Oakland County
Essay Contest Announced for Southfield and Lathrup Village Students

Essay Contest introduced for college kids Southfield and Lathrup Village
(Metropolis of Southfield, April 9, 2025)
Southfield, Mi-de Stad Southfield, in collaboration with the Optimist Membership of Southfield-Lathrup Village, Metro Detroit YOUTH Golf equipment, the town of Lathrup Village, Southfield Public Faculties and Lawrence Technological College Current a Teen Psychological Neighborhood Discussion board on Sunday 4:00 pm Evergreen Highway.
As a part of the Discussion board, the Optimist Membership of Southfield-Lathrup Village sponsors a 500-600 phrase competitors competitors for college kids of the Sixth-Twelfth class who dwell, go to high school or are a youth affirmation program in Southfield or Lathrup Village! The essay should cope with 2-4 of the next matters:
- How do you discover constructive pleasure day by day?
- What are among the methods by which you care for your thoughts and physique day by day?
- Which stigmas do you see on social media in psychological well being care, and the way would you struggle them?
- What recommendation would you give adults about supporting younger individuals of their nicely -being of psychological well being care?
All submissions should comprise three separate paperwork (utility, essay cowl web page and essay) e -mail to slvoptimist@gmail.com by Monday 21 April. The winners of the primary, second and third place obtain money prizes, recognitions and potential scholarships.
Extra utility information and competitors guidelines will be discovered on-line at https://www.southfield-lathrupvillageoptimists.org/
The topic of this yr’s discussion board will “stamp stigmas for psychological well being care with resilience and variety of spirit.” The discussion board can be conversations with college students, mother and father/guardians at Lieutenant Teresa Younger and officer Brandon Walker from Southfield, who talk about triggers. The MC and host are Trish Wyatt, LMSW and Dr. Theadia Carey and Dr. Dayne Sherrell will talk about signs and stigmas. The discussion board can even embrace licensed medical professionals to debate the analysis; and accredited trainers with leveling voltages with the assistance of high quality issues resolving instruments: energy charting, thoughts mapping and trigger and impact diagraming with Carolyn Watts-Black, LPC and Counselor; Licensed skilled growth coach Cherryl Thames; Officer Raymond Hood, officer Steven Hendricks and officer Tim Simon of the Southfield police. The discussion board can even comprise dance performances and inventive expressions coordinated by Raegan Simmons.
The Optimist Membership of Southfield-Lathrup Village consists of native volunteers and group leaders and has operated the communities of Southfield and Lathrup Village since 8 Might 1979. With the motto ‘Pal of the youth’ and a mission to supply hope and constructive imaginative and prescient to convey the perfect locally, particularly native youth, the membership promotes all year long.
The Metro Detroit Youth Golf equipment, based in 1958, serves greater than 2,200 membership members at places in Metro Detroit and are devoted to enabling younger individuals to realize their full potential by way of secure, accessible and inclusive experiences that open doorways to a brilliant future. In 2011, the Southfield group labored with Metro Detroit Youth Golf equipment and based the sector zone of Metro Detroit Youth Golf equipment, creating secure and enriching experiences for youth figures 6 to 12 within the Southfield group.
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