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CONSTITUTION EDUCATION PROJECT FUND




CONSTITUTION EDUCATION PROJECT FUND (CEPF)

ESTABLISHED: MAY 11, 2015


Constitution Day - Gather and Celebrate 2025

Celebrate Constitution Day 2025 with us! The day's activities will include music, speakers, vendors, educational materials, kid's corner, light food & drink, including snow cones, and a raffle to support our youth scholarship program. Let's come together as a community to celebrate what makes America unique. Bring your family and friends!

LOCATION: ANDREWS PARK, VACAVILLE
DATE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th, 2025
TIME: 10AM - 2PM


2025 CONSTITUTION ESSAY CONTEST


The Constitution Education Project Fund was established with the primary purpose of supporting projects and providing opportunities for the youth of Solano County to expand their understanding of our country’s Founding Documents and rewarding their ability to articulate and communicate those ideals and principles.

The premise of the Constitution Essay Contest is simple. “If Liberty and Freedom are to endure in our country, it is imperative that our young people have an understanding of our Founding Documents and are able to articulate and communicate those ideals and principles.”

The Contest originated in Solano County in 2012 to recognize the accomplishments of schools and teachers who create learning environments wherein their students are encouraged to engage in critical thinking and then be able to effectively communicate their understanding and ideas. Over the past twelve years the contest has grown from a modest thirty-five entries submitted the first year, to over three hundred essays received in the year 2015. To date, more than 1,880 entries have been submitted, and over $14,900.00 in cash prizes and mini grants have been distributed.

Solano Constitution Discussion Group (CDG) board officers are honored to be asked by the Constitutional Literacy Advocates, (CLA) board chair, Colleen Britton, to take over this amazing educational project and sponsor this annual contest. We extend our sincere appreciation to her years of commitment and for placing her trust in us to carry forward her vision.


2025 MINI-GRANT AWARDS


The hope for 2025 is to encourage even more student entries and greater school participation.

  • Grand Prize Award: $1,000.00 Mini-Grant
  • Founders’ Choice Awards: $500.00 Mini-Grants As Merited
  • Best-of-School Awards: $100.00 Mini-Grants presented to one student from every school submitting 30+ student essays

All students attending public, private, and home schools in Solano County, in grades 10-12, are eligible and invited to participate in this annual contest.

The rules for submitting a written essay expressing an understanding of the Founding Documents and Principles are stated in the Contest Materials (found below).

CONTEST MATERIALS - Click on the links shown below to view & download.


*Tax Deductible Donations can be made to the CEPF online by clicking the “DONATE” button at the top of this page. Contributions may also be made by check payable to SCF, Constitution Education Project Fund and mailed to the Foundation.


 


Established

May 11, 2015

Interest Area

Education & Scholarships