St. Simons Island, GA, April 6, 2024 – St. Simons Rotarian Jim Kielt hosted the Eastern Zone competition for the Rotary Preston Johnson Speech Contest at the Golden Isles Duplicate Bridge Club. 10 high school students from clubs in Rotary District 6920 competed. Each gave a 3-4 minute speech. The first-place winner was Nathan Hayes from Effingham High School. Nathan gets to present his talk at the annual Rotary District Conference at Jekyll Island in April and receives $1,000 award.
Pictured from left: Jim Kielt, contest coordinator, Nathan Hayes from Effingham High School 1st place, Grace Rogers from Pinewood Christian Academy 2nd place, Abigail Jordan from Tattenall County High School 3rd place, Candace Christian District Speech Contest Chair, 2023-2024
Please take a minute to listen to Nathan’s talk: