All Points’ Dr. Stephanie Sherby Presents Lillie Jackson With Patriot’s Pen Youth Essay Contest Top Prize

By  //  January 3, 2022

Jackson is a seventh-grader at Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School

All Points’ Dr. Stephanie Sherby served as the Patriot’s Pen essay contest chairman for her VFW Post 10148 and presented Lillie Jackson, a seventh-grader at the Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School, with her first prize of $250. Pictured above with Jackson and Dr. Serby are her parents and Terry Turner and Don Reott of VFW Post 10148.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – All Points’ Dr. Stephanie Sherby served as the Patriot’s Pen essay contest chairman for her VFW Post 10148 and presented Lillie Jackson, a seventh-grader at the Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School, with her first prize of $250.

The 2021-22 theme was “How Can I Be a Good American?” Each local VFW hosts the competition within their community. The essays were judged on three areas including knowledge of the theme, theme development and clarity of ideas.

Jackson’s winning essay poignantly provided suggestions to Americans under voting age with ideas of how to volunteer to better their community.

The essay contest encourages young minds to examine America’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society, by drafting a 300- to 400-word essay, expressing their views, based on a patriotic theme chosen by the VFW Commander-in-Chief.

“The VFW serves the community in so many ways, with a focus on veterans and youth,” said Dr. Sherby, a retired  U.S. Army Colonel. “It is an honor to give back to the community in this way.”

Each year, more than 165,400 students in grades 6-8 enter the Veteran of Foreign Wars Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest for a chance to win their share of more than $1.4 million in state and national awards.

Each first-place state winner receives a minimum of $500, and at the national level, the first-place winner wins $5,000.

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