Do you know any student, age 13-18, attending junior high or high school in the United States or enrolled in a U.S. home school program? If yes, do you know if she/he has ever taken an unexpectedly wonderful -- or terrible but funny -- trip with his/her family, and has advice on how to make the most of a cultural experience or destination? Has he/she gone somewhere -- near or far -- that opened up new ways of looking at the world? If the answer is yes, please share this e-mail as they might have the opportunity to receive one of the following scholarships provided by the Family Travel Forum and the Society of American Travel Writers:
First Place: $1,000
Second Place: $500
Third Place: $200
25 Honorable Mentions: 2 Tickets to any of the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museums worldwide and other travel prizes.
1 Honorary Award for Best Photography
1 Honorary Award for Best Video
To apply, submit a travel blog online using the FTF Teen Travel Scholarship Essay Submission Form. All applications must be received no later than 11:59pm ET on August 1, 2011. Late entries will not be considered.
For more information, please visit the FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship FAQ page.
The OCR would like to thank Willie Miller, from Commissioner Taylor’s office, for sharing this wonderful resource.
Thank you,
Palm Beach County
Board of County Commissioners
County Administration
Office of Community Revitalization
Ruth Cecilia Moguillansky
Principal Planner/PBC Neighborhood Link Coordinator
2300 North Jog Rd., Suite 2E-48
West Palm Beach, Florida 33411-2741
(561) 233-5376 Direct
(561) 779-7163 Mobile
(561) 656-7963 Fax
E-mail: rmoguill@pbcgov.org
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