The Meaning of Home writing contest once again inspired young students to create essays and poems for a great cause.
This year there were five area schools participating, with 204 written entries from 13 classrooms — which works out to $2,040 in funding being directed to Habitat for Humanity Dauphin.
Mariann Harvey, secretary of the Dauphin chapter, says the Meaning of Home organization will now review all the submissions to decide the national winners in the coming months.
Last year Gilbert Plains Elementary student Tiana Sanko secured $10,000 for Habitat For Humanity Dauphin as a runner-up in the national round of the contest.
Mariann credited their youth ambassadors — Ava and Kara Paziuk — and their mother Sharon as being instrumental in the success of Meaning of Home this year.
Any contest winnings will be directed towards Habitat for Humanity’s Dauphin chapter to build homes for low-income families.
The Dauphin & District Chamber of Commerce donated $200 in local Chamber bucks to the local area, randomly selecting $25 chamber bucks to four lucky participating students and four random draws of $25 chamber bucks to those classrooms that participated.
