Rotary Club of Wellington & Village of Wellington Celebrate International Peace Day
The Rotary Club of Wellington and the Village of Wellington will host the International Peace Day Ceremony this Sunday, September 22, at 3:00 pm at the Rotary Peace Park located at the intersection of Royal Fern Drive and Birkdale Drive. The ceremony takes place annually in recognition of the United Nations International Day of Peace, and invites local schools to help commemorate and strengthen the ideals of peace with visual arts and literary works.
The school contests for poster, poetry and essay were open to all Wellington students. This year the club received approximately 250 posters, 200 poems and 60 essays.
The Peace Poster contest was open to elementary students, and this year’s overall winner is Ashley Glatzer from Panther Run Elementary School. Glatzer’s artwork (attached) will be showcased on the ceremony program cover, and she will be awarded $75 prize money.
Other elementary school winners are Kristin Haggerty from Binks Forest and Samuel Bedoya from Benoist Farms. Each will receive $50.
The poetry competition was open to Wellington middle schools. The winners are Deborah Mensah from Emerald Cove and Adora Girard from Wellington Landings. Each will receive $75.
High school students also competed in the essay contest. The winner from Palm Beach Central is Haley Askey and the winner from Wellington Community High is Dalia Rubinowicz, who each won $100.
This is the 10th year that the SMART award (an acronym for Student Motivational Award for Resolutions Today) will be given to a high school student who best reflects a hands-on initiative to promote peace and understanding locally, nationally and/or internationally. The SMART award will be presented to Vanessa Phan of Palm Beach Central High School.
The ceremony will also recognize community members including Palm Beach County Sheriff Deputy Dwayne Brown who will be presented the Rotary Club Community Peace Award.
For further information about the ceremony, or to sponsor the Rotary Peace Park, please contact Rotary Peace Initiative Co-Chair Larry Kemp at (561) 818-4491.