Flag Day Contest

The first place winning rocks from each district will be photographed and sent to a panel of judges to be judged on the state level. All participating youth will have the choice to donate their decorated rock to be displayed at Camp Kubena Rock Garden. The State Fraternal Director or Home Office representative will collect the rocks and see that they are delivered to Camp Kubena.

State Entrant Category Prizes Kindergarten through 2nd Grade $25 Gift Card 3rd Grade through 5th Grade $25 Gift Card 6th Grade through 8th Grade $25 Gift Card 9th Grade through 12th Grade $25 Gift Card

What is it? Each year, SPJST sponsors a Flag Day Contest to promote patriotism and creative writing. SPJST State Fraternal Director Frank Horak c/o SPJST Home Office PO Box 100 • Temple, Texas 76503-0100 Email: frankh@spjst.com

Judging Entries will be judged by a panel of writing specialists. Judging is based on the entry’s creativity, grammar, and neatness.

Awards All participants will receive a participation certificate. Youth club members will also receive five merit points in the Merit Point System. Winning entries will be published in the Veštník.

Grand Prize Winner $100 gift card and winning entry published in the Veštník. (Youth winning grand prize will not receive entrant category prize.)

Entrant Category Prizes Kindergarten through 2nd Grade $50 Gift Card 3rd Grade through 5th Grade $50 Gift Card 6th Grade through 8th Grade $50 Gift Card 9th Grade through 12th Grade $50 Gift Card

Who can enter? SPJST members from grades kindergarten through 12th grade, based on the member’s grade level in the current school year.

2022 Theme* “What Red, White, and Blue Means to Me!”

The Rules a Write a Flag Day essay or poem with the theme

“What Red, White, and Blue Means to Me!” Essay length must be between 150 to 500 words. a Entries must be typed. a Entries must be original and created by the youth member. a Entries become the property of SPJST and will not be returned. a Entries must include a cover sheet with participant’s name, address, phone number, and lodge number. a Entries must be received by May 31, 2022. a Send entries to:

*Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year.