The VFW Post 648 and its Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, announce this year’s “Voice of Democracy Scholarship Competition.”

Local students are eligible to compete in this annual audio essay program.

Scholarships and awards are made within the local post, state and national VFW.
The first-place winner in each state receives a minimum of a $1,000 scholarship, and a four-day tour of Washington.

State winners are also eligible for a $30,000 first-place National Scholarship.

Students need to be enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in the United States.

Interested students should write and then record a three- to five-minute audio/essay while expressing their view of the patriotic theme “Freedom’s Challenge.”

The deadline for student applications is Sept. 29, and the taped essay deadline is Oct. 20.

Foreign exchange students, students over the age 19, and previous Voice of Democracy first-place state winners are ineligible.

Interested students in ninth, 10th, 11th or 12th grade should contact their school guidance teacher.

For an application or more information, call Tom Keyes at 773-1315, or Carol Currier at 459-2898.

For general information, call VFW Post 648 at 775-6892.

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