Community Corner

Do You Know a Teen Who Has Impact? Enter This Contest!

Young people between 14 and 18 can win $1,000 for a cause by explaining how they impact their community.

Do you know a teen who has some impact on the community or the people around him or her?

Of course you do! Someone who is a star athlete, or plays the church carillon, or changes something in government? How about someone who is honored at the United Nations?

Enter the contest here, and then post your entry here on San Mateo Patch, either below or in the Gallery area above (click Gallery on the bar above).

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The 14 finalists will have their blog post posted on Huff Post High School or Huff Post Impact. $500 will be donated to the charity of choice of two runners up. The Grand Prize Winner will have $1,000 donated to the charity of their choice, plus a trip to New York for a special screening of the film Big Miracle with special host Arianna Huffington.


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