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Courageous Persuaders Video Scholarship Competition
Provided By: Courageous Persuaders
Award Details
Max Amount:
2000
Deadline:
February 9, 2013
Application Availability:
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Number of Awards:
Award Type:
Contests
Application Overview:
Create a 30-second commercial to warn middle school students about the dangers of underage drinking. There are two ways you may enter your commercial:
* Upload video entry to the Internet (i.e., YouTube, Vimeo, or SchoolTube) along with the completion of the online entry form;
or
* Mail the entry form and DVD/VHS to Courageous Persuaders.
* Upload video entry to the Internet (i.e., YouTube, Vimeo, or SchoolTube) along with the completion of the online entry form;
or
* Mail the entry form and DVD/VHS to Courageous Persuaders.
Eligibility:
Open to ALL high school students in grades 9-12, not only those taking video production. Winners will be selected based on ideas. And you all have great ideas. High school students nationally can participate; emphasis is placed on concept and the message, not on production values. Students are encouraged to use whatever video equipment is available to them. Teachers and principals, school audio/visual departments, parent and community leaders are urged to share their equipment and lend local support by promoting the program as a very unique scholarship competition that is fun to participate in and has a powerful impact on a serious problem.
Purpose:
Each year, more than 10,000 young people, ages 16 to 25, die as a result of alcohol use. It is a tragic problem. As early as grade school, kids feel pressure to drink. Sometimes, the courage to say "no" can come from an older kid. In Courageous Persuaders, high school students create television commercials targeted at middle school students to warn them about the dangers of alcohol use. Students compete for scholarship money and trophies. The grand prize-winning commercial actually airs on TV as a public service announcement. Participants gain valuable experience, are honored in a Hollywood-style awards banquet and, most importantly, have an opportunity to save lives.
Provider Organization
Name:
Courageous Persuaders
Background:
Each year, more than 10,000 young people, ages 16 to 25, die as a result of alcohol use.
It is a tragic problem.
Sometimes, the courage to say "no" can come from an older kid. In Courageous Persuaders, high school students create television commercials targeted at middle school students to warn them about the dangers of alcohol use. Students compete for scholarship money and trophies. The grand prize-winning commercial actually airs on TV as a public service announcement. Participants gain valuable experience, are honored in a Hollywood-style awards banquet and, most importantly, have an opportunity to save lives.
It is a tragic problem.
Sometimes, the courage to say "no" can come from an older kid. In Courageous Persuaders, high school students create television commercials targeted at middle school students to warn them about the dangers of alcohol use. Students compete for scholarship money and trophies. The grand prize-winning commercial actually airs on TV as a public service announcement. Participants gain valuable experience, are honored in a Hollywood-style awards banquet and, most importantly, have an opportunity to save lives.
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