Helix Water District: Your 60-Second Video Could Win A College Scholarship

Press release from Helix Water District:

Feb 22, 2022

Hey, high school students and teachers!

The National Special Districts Coalition is offering a $2,000 college scholarship for the best short video – up to 60 seconds – highlighting the ways special districts “Make the Difference” in a community. The deadline to submit a video is March 31, 2022.

Helix Water District Board President Kathleen Coates Hedberg and the San Diego Chapter of the California Special Districts Association launched this 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.

There are more than 30,000 special districts in the U.S. providing essential public services that a community needs, from drinking water to firefighting to parks and recreation. Helix Water District is a special district.

About the Contest

Review the video contest webpage at www.districtsmakethedifference.org/video-contest:

• Review the Contest Rules
• Create a video up to 60 seconds
• Complete and submit your Contest Entry Form and video

About Your Video

If you’re wondering what kind of video to make, scroll down the video contest webpage and watch the videos from past contests. And take a look at these webpages to explore what special districts do:

Districts Make the Differencewww.districtsmakethedifference.org/about

California Special Districts Associationhttps://csda.net/home

Map showing special districts in San Diego Countyhttps://mydashgis.com/CSDA/map

Districts Make the Difference will score videos based on accuracy and effectiveness, creativity and originality, production quality and entertainment value. They will choose the top 10 finalists, then the public will vote for their top videos May 10-17.

Prizes

Districts Make the Difference will announce the contest winners at the end of May and award:

• $2,000 scholarship to the first-place winner
• $1,000 scholarship to the second-place winner
• $500 scholarship to the third-place winner
• $500 to each winner’s chosen teacher

Go to the Video Contest Webpage

This press release was produced by Helix Water District . The views expressed are the author's own.