The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) have two scholarships that are over $10,000. You can click on the title of today's post to find out about the written essay.

The other is somewhat unique in that it is an audio essay.

http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=cmty.leveld&did=150

The link is directly above and the following paragraphs are taken from the site with only minor editing.

Created in 1947, the Voice of Democracy (VOD) scholarship program is an audio-essay contest for high school students in grades 9-12 that annually provides more than $3 million in scholarships. The first-place winner, who competes with all the first-place VFW Department winners, receives a $30,000 scholarship that is paid directly to the recipient’s American university, college or vocational/technical school.

Besides competing for the top scholarship prize, as well as other national scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $16,000, each Department's first-place winner receives an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C..The VOD program is endorsed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals' contest criteria and is designed to foster patriotism by allowing students the opportunity to voice their opinion in a three to five minute essay based on an annual theme.

Students can enter by submitting the required entry form, along with their essay and recording to a local VFW Post.

Those in Reality Changers might find the following UFW post information useful:

Post 5431
Col. Frank M. Brezina Post
411 N Hwy 101
Solana Beach, CA 92075
United States
(858) 259-7348

You can find a post close to you by visiting the site below.

http://emem.vfw.org/findpost.aspx

This link takes you to the most recent winning essay as of this posting.
Read Winning Essay