The Armed Services YMCA 2009 Art Contest & 2009 Essay Contest.

Art Contest 411: `My Military Family'
The Armed Services YMCA will award six U.S. Savings bonds of $500
for first-place entries, and $100 bonds for second place. Dependents
of active duty military or retired from the Army, Navy, Marines, Air
Force, Coast Guard or National Guard/Reserves, in kindergarten
through sixth grade, are eligible to enter.

Deadline for entering is Friday, February 20, 2009.

Essay Contest 411: `My Military Hero'
One $500 first place and one $100 second place bond will be awarded
in each grade category 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8. Students in two high
school categories, 9/10 and 11/12, will be awarded $1,000 bonds for
first place, and $200 bonds for second place. In addition, there are
two $100 bonds for essays of honorable mention. Students are asked
to write about "My Military Hero". The essay can focus on any
person who is/has served in the US military. As an example, the
essay could be about a parent, sibling, son/daughter, grandfather,
etc. They could have been an Army cook during Korea, an Ensign in
WW2, a medic in Vietnam or a truck driver in the Gulf. As long as
the individual served in the US military the student can write about
them.
This is a contest; not a book report. Grab our attention! Grades
eight and below should submit entries with a minimum of 100 words
and maximum of 300 words. High school students' (9-12) entries
should be no less than 300 words and no more than 500 words.

Deadline for entering is Friday, March 20, 2009.

You can find entry forms here:
http://www.asymca. org/Default. aspx