Commander Invoice Wooden of the Veterans of International Wars Put up 7447 Rehoboth Seashore introduced the kickoff of the VFW’s 2022-23 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen Scholarship patriotic audio and essay competitions.
Since 1947, the Voice of Democracy has been the premier Veterans of International Wars scholarship program. Annually, almost 80,000 highschool college students in ninth to twelfth grades compete for greater than $2 million in scholarships and incentives. College students compete by writing and recording an audio essay on an annual patriotic theme. This yr’s theme is Why is the Veteran Essential?
The VFW enacted the Patriot’s Pen competitors in 1995 to encourage younger minds to look at America’s historical past together with their very own experiences in trendy American society by composing a 300- to 400-word patriotic-themed essay. This yr’s theme for the essay competitors is My Pledge to Our Veterans. Space center college college students in sixth by way of eighth grades can have the possibility to win 1000’s of {dollars} in nationwide awards.
College students start by competing on the native submit degree. Put up winners advance to district competitors, with district winners advancing to the state competitors. State first-place winners compete for his or her share of 1000’s of {dollars} in awards and an all-expense-paid journey to Washington, D.C.
Entry deadline for each contests is Monday, Oct. 31.
To request functions, e mail rehobothvfw@aol.com.
For particulars, go to vfw.org.