Merrimack Rotary Hosts 4-Way Test Speech Contest in January, 2020

MERRIMACK, NH -- On Monday, January 6, 2020 at 6:30 pm, the Merrimack Rotary Club will host its 27th annual "4-Way Test Speech Contest" for area high school students to compete for cash prizes. The speeches need to be about what the Rotary 4-Way Test means to them. The elements of the Rotary International 4-Way Test are related to the "things we think, say or do." The elements are:

Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

The contest is open to all high school aged Merrimack resident students, including home-schoolers, exchange students and charter school students. The contest takes place in the Little Theatre at Merrimack High School (38 McElwain Street, Merrimack). The goals of the contest are to “To develop the study, application and communication of the Rotary Four-Way Test as a moral and ethical model for behavior, decision making and life practice through a speech contest for high school age students.”

Students are asked to deliver a speech that must be original in content and apply the Rotary 4-Way Test in our everyday relationships with other people. The speech may be given from memory and it should not be read though adequate notes are acceptable. The speech shall be no less than 5 minutes and no longer than 7 minutes in length or it is automatically disqualified. For more information, to enter, and/or obtain a copy of the Rotary District 7870 rules contact: Bob Best at robertlbest@comcast.net.

The first place prize is $250.00; the second place prize is $150.00; and the third place prize is $75.00. All other participants receive $25.00. Additionally, the First Place Winner will represent the Rotary Club of Merrimack at the District 7870 Semi Final Contest to be held in the Spring, 2020. The Second Place Winner will be the Alternate at this District Contest should the First Place Winner be unable to attend this event.

Founded in 1971, the Rotary Club of Merrimack is a volunteer organization of business people and professionals supporting the community. Merrimack Rotary projects have included the Roger Duhamel Pavilion at Watson Park, scholarships, reconstruction of Kids' Kove Playground, scholarships, the Merrimack July Fourth festivities, the Rotary 4-Way Speech Contest, Interact Club, lighting at Reeds Ferry fields and more. The club works with other clubs on international projects like eradication of polio, Pure Water for the World, and hurricane relief in Honduras. Rotary Club of Merrimack also has an annual recognition of the three premiere Gold Award winners for the Green & White Mountain Council of the GSA and bestowing annual individual awards to the two Daniel Webster Council's best Scouts who earned the Eagle Scout of the Year & the Glenn & Melinda Adams Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year.

To RSVP for a meeting or for information about membership, contact Chris Christensen at 603.424.2542 or mailto: chris@christensenNH.com or visit www.merrimackrotary.org.