Teen Essay Contest
Marilyn and Lawrence Cohen and Sharon Weingarten with the 2008 High School Essay Contest Finalists.
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The Foundation underwrites an annual Teen Essay Contest conducted by the Mental Health Association of the North Shore. Now in its sixth year, the contest addresses the mental health needs of adolescents. The 2008 topic is “What It's Like, or Must Be Like, to Grow Up as a Female in the 21st century.” The essay contest was created by Sharon Weingarten, MSW, LSW, Member of the Professional Advisory Board of MHANS.
The 2008 Annual Teen Essay Contest Winners are:
- First Place: Sarah Wagener
- Second Place: Andrew Hopple and Tamar Westphal
- Third Place: Nathan Cohen and Brigitte Viard
- Honorable Mentions: Christina Andre, Samantha Blyth, Sean Bostrom, Jarelle Bradley, Lisa Co, and Phebe Ha
"The Mental Health Association of the North Shore was again pleased to be asked to host the Teen Essay contest sponsored by the Naomi Ruth Cohen Foundation. In these difficult economic and emotional times it is our youth that many times pay the heaviest price. They are affected by all that is going on around them but have very little control. The Teen Essay contest provides an avenue for young people to express their feelings, issues and emotions is a safe, non-threatening way. MHANS applauds the efforts of the Naomi Ruth Cohen Foundation and looks forward to an expanded Teen Essay contest for 2009."
-Elizabeth M. Brasher
Assistant Director, Infrastructure Technology Institute
Northwestern University
The topic of the 2007 Contest was "The Stress of Growing Up in the 21st Century: What It's Like Growing Up In My Family"