THIS
THIS SEGMENT IS SPONSORED BY FARM BUREAU INSURANCE MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU
IS ONCE AGAIN SPONSORING ITS
ANNUAL AMERIKA 4@AND ME ESSAY
CONTEST A CONTEST THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON NOW FOR 4@51 YEARS. AN
JOINING US WITH DETAILS ON HOW
YOUR KIDS CAN GET INVOLVED IS
CEO DAN SIMON AND IT IS GOOD TO
HAVE YOU HERE. THANKS FOR
HAVING ME. WE SHOULD JUST SAY
IT RIGHT OFF THE BAT YOU DID
THIS ESSAY. YES. YOU WERE A
YOUNG LAD WWLL NOT DATE MYSELF
MANY MOONS AGO BUT I REMEMBER
TAKING THIS ESSAY IN EIGHTH
GRADE 4@I LOVE IT. YOU HAVE
PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS ALL OVER
THE STATE. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
CHILDREN TO GET INVOLVED. BUT
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE 4@
ASKING THEM TO DO. ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE STARTED THIS 51 4@YEARS A
THINKING HOW DO WE GIVE BACK TO
OUR COMMUNITIES OUR FARM BUREAU
AGENTS 4@ALL 83 COUNTIES. AND W
BELIEVE IN GIVING BACK. THAT'S
WHAT MICHGIAN FARM BUREAU
STANDS FOR. SO WE STARTED AN
ESSAY CONTEST. IT'S 500 WORDS 4@
TYPICALLY COMES TO ONE PAGE.
IT'S MY MICHIGANS HERO AND 4@
EVERY EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT CAN
PARTICIPATE ACROSS THE STATE. 4
WOULD ASK ANYBODY WHO WANTS
CONTACT ONE OF OUR AGENTS OR
OUR HOME OFFICE. BUT 4@TO THE
PRINCIPAL AND TEACHERS THEY CAN
SMITH THESE ESSAYS WE HAVE 4000
ESSAYS THAT ARE DONE EVERY YEAR
AND SUBMITTED IN THEIR 4@
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. WELL
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PRIZES IN
A MINUTE 4@BECAUSE THAT'S ALMOS
BECOME SECONDARY TO THE KIDS
SPENDING A LITTLE TIME
HUNKERING DOWN AND THINKING
ABOUT THEIR MICHIGANS HERO. AND
IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TO BE
LIKE YOU KNOW A SPORTS HERO OR
A PAST GOVERNOR OR ANYBODY LIKE
IT CAN REALLY BE SORT OF
ANYTHING IN THEIR LIVES. YEAH
IT'S AMAZING AS YOU WOULD
ANTICIPATE MOST OF THEM YOU
WOULD SEE OUR GRANDPARENTS AND
PARENTS 4@COACHES AND TEACHERS.
IT'S AMAZING. EIGHTH GRADERS 4@
ARE TYPICALLY 13 YEARS OLD AND
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE GONE
THROUGH THEY'VE LIVED A
LIFETIME AND THEY CAN PUT IT
INTO WORDS VERY ELOQUENTLY. I
BET YOU GET 4@SOME REAL. WE DO.
THERE'S SOME TEAR JERKER IN
THERE. YEAH. SO LET'S DO TALK
ABOUT THE PROCESS. KIDS 4@NEED
GO FIRST AND FOREMOST AND ASK
TEACHERS AND THEIR PRINCIPALS
ABOUT 4@WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE
GOT THE MATERIALS? YOU BET
THERE'S A PACKET THAT COMES
WITH IT? TEACHERS AND
PRINCIPALS CAN TALK TO FIVEYEAR
AGENTS THEN GO TO OUR WEB SITE
LISA FEET AWAY4@ AT OUR HOME
OFFICE. WE'LL PUT THAT PACKAGE
TOGETHER. 4@THEY FILL OUT THE
ESSAY. LIKE I SAID WE'LL DO
4000 OF THEM. TOP 10 FROM EVERY
SCHOOL GETS SUBMITTED TO OUR
HOME OFFICE AND OUR EMPLOYEES
ACTUALLY GO THROUGH ANDEL
NARROW DOWN TO ABOUT 400
ESSAYS. AND FROM THAT THEY
NARROW 4@DOWN TO 10 IDEA I CANN
IMAGINE THAT HAVING TO DO THAT
THE PROCESS OF SEEING NOTICE
SOME REALLY POIGNANT STORIES 4@
YES. BY THE TIME HE GOT YOU GET
DOWN THE TOP 10 THEY'RE TRULY
AMAZING 4@THE TOP 10 GET TO COM
TO LANSING AND THEY GET TO GO
TO THE STATE CAPITAL THEY MAKE
GOVERNOR GOVERNMENT LEADERS. A
LOT OF TIMES THE GOVERNOR IS
AVAILABLE 4@TO MEET WITH THEM.
TAKE HIM TO A LUG NUT GAME
WHERE THERE DIGNITARIES ON THE
FIELD 4@AND THEN WE TAKE HIM TO
THE MICHIGAN PRINCESS RIVERBOAT
FOR A LUNCHEON AND AN AWARD
CEREMONY. AND AT THAT CEREMONY
THEY EACH WIN ONE THOUSAND
PRIZE ALONG WITH THEIR SCHOOL4@
WINNING AN ADDITIONAL 1000
DOLLARS. YEAH THERE'S MONEY IN
THE POT FOR THE FOR THE SCHOOLS
TOO. YEAH. IT'S AN AMAZING DAY @
THEY BRING THEIR PARENTS THEIR
GRANDPARENTS THEIR TEACHERS.
THERE'S A LOT 4@4@OF EMOTION TH
GOES WITH THAT. SO I WOULD
ENCOURAGE ANYBODY OUT THERE.
THE ONE THING 4@I WANT MAKE SUR
I GET CLEAR NOVEMBER 15TH IS
THE DEADLINE FOR THOSE ESSAYS
SO IF THERE ARE SCHOOL TEACHERS
AND PRINCIPALS LISTENING PLEASE
TRY TO CONTACT 4@IF 4@YOU CAN A
HAVE THOSE STUDENTS WRITE THOSE
ESSAYS AND GET THEM IN BY THE
15TH OF NOVEMB4@ER 4@I CANNOT
REMEMBER IF I SAID BUT THIS IS
EIGHTH GRADERS RUSSIA'S EIGHTH
GRADERS RIGHT. SO EIGHTH GRADE
IF YOU PARENTS WH4@O MIGHT BE
WATCHING NOW 4@YOU'VE GOT A CHI
WHO'S A PROLIFIC WRITER
AROUNDWELL STORY TO TELL THIS
IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.
AND FOR MORE INFORMATION TALK
AGAI4@N TO THE SCHOOL'S LANGUAG
ARTS TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL 4@4@A
CONTACT FARM BUREAU'S LISA
THIELEN. 5 1 7 6 7 9 5 4 1 1. 4@
AND YOU CAN FIND ALL THE
DETA4@ILS ON OUR WEB SITE AT 13
ON YOUR SIDEDOTCOM I UNDERSTAND
IF THE SCHOOL IS SPONSORED BY
BY YOU FOLKS THAT THERE'S EVEN
ADDITIONAL MOMWE ANOTHER FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS THAT WILL COME
IF 4@GO THROUGH ONE OF THE
AGENTS. OK SEE GUYS YOU MUST DO
THIS 4@DEADLINE NOVEMBER 15TH.
WE'LL BE BACK. THANKS SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME.