The Manitoba Elks Association recently donated $18,000 to 10 projects and organizations throughout the province.

The grant money was raised primarily through the sale of cash calendars by the work of the Manitoba Elks Foundation, a charitable arm of the Association.

Five thousand dollars were given to a children's camp near Clear Lake called Camp Wannakumbac, and the Central Speech and Hearing Clinic in Winnipeg.

Recipients of $1,000 each include picnic shelters in Emerson and Morden, playground upgrades in Gretna, Killarney and Winnipeg, Community Centre washroom renovations in Riverton, a bocce ball court in Swan River, and Community Hall renovations in Souris.