Jones County dates, times, locations
11th Olin Elementary School 212 Trilby St 3:30-4:30 (Jones)
12th Onslow City Hall 101 Summit St 1:00-2:00 (Jones)
21st Anamosa St Paul’s Lutheran Church 201 N. Ford St 3:00-4:00 (Jones)
8/1 Monticello Fairgrounds 700 N Maple St 3:30-4:30 (Jones)
Anamosa Library & Learning Center Calendar
SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2022 AT 5 PM Anamosa Rotary Fireworks - Free Community Event Amamosa Football Field
Celebrate the holiday with family fun games, a flag retirement, concession stand, and of course FIREWORKS.
RAINDATE: July 4th
Dear Friends of the First Amendment,
As a way to inspire young activists, and to draw attention to our upcoming Fall Symposium on Student Rights, the John F. Tinker Foundation is excited to announce its first annual essay contest (see: https://www.johnftinkerfoundation.org/essay.php)with a these prizes:
1 x $5,000 first place prize
2 x $500 prizes
20 x $100 prizes
40 x $50 prizes.
(If you would like to donate money for additional prizes, please contact us!)
All public, private, and home-schooled students between the ages of 10 - 19 as of midnight, July 4th, 2022, regardless of enrollment status, are eligible to participate by submitting an essay between 500 - 1,500 words. All essays must be either mailed by United States Postal Service (USPS) to John F. Tinker Foundation, P.O. Box12, Fayette, Missouri, 65248, or submitted electronically, by Midnight, July 4th, 2022 to essay-contest@johnftinkerfoundation.org. Or, Click here to upload your essay.
Each essay will be read and reviewed by JFTF Essay Judging Committee. All decisions by the Essay Judging Committee will be final. Your essay will be evaluated with regard to these criteria:
How well you explained the urgency of your issue.
How well you support your explanations and argument with factual information, credible references, and sound logic.
Whether your essay respectful of its many possible audiences (the judges, your classmates, your teachers, parents, family and friends).
How skillfully you write a respectful, believable, and convincing essay on a topic that is important to you.
We want to hear about issues that you are passionate about. Your argument should be structured around the universal framework of peace, justice and freedom. We want to know why your issue is important to you and what the society should be doing to help you address it.
Judging is to be provided by the JFTF. A special panel of judges will be responsible for selecting the final Grand Winner, who will be invited to attend our Fall Symposium on Students Rights and read their essay. Additional prizes will also be awarded.
All entrants retain intellectual property rights to their essay, and agree to grant to the JFTF permission to publish it on our website.
Questions may be directed to: mailto:info@johnftinkerfoundation.org .
As a way to inspire young activists, and to draw attention to our upcoming Fall Symposium on Student Rights, the John F. Tinker Foundation is excited to announce its first annual essay contest (see: https://www.johnftinkerfoundation.org/essay.php)with a these prizes:
1 x $5,000 first place prize
2 x $500 prizes
20 x $100 prizes
40 x $50 prizes.
(If you would like to donate money for additional prizes, please contact us!)
All public, private, and home-schooled students between the ages of 10 - 19 as of midnight, July 4th, 2022, regardless of enrollment status, are eligible to participate by submitting an essay between 500 - 1,500 words. All essays must be either mailed by United States Postal Service (USPS) to John F. Tinker Foundation, P.O. Box12, Fayette, Missouri, 65248, or submitted electronically, by Midnight, July 4th, 2022 to essay-contest@johnftinkerfoundation.org. Or, Click here to upload your essay.
Each essay will be read and reviewed by JFTF Essay Judging Committee. All decisions by the Essay Judging Committee will be final. Your essay will be evaluated with regard to these criteria:
How well you explained the urgency of your issue.
How well you support your explanations and argument with factual information, credible references, and sound logic.
Whether your essay respectful of its many possible audiences (the judges, your classmates, your teachers, parents, family and friends).
How skillfully you write a respectful, believable, and convincing essay on a topic that is important to you.
We want to hear about issues that you are passionate about. Your argument should be structured around the universal framework of peace, justice and freedom. We want to know why your issue is important to you and what the society should be doing to help you address it.
Judging is to be provided by the JFTF. A special panel of judges will be responsible for selecting the final Grand Winner, who will be invited to attend our Fall Symposium on Students Rights and read their essay. Additional prizes will also be awarded.
All entrants retain intellectual property rights to their essay, and agree to grant to the JFTF permission to publish it on our website.
Questions may be directed to: mailto:info@johnftinkerfoundation.org .
