{"id":1136,"date":"2021-12-07T21:04:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nfloptimist.org\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2022-11-23T20:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T20:49:52","slug":"communication-contest-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-ccdhh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nfloptimist.org\/?p=1136","title":{"rendered":"Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CCDHH)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1136\" class=\"elementor elementor-1136\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-680cd88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"680cd88\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd2ac74\" data-id=\"cd2ac74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a78e074 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a78e074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #404f56; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;\">Topic<\/span><span style=\"color: #404f56; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\"> for the 2022-2023 school year is:\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"margin: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px;\">&#8220;Discovering the Optimism within Me&#8221;<\/strong><br style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\" \/><br style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\" \/><\/p><h4><span class=\"subhead\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; color: #404f56;\">Who:<\/span><span style=\"color: #404f56; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0The contest is open to young people through grade 12 in the United States and Canada, to CEGEP in Qu\u00e9bec and grade 13 in the Caribbean, who are educated in the United States, Canada or the Caribbean. Students must submit the results of an audiogram completed no longer than 24 months prior to the date of the contest by a qualified audiologist. Students must be certified to have an uncorrected hearing loss of 40 decibels or more, which must be supported by the audiogram in order to be eligible to compete. Students with permanent correction should compete in the Optimist International Oratorical contest.<\/span><\/h4><p><br style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\" \/><span class=\"subhead\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; color: #404f56;\">How To Enter:<\/span><span style=\"color: #404f56; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0Interested students should contact their local Optimist Club. To find out the contact in your area, please e-mail the Programs department at\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"margin: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #0032a0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.3333px;\" href=\"mailto:programs@optimist.org?subject=How%20to%20enter%20CCDHH%20Contest\">programs@optimist.org<\/a><span style=\"color: #404f56; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\">.<\/span><br style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\" \/><br style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\" \/><span class=\"subhead\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; color: #404f56;\">When:<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"subhead\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt;\">Students<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\"><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\">The deadline to enter is determined by the sponsoring Club.<\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><br style=\"margin: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"margin: 0px;\" \/><span class=\"subhead\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt;\">Clubs and Districts<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\">The deadline for Clubs to submit their winner to the next level of competition is set by the District. District deadline to submit a winner to Optimist International is June 15, 2023.<\/ul><p><br style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\" \/><span style=\"color: #404f56; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\">This contest offers an opportunity for children who are deaf or hard of hearing to present their thoughts in the community, gaining skills, which can only come from signing or speaking to a large audience. Patterned after the Optimist Oratorical Contest, the Communication Contest For the Deaf and Hard of Hearing offers hearing impaired youth the chance to compete in speech or sign language. The Optimist International Foundations fund a $2,500 scholarship to any District that meets the minimum participation criteria.<\/span><br style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\" \/><br style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; color: #404f56; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\" \/><span style=\"color: #404f56; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Arimo, Helvetica, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold;\">The CCDHH Contest Planning pages are intended for use by Optimist Clubs in organizing and conducting a contest in their Club. 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