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La Salle VFW announces contests for grade schoolers · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Lasal VFW announces contests for grade schoolers. Written by Tom Collins,
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  Speaker 1: this article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. VFW Post in Auxiliary four six
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  Speaker 1: hundred and sixty eight in Lasalles announced the kickoff of
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  Speaker 1: the annual scholarships and contests for grade school students, who
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  Speaker 1: may compete for thousands of dollars in scholarships and prize earnings.
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  Speaker 1: V Patriots Pen students in grades six through eight can
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  Speaker 1: submit an essay contest for a chance to win a
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  Speaker 1: share of more than one million dollars in local and
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  Speaker 1: national awards. Each first place winner receives a minimum of
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  Speaker 1: five hundred dollars at the national level, and the national
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  Speaker 1: first place winner wins five thousand dollars. Contestants draft a
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  Speaker 1: three hundred to four hundred word essay expressing their views
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  Speaker 1: based on a patriotic theme chosen by the VFW Commander
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  Speaker 1: in Chiefs are due to VFW Post number four six
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  Speaker 1: sixty eight by midnight October thirty first, twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: Before submitting your essay, read the rules and eligibility requirements
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  Speaker 1: on www dot VFW dot org. VFW Auxiliary National Illustrating
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  Speaker 1: America Art Contest. Students in grades K eight submit an
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  Speaker 1: original two dimensional piece of artwork. The first place winner
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  Speaker 1: in each grade division from each auxiliary advances to the
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  Speaker 1: department state competition. First place winners in each grade division
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  Speaker 1: advance to the national level for final judging. National winners
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  Speaker 1: will be shared on our social media page. Student entries
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  Speaker 1: must be submitted to VFW Auxiliary number four thousand, six
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  Speaker 1: hundred and sixty eight by December fifteenth, twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: To download an application and the rules and eligibility, visit
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  Speaker 1: our website www dot Vfauxiliary dot org. For more information,
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  Speaker 1: contact Justin Hicks at Joclick at yahoo dot com or
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