I would like to thank you for running this year’s VFW
announcement for the Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest. We received over
40 entries from four different schools, as well as some from home
schoolers. Thank you.
Dear Editor;
I would like to thank you for running this year’s VFW announcement for the Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest. We received over 40 entries from four different schools, as well as some from home schoolers. Thank you.
I’m pleased to announce the winner of the 2010 VFW Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest was an 8th grader from Sacred Heart School his name is Kyle Markfield. His essay on “DOES PATRIOTISM STILL MATTER?” was judged 1st out of over 40 entries. Kyle Markfield’s essay was forwarded along with Carla Vazquez form Spring Grove school, the runner up, to the 12th District for the next level of competition.
Kyle Markfield will receive a check for $200 for being the winner of the VFW’s Post 9242 contest. Carla Vazquez and the other runners up in the competition will receive $25 each. They were from Sacred Heart:Adam Gonzales, Riley Drexler, from Cienega:Christopher Perez, and from Spring Grove:Rebekah Mojica, Trevor Eclarin and
Taylor Perry. Certificates of Merit will be awarded to the writers of all the essays.
Bob Burnham, Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest Chair, Hollister, VFW Post 9242
