Library promoting VFW-sponsored essay contest

submitted by Mireille Prusak

Once again this year, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is sponsoring two essay contests with patriotic themes.

The Voice of Democracy is open to 9-12th graders and has a $30,000 scholarship for its Grand Prize. This year’s theme is My Responsibility to America. For more information, please visit http://www.vfw.org/VOD/.

The Patriot’s Pen is open to 6-8th graders and features a Grand Prize of $5,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. This year’s topic is The America I Believe In. More information on this contest is available at http://www.vfw.org/PatriotsPen/

Entries for both contests are due November 1, 2016.

You can also pick up pamphlets with more information about each contest and an entry form at the Manchester District Library, 912 City Road.

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.