St. Johnsbury Rotary Speech Contestant - Martin Kraus
Martin Kraus, St. Johnsbury Academy was the St. Johnsbury Rotary Club's contestant at the second round of the District 7850 Rotary Speech Contest hosted by the Littleton Rotary Club on March 14th. Martin competed against contestants from the Lancaster Rotary Club (Isabella Gaetjens-Oleson) and the Cohase Rotary Club (Bryannah Heywood). Bryannah scored the most points and will compete in April 14th at the Rotary District Assembly.
District Speech Contest purpose is to help youth, community and Rotarians to understand, encourage and foster the principles and values of Rotary. Principles like the Service Above Self; the 4-Way Test*; and the annual theme of Rotary International are used for speech topics, this year's topic:
Topic: Make a Difference by applying Rotary’s 4-Way Test.
St. Johnsbury Rotary Club Marin Kruas with Jamie Milne (Ass't Rotary Governor), Janet Ashley-Warner (St. Johnsbury Academy teacher), Susan Cherry (Club President) and Jim McFaul (Club Speech Chair and Club President Elect).
Speech Contestants; Martin Kraus, Bryannah Heywood and Isabella Gaetjuens-Oleson
The Speech Contestants, with Tina Heywood, Jim McFaul (St. Johnsbury Club) and Tyler Rancourt (Lancaster Club)