense of the type of student they are actually helping. You are supposed to update them on your progress each semester. It says on your letter that it will no way affect the scholarship judging."</p>
<p>Got the official national letter yesterday! Now it seems real! Yay! Even 4000 more is great!</p>
<p>Haha, yeah. I think it's really cool that they match you up with a donor -- I'd like to thank the person who gave me all this money for college.</p>
<p>Did anyone's heart jump when they saw the $60,000 in the first paragraph? LOL I felt stupid cuz I didn't realize till a split second later it wasn't a prize notification letter lol.</p>
<p>kinda crystal.:) im really nervous about this, but im grateful for the 4K:) anyone gonna send in the photo for the "montage?" im thinking of doing it.</p>
<p>lol i sorta watched the 2008 one and gave up after like 30 seconds.... the montage was so badly made....</p>
<p>but still, it's the web. You can be like "HEY FRIENDS LOOK IM IN A YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT WASN'T MADE BY ME OR ANYONE I ACTUALLY KNOW"</p>
<p>anyone else contacted by their local lodge? mine gave me like $3000, seperate from the national award. i know that i placed top 10 in my state (MD) and i advanced to nationals, which i am so excited about.</p>
<p>still no word and I’m in MD - won a 1000 local award from my local lodge - i wonder if there is any chane that i beat the two guys who won 1st and 2nd for my lodge on the state level - because my class rank and other stats owned theirs - but they may have had more need or more stellar service project stuff - we’ll see - lemme know if anyone hears - we supposedly hear around now in writing.</p>
<p>“The Chicago office of the Elks National Foundation will announce the 500 national winners, and notify them in writing, around April 15, 2009. (Many local Lodges, districts and state Elks associations award their own scholarships through this program. These scholarships are not to be confused with the 500 Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarships.)”
[Elks</a> National Foundation](<a href=“http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/mvs.Cfm]Elks”>http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/mvs.Cfm)
So we should know sometime around tomorrow, i guess???</p>
<p>The letters from ENF came a while ago… like, over two weeks ago. I actually got my state letter that forwarded my app to nationals after I got the letter from the nat’l foundation. I’m not sure if those letters come out at different times by state, but there’s a link that CrystalProphecy posted a few pages back…</p>
<p>You click on the link, search scholarship winners for your state… if you are one of the national finalists, then your name should come up with a blank underneath as to the type of award. All the finalists should know by now…</p>