Call for Entries: Top Dads Award Essay Contest

April 19, 2011 - PRLog -- SAN JOSE, CALIF. – April 19, 2011 – Building Peaceful Families (BPF), a Silicon Valley non-profit organization – in partnership with the San Francisco 49ers and the Santa Clara County Office of Education Foster Youth Services – today announced a call for entries for the annual Top Dads Award Essay Contest. Bay Area children ages 5 through 17 are invited to submit essays describing why their father or father figure should be selected for the prestigious Top Dads Award.

Fifty winning essays will be selected from all entries received. The winners (50 kids and 50 fathers/father figures) will be invited to attend the Top Dads Award Luncheon on June 10, 2011. At the event, four first-place essay writers will receive a grand prize package that includes tickets to a San Francisco 49ers game, a Target gift card, and more.

“We encourage each Bay Area child to take a few minutes to think about the role their father or father figure plays in their life – particularly when it comes to teaching self-respect and respect for others – and then share those thoughts by submitting an essay nominating their local hero,” said Sharon Chatman, founder and chairman of Building Peaceful Families. “We hope to receive a record number of essays this year, so we can find and celebrate the Bay Area’s fifty ‘Top Dads’.”

The Top Dads Essay Contest Entry Form, instructions, and more information are available now at www.buildingpeacefulfamilies.org/topdads. Essays must be written by children ages 5 through 17, typed or hand-written, in legible English. Contest prize categories are: ages 5 through 7; ages 8 through 10; ages 11 through 13; and ages 14 through 17. There is no fee to participate, and every young person who submits an essay will receive a Certificate of Excellence.

About the Top Dads Award Luncheon
The Top Dads Award Luncheon is open to the public. Held annually in June, this event celebrates the positive impact a father/father figure has on his family and the community. The festivities include a delicious luncheon, guest speakers, raffle prizes, health and wellness workshop, and more.

Date:   Friday, June 10, 2011
Time:   11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Place:   San Jose Airport Garden Hotel
   1740 North First Street, San Jose
Cost:   $50 per person / $500 per table of 10

Tickets are available now. For more information, visit www.buildingpeacefulfamilies.org/topdads.

# # #

Building Peaceful Families is a Silicon Valley 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health, safety, and well being of children by educating, honoring, and encouraging involved, responsible, and committed parenting.