Sunday, March 24, 2019

Announcing Our Club's Essay Contest Winners


Ashley Passaglia


Mark Dao

Ashley Passaglia, a grade 12 student at Terry Fox Secondary School, is the winner of the Coquitlam Optimist Club’s essay contest based on a theme of “When All the World’s Problems are Solved, is Optimism Still Necessary”.
Ashley received a $100 honorarium.  In addition, her essay will be sent to the Pacific Northwest District level to be judged along with winners from other Optimist Clubs in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska.  College scholarships are available for top winners at the district level.
Ray Zheng placed second and received a $50 honorarium.  The third place winner was Mark Dao, a grade 12 student at Heritage Woods Secondary School.  He received $25.

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