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        <ExplanationTxt>THE SWEETHEART FUNDS WERE SENT TO OUR SPECIAL NEEDS SUMMER CAMP FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AT GONZALES, TX. ANOTHER GRANT WAS SPENT ON THE VETERANS AT A VA HOSPITAL. THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS MADE BY GOLF TOURNAMENTS WAS SPEND ON COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS. WE RAISED MONEY TO FUND STATE ELKS PROJECTS, RAISED FUNDS FOR PROSTETIC GRANTS, SUPPORTED COMMUNITY PROJECTS, ELKS HOOP SHOOT CONTESTS, DRUG AWARENESS AND OTHER YOUTH ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE NO UNRELATED INCOME BECAUSE WE CARRY ON FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES UNDER THE LODGE SYSTEM THE NET INCOME OF WHICH IS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR BENEVOLENT PURPOSES. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH YOUTH ACTIVITIES, DRUG AWARENESS MATERIALS, YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS, ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL CHARITIES AND VETERAN ACTIVITIES. OUR STATE MAJOR PROJECT IS OUR SUMMER CAMP AT GONZALES, TEXAS WHERE CHILDREN ARE TREATED TO A SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY ARE NOT DIFFERENT. THEY ARE ALSO TREATED TO A TRIP TO SEA WORLD AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.</ExplanationTxt>
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