The Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest
A program of the Georgia Rotary Districts Character Education Program, Inc.
The highly successful Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest is now a program of the Georgia Rotary Districts Character Education Program (GRDCEP). There is no better time than now to help Rotary reach out to show schools, educators and parents that Rotary supports positive character values and ethics.
The Laws of Life Essay Contest
Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest is a state-wide competition for high school students. Students select a “Law of Life” (such as “To give is better than to receive”), and explain how the character value in the quote applies to the student’s life.
The contest challenges students to reflect upon core values such as generosity, courage, perseverance and compassion. It also promotes advanced literacy skills by giving teens an opportunity to make articulate written arguments for their ethical values.
Thanks to Rotary involvement, the contest generated over 44,000 essays last year and is now the largest essay contest of its kind in North America, and the second largest in the world next to China.
Contest Sponsorship
We thank the many Rotary Clubs, corporations, and individuals who made the 2009-2010 contest such a success (see sponsorship list, below), and we hope that your club will be a part of the Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest for the upcoming year.
By sponsoring a local high school, your Rotary club can:
- Introduce an effective character education program in local schools;
- Encourage your community’s youth to reflect on important values such as those promoted in the 4-Way Test;
- Connect and interact with local educators, students and parents in a positive, value-affirming program;
- Have a memorable club meeting each spring as you recognize winning students.
Rotary sponsorship involves partnering with one or more local high schools. A club works with the school’s English department to implement the program, and publicly recognizes the school’s student winners in the spring. Rotary club sponsors also make a financial commitment to the contest.
A corporate sponsorship allows a business to create a positive corporate image and position itself as a community-oriented, philanthropic leader. By sponsoring the Georgia Laws of Life contest, a business can promote important character values in teenagers in its own community and throughout the state. In addition to exposure to students, corporate sponsors are able to target parents, teachers, and Rotarians across Georgia.
How to become involved
We hope your club will be a part of the Georgia Laws of Life program for the 2009-2010 contest year.
- To download a Rotary Sponsorship packet that includes sponsorship information and a 2010-2011 registration form, click here .
- To download a School Information & Registration package to present to a school that your club would like to sponsor, click here .
- To request a corporate sponsorship package, or to inquire about having a speaker from Georgia Laws of Life for one of your club meetings, please email georgialawsoflife@gmail.com or call Susan Mason at 404.367.9453.
- To read last year’s winning essays, click here .
2009 – 2010 Georgia Laws of Life
Contest Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Rotary Clubs of Georgia
Supporting Sponsors
The John Templeton Foundation
The Center for Ethics at Emory University
Platinum Sponsor
Peachtree City Rotary Club
Gold Sponsors
Lawrenceville Rotary Club
Dunwoody Rotary Club
Gwinnett County Rotary Club
Silver Sponsors
First Degree Solutions, LLC
Outlaw Consulting, Inc.
Roswell Rotary Club
Bronze Sponsors
Bainbridge Rotary Club
Bremen Rotary Club
Brookhaven Rotary Club
Canton Rotary Club
Carrolton Dawnbreaker Rotary Club
Columbus (Downtown) Rotary Club
Conyers Rotary Club
Dawson County Rotary Club
Griffin Rotary Club
Henry County Rotary Club
Marietta Metro Rotary Club
Marietta Rotary Club
North Atlanta Rotary Club
North Columbus Rotary Club
South Forsyth Rotary Club
Stone Mountain Rotary Club
Thomson Rotary Club
Vinings Rotary Club
Meeting Sponsors
Forsyth County Rotary Club
North Fulton Rotary Club
Peachtree Corners Rotary Club
Smyrna Rotary Club
South Hall Rotary Club
White County Rotary Club
www.georgialawsoflife.org
Questions? Contact Susan Mason , Contest Director (404.367.9453) or Don Robinson , GRDCEP Chair of the Districts Communications Committee (229-243-0152).
“The Laws of Life Essay Contest is one of the easiest and yet most meaningful ways for a Rotary Club to establish a strong community-school tie. By sponsoring the contest, a Rotary Club can reach out to the next generation of young people, support its local educators, and make a valuable contribution to character education within its community.”
– George Stewart, Dunwoody Rotary Club, District 6900 School Character Education Chair & Chair of the Georgia Rotary Character Education Program, Inc.
“The Laws of Life Contest makes young people think about their life’s values and articulate them in a way that is meaningful to them. It is not just another contest on creativity and essay-writing capabilities. Writing a Laws of Life essay challenges me and makes me realize things about myself that I might never know otherwise. Thank you, Laws of Life!”
– Maylene Kie, 2007 Parkview High School student
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