Topic: “The Internet: Today's Evolution or Tomorrow's Menace?”
Eligibility: Students under the age of 19 as of December 31, 2009.
Deadline: Please contact your local sponsoring club.
The deadline for Clubs to submit their winning entry to the District Essay Chair is February 28, 2010.
Club Winner receives, at the discretion of the club, monetary awards of up to $500 and an official medallion.
District Winner receives a $2,500 scholarship and a plaque.
International Winner receives the following Scholarship: First Place - $6,000, Second Place - $3,750, and Third Place - $2,250. Winners will be announced in early May 2010
Click here for the contest form and rules
District Chair Essay Contest:
Jerry Gracy
66 Tillie Lane
New Carlisle, Ohio 45344
Home: (937) 882-6644
Work: (937) 845-4181
E-mail: gracyfamily@aol.com
Optimist International (800) 500-8130 (X224)
Clubs Programs programs@optimist.org
Information packets can be ordered from Optimist International. Materials for the contest can be ordered from Shumsky Enterprises.
