Interested in Winning some cash?

How does $300 Sound or $1,500?

The Paul R. Kach 33° Essay Competition awards $300 to each Region winner (2 winners from each of the 8 Regions) and $1,200 for the national winners (2 national winners). (Two categories – young men in the 11th grade and above, and the second for young men in the 10th grade and below.)

For the two national winners, their combined winnings are $1,500 each!

Turn that spare time into cash … express your feelings on a thought provoking issue … use your computer skills … and walk away a winner! (Just like Brother A. Hutton from Roseville Chapter did last year.)

Enter the 2013 Scottish Rite, Paul R. Kach Essay Competition and share your thoughts and ideas on the theme:

Character Based Leadership

In an era when sports heroes deny that they are role models, business leaders claim that they are beholden to no one but the bottom line, and governments continue to enact policies which divide and exacerbate the inequalities of humanity, does the idea of “Character Based Leadership” even exist?

What do you feel the term “Character Based Leadership” represents? Highlight an individual who you think exhibits the characteristics of being a leader while retaining the aspects of possessing strong character as well.

Write of your own experiences in DeMolay and life where you have been faced with making challenging decisions. Did you choose the path of being a “Character Based Leader?” What guided you when making these decisions? What were the pressures that you felt to act differently? How did you feel as a person and DeMolay when everything was said and done?

Submissions are due to Dad Lyester Billhymer no later than February 1st!

For more information you can download the contest flyer.