Hickory, NC-Women’s Resource Center announced Chelsea Green as the winner of it’s Great Women Essay Contest on Tuesday, May 2nd at the 2006 WRC Spring Dinner. Chelsea is in 4th grade at Forest Hill Elementary School in Morganton.

The essay contest was for students in grades 4, 5 and 6 in the Unifour area and was meant to help draw awareness Women’s History Month throughout the month of March. The theme was “Women: Builders of Communities and Dreams.” The theme helps celebrate women who have brought communities together and restored hope in the face of impossible odds.

Children were asked to create a literary essay no longer than 500 words about a woman in history who has made an impact on their life. Renowned women in history or women in their lives, whom students have developed a personal connection with, were also allowed in the essay.

Women’s Resource Center provides life transition services, enrichment programs and crisis assistance. For information about WRC programs, services or volunteer programs, call (828) 322-6333 or visit the website www.wrchickory.org. Women’s Resource Center is a member agency of Catawba County United Way.

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