THANK YOU to all of the terrific students who submitted essays for our second annual VolunteerSquare.com high school contest, celebrating community service among our youth.
To read the essays of our 10 finalists, just click on the links below.
To vote, just post a comment on this article that includes the number, listed below, associated with the finalist for whom you are voting (‘1,’ ‘2,’ ‘3,’ etc.) Voting will take place in this article alone and is limited to one person per finalist per day, and closes at 11:59 p.m. on May 18 (full contest rules can be found here). This voting article is on all Patch sites involved in the contest.
- Jessica Schwartz, Westhill High School in Stamford
- Kerianne Gibney, Joel Barlow High School in Easton/Redding
- Madeleine Collins, Trumbull High School
- Nicole Labkoff, Stamford High School
- Terrie Yang, Staples High School in Westport
- Brooke Amodei, Wilton High School
- Julianne Reilly, New Canaan High School
- Casey Benzaken, Westhill High School in Stamford
- Anthony Masi, Trumbull High School
- Grace Gustinis, Masuk High School in Monroe
VolunteerSquare and its advisory board judged essays as per the posted rules, and reviewed them “blind,” with no knowledge of the gender, age, town or school involved in each submission.
VolunteerSquare.com is a free service for Fairfield County residents and nonprofits. The site offers immediate, real-time matching as well as a social networking platform where registered users can share unique content like photos, videos and more—all related to volunteering.
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