GAMHOF F is a virtual Halll of Fame recogn
nizing, honoring
g and celebratin g German contrributions to the making of Ameerica. _____________
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org April 201
14 GERMAN‐AMEERICAN HA
ALL of FAM
ME ANNOU
UNCES 2014 STUDEN
NT SCHOLA
ARSHIP ESSSAY CONTTEST Separate competitionss for high sch
hool and colle
ege students to result in ccash prizes Th
he German‐A
American Halll of Fame (GA
AMHOF) Boardd of Trustees is pleased to
o announce an
n exciting in
nitiative, the 2
2014 GAMHO
OF Student Sccholarship Esssay Contest.
With separate W
competitionss for college aand high schoool students, the essay con
ntest will offeer cash awarrds totaling $3,500 for the
e winning stud
dents in 20144. The two Fiirst prize winn
ners will takee home $1,000, with run
nners‐up winn
ning $500 eacch, and Third place winnerrs earning $25
50 each. Th
he mission off GAMHOF is to highlight the contributiions of outstaanding Americans of Germ
man ancestry, underscoringg the tremend
dous positive impact of Am
merica’s largeest immigrantt group. Such
h notable A
Americans as P
President Eise
enhower, Bab
be Ruth and A
Albert Einstein have been inducted into
o the Hall of Fame. Fo
ounder and C
Chairman Willliam Hetzler ssaid that “GA MHOF is pleaased to annou
unce this seco
ond essay com
mpetition, enccouraging stu
udents to lookk into the conntributions off outstandingg German immigrants and Germaan‐Americanss in one of our 50 states, aand then to w
write about them. We exp
pect to see som
me fine reseaarch and writing that will b
bring alive thee amazing imp
pact of this grroup of over 70 million Am
mericans.” his year’s student essay co
ontest asks eaach applicantt to write an eessay, in 750 words or lesss, Th
about the
e impact of Ge
erman immiggrants and German‐Americcans on one o
of the 50 US sstates. Appliccants do not have to write about their ow
wn home state
es. To
o view and acccess the app
plication for th
he GAMHOF SStudent Scho
olarship Essayy Contest, visit www.gam
mhof.org. Th
he deadline fo
or all applicattions is July 3 1, 2014. Sttudents who might be inte
erested in app
plying and wrriting an essayy about the im
mpact of Gerrman immigrants and Germaan‐Americanss on one of ou
ur US states ccan access thee application and other informatio
on on the we
ebsite. Good
d luck to all th
he applicants.. “EDUCAT
TE and CELEBR
RATE” th
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man‐American Ha
all of Fame is a No
on‐Profit Organization under Sectionn 501 (c) 3 of the IR
RS registered in th
he State of New Yo
ork. All dona
ations are tax ded
ductible to the exteent provided by law
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