{"id":34,"date":"2020-01-06T22:41:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T22:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optimist.techfit.ca\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:52:18","slug":"essay-contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"2025-26 Essay Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/write-5243229_1280-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/write-5243229_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/write-5243229_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/write-5243229_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/write-5243229_1280-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/write-5243229_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Topic: How My Acts of Service Help Me Understand What My Community Means to Me<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The contest will be held in <strong>February 2026<\/strong>. It is open to contestants under the age of 19 as of October 1, 2025 and who have not yet completed secondary school or its equivalent. There is no minimum age. Entries must be received by <strong>February 11, 2026<\/strong>. Please submit entry to optimistclubofchwk @ gmail.com. Download the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/25-26_Essay_Application.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.optimist.org\/documents\/2025\/programs\/24-25_essay_application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">entry form here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please <a href=\"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/?page_id=9\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9\"><strong>contact us<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic: How My Acts of Service Help Me Understand What My Community Means to Me The contest will be held in February 2026. It is open to contestants under the age of 19 as of October 1, 2025 and who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","","tg-column-two"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimistclubofchwk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}