North Carolina Lions
Celebrate Liberty Essay Contest Entry Form
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I. STUDENT INFORMATION
III. DISTRICT INFORMATION
Name:
District Governor:
Age:
Birth Date:
District:
School:
Contact Number:
County of School:
Email:
Student’s Phone Number:
Date of Judging:
North Carolina Lions
Celebrate
Liberty
Essay Contest
Email:
Home Address:
IV. DISTRICT COMMITTEE INFORMATION
City:
Committee Chairperson:
Zip Code:
Contact Number:
II. LIONS CLUB INFORMATION
Email:
Club Name:
City:
District:
V. STATE COMMITTEE INFORMATION
Club President:
Date Entry Received:
Phone Number:
Results:
1st Place
Honorable Mention
Email:
State Chairperson’s Signature
North Carolina Lions
Celebrate Liberty Committee
PDG Michael H. Schwartz
State Chairperson
[email protected]
District 31-L
Diane Taylor
[email protected]
District 31-I
Braxton & Sarah Troublefield
[email protected]
District 31-O
Barbara Thompson
[email protected]
District 31-N
Andrea Cole
[email protected]
District 31-S
Harriet Walton
[email protected]
Celebrate Liberty is a state
program of the North Carolina
Lions Council of Governors.
Its purpose is to introduce
students to the importance of the Declaration
of Independence, the U.S.
Constitution and the role
of government in our
lives.
Sponsored By The
Liberty Day Committee
Essay Contest Rules
•The contest is open to all high school juniors
enrolled in a North Carolina public, private or
charter school.
•The theme for the contest is the James Madison quote in this brochure.
•Essays must be no longer than 750 words
in length, submitted in English, type-written
in black ink and double-spaced.
•Each submitted essay must be sponsored
by a Lions club in the respective district where
the school is located.
•Only one entry per student per year, and
each entry must be the work of only one student.
•After judging on the club level, the winning
essay should be sent to the district Celebrate
Liberty chairperson for district-level competition.
•The district winner should be sent to the state
Celebrate Liberty chairperson for statewide
judging. The deadline is February 1, 2017.
Celebrate Liberty Essay Contest
1678-C Robins Nest Court
Gastonia, North Carolina 28054
•Essay entries cannot have already been published.
•Any essays found to be plagiarized will be
automatically disqualified and the student will
be prohibited from entering any future Lions
competitions.
Grand Prize
$250
North Carolina Lions
State Convention
The Grand Prize winner will receive an expense-paid trip to our state convention on
Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the North Raleigh Hilton. The student will be invited to
read their winning essay to delegates and
guests in attendance. The trip includes
one-night accommodation at the hotel,
travel and a per diem.
Who Was James Madison?
One of America’s Founding Fathers,
James Madison was the fourth
president of the United States. He
believed in a robust yet balanced
federal government and is known as the
“Father of the Constitution.” Born on
March 16, 1751, in Port Conway,
Virginia, Madison wrote the first drafts
of the U.S. Constitution, co-wrote the
Federalist Papers and sponsored the
Bill of Rights. He established the
Democrat-Republican Party with
President Thomas Jefferson, and
became president himself in 1808.
Madison initiated the War of 1812, and
served two terms in the White House
with first lady Dolley Madison. He died
on June 28, 1836, at the Montpelier
estate in Orange County, Virginia.