Helix: Your 60-Second Video Could Win Two College Scholarships

Lemon Grove CA

23 April, 2022

4:44 PM

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Press release from Helix Water District: Mar 22, 2022 Hey, high school students! Your one-minute video could win a $2,000 college scholarship from the National Special Districts Coalition and a $1,500 college scholarship from the San Diego Chapter of the California Special Districts Association. Update: The deadline to enter the national contest is March 31, and the deadline to enter the San Diego contest has been extended to April 30. Both organizations want the same video – up to 60 seconds – highlighting the ways special districts "Make the Difference" in a community. Special districts are local government organizations formed by communities to provide an essential service, like drinking water, parks and recreation or fire protection. Helix Water District is a special district and there are over 30,000 special districts across the U.S. Helix Water District Board President Kathleen Coates Hedberg and the San Diego Chapter of the California Special Districts Association launched the original video contest here in San Diego. It grew into a statewide contest, and now the National Special Districts Coalition is rolling it out across the U.S. Enter the National Contest 2022 Districts Make the Difference Video Contest 2022 Districts Make the Difference Video Contest Rules Enter the Local Contest 2022 San Diego Chapter CSDA Video Contest Flyer_UPDATED_extension 2022 San Diego Chapter CSDA Video Contest Rules_UPDATED_extension Ideas for Your Video Videos are scored based on accuracy and effectiveness, creativity and originality, production quality and entertainment value. If you're wondering what kind of video to make, watch the winning videos from past years and take a look at these webpages to explore what special districts do: Winning Videos – National Contestwww.districtsmakethedifference.org/about Winning Videos – Local Contesthttps://sandiegocsda.specialdistrict.org/video-contest California Special Districts Associationhttps://csda.net/home Map showing special districts in San Diego Countyhttps://mydashgis.com/CSDA/map This press release was produced by Helix Water District . The views expressed are the author's own.