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Homelessness In California; What is the Solution?

On 2-8-2020 The Leadership Experience Opportunity (LEO) Club of San Marino High School hosting the 83rd Annual Student Speakers Contest

The Leadership Experience Opportunity (LEO) Club of San Marino High School is one of the chapters hosting the 83rd Annual Student Speakers Contest this year. LEO Club is a student-ran service club that provides volunteer events as well as other opportunities to its club members.

This year, the annual Student Speakers Contest is going be held on Saturday, February 8th, at 9:30AM. It will be located in room 400 on campus, and the address is 2701 Huntington Dr, San Marino, CA 91108.

The prompt of the 2020 contest is “Homelessness in California; What is the Solution?” The prepared speech should be close to but not over ten minutes, and no less than five minutes. The contest is open to any local grade 9-12 students.

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For more detail information & tips on preparing the speech visit the web site http://md4lions.org/student-sp...

The Students Speakers Contest is sponsored and held by the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF). It is an excellent opportunity to stimulate independent thinking as well as encourage high school students to consider the means at our disposal of meeting the present and future world problems.

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The winner at the club level, the contest held on 2/8/202, will receive an award of $100, and advance to the next round. Competing and placing at each level---club, zone, district, area, and final---will enable the contestants to receive additional scholarship awards. For instance, the winner of the Final Contest will receive a $10,000 scholarship going towards his or her university tuition.

Any students interested in public speaking, gaining outside-the-classroom experience, or earning a scholarship should not hesitate to participate. For further inquiries, please contact the SMHS LEO Club President, Lisa Liu, laughlinglisa@gmail.com, or the local Lions Club Representative Advisor for San Marino High School LEO Club, Vivian Chan at 2vivianchan@gmail.com

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