802 York Street
Newport, Kentucky
Dear Principal:
We are writing you to seek your school’s involvement in an exciting adventure for
your students. In February of 2010, Footlighters, a local Community Theatre
group in Newport, will be performing “The Miracle Worker”. As a neighbor, we
wanted to reach out to you to invite your students to participate in an essay
contest. We will not only award the winning student from each school a $25
prize, but they will also receive two tickets to one of our performances and will be
recognized on stage as our contest winner. In addition, the winning essays and
the first runner-up from each school will be displayed in our lobby during the
three week run of the show.
The topic we would like your students to write about is “Overcoming obstacles”.
What better example of someone who overcame seemingly insurmountable
obstacles than Helen Keller! Each essay should be 250-300 words on their
personal experience highlighting how they overcame a hurdle or obstacle in life
and how it made them feel.
Footlighters has been in the Newport community welcoming patrons for over 25
years. We have partnered with many organizations over the years and wanted to
reach out to our local schools to showcase the many talented students we have
right here in Northern Kentucky.
If you are interested in participating, please complete the enclosed form and
return in the envelope provided or fax it to (513) 651-3540 Attention: Suzy
Dorward. I will contact the appropriate person at your school to make
arrangements for submission of your entries. Entries will be judged by the
Director, Jim Curtis and the Co-Producers, Suzy Dorward and Laurie Brinkman.
Essays will be due by January 25, 2010.
We hope you will take this opportunity to join with one of your community nonprofits to spotlight your school and your students.
Sincerely,
Suzy Dorward
Co-Producer
The Miracle Worker
802 York Street
Newport, Kentucky
“The Miracle Worker” Essay Contest
____ Our school would like to participate in the Essay Contest
____Sorry we cannot participate at this time
Contact Information:
Name: _______________________________________
Title: ________________________________________
School: ______________________________________
Address: _____________________________________
Phone: ________________________________________
Email: ________________________________________
Grades(s) participating: __________________________
Please return this to: Suzy Dorward, 7119 Silver Crest Drive,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45236 or email: sldorward@fuse.net
Fax: 513-651-3540