Students win $1,000 for their school library and a Kindle Fire
The Charles Lafitte Foundation (CLF) is pleased to announce the student winners in its Kid’s Corner “Summer Reading Adventure” Essay Contest.
The winners are Hannah Eareckson, Grade 12 of Communications High School (Wall Township, NJ); Madison Zimmerman, Grade 7 of Brielle Elementary School (Brielle, NJ); and Anjali Bakhru, Grade 5 of Demarest Middle School (Demarest, NJ). Each student will receive a Kindle Fire, plus $1,000 for their school library. Winning essays are available for viewing here.
The “Summer Reading Adventure” Essay Contest invited any student in grades 3-12 attending a public or private school to submit an essay. To enter, students had to read a book listed under their corresponding grade level, and tell CLF how the characters’ strengths and flaws come together to make the entire person.
“As always, it was extremely difficult to choose winners amongst the many talented and insightful essays that we received,” said Kyra Citron, director of Kid’s Corner. “We are so happy to see the response from kids who chose to take up reading over the summer.”
CLF’s Kid’s Corner strives to encourage kids not only have a voice, but a role in helping better their community. Kid’s Corner is run by kids for kids, placing the power of change directly in their capable hands. Every child is invited to join with CLF and become a grant maker by telling the organization which non-profit organizations are important to them and how CLF can help.
More information is available at www.charleslafitte.org/kids-corner.
About The Charles Lafitte Foundation
The Charles Lafitte Foundation (CLF) supports innovative and effective ways of helping people help themselves and others around them to achieve healthy, satisfying and enriched lives. The Foundation supports organizations working in four main areas: education, children’s advocacy, medical research & issues, and the arts. The Foundation underwrites programs that can become self-sustaining with long-term commitment and measurable impact. In determining grants, CLF looks for solutions that lead to independence and self-empowerment for individuals, and to the establishment of effective, long-standing programs and organizations.
For more information about the Charles Lafitte Foundation visit www.charleslafitte.org.