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Calling All Middle and High School
Students
Essay entries must be submitted through a
participating VFW Post October 31st
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[October 27, 2020]
For students looking for scholarships to help lessen the
financial burden college brings, it’s not too late to participate in
the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Voice of Democracy and
Patriot’s Pen essay competitions.
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 Open to
eligible high school students, the Voice of Democracy program is one
of the top patriotic audio essay competitions in the nation, with
more than $2.1 million in educational scholarships and incentives up
for grabs, and a first place prize of $30,000. More than 64,400
students participate in the competition each year. This year’s theme
challenges students to answer the question, “Is This the Country the
Founders Envisioned?”
Open to
eligible sixth through eighth grade students, more than 165,400
students compete in the Patriot’s Pen essay competition each year to
win their slice of more than $1.4 million in state and national
awards.
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The top individual VFW Department (state) winners are
vying for the first place prize of $5,000. This year’s Patriot’s Pen
theme asks “What is Patriotism to Me?”
Check with your local Post for submission deadlines. For more
information on the VFW’s youth essay competitions and how to enter,
visit vfw.org/YouthScholarships.
[Laurie Emmer, Commander, Department
of Illinois Veterans of Foreign Wars]
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VFW Voice of Democracy Scholarship entry
period now open
Deadline for entry is October 31st |
