Each year, nearly 38,000 high school students from across the country enter to win a share of the $2.2 million in educational scholarships and incentives awarded through the VFW’s Voice of Democracy audio-essay competition.

The VFW established the Voice of Democracy program (VOD) in 1947 to provide students grades 9-12 the opportunity to express themselves in regards to democratic ideas and principles.

Through the help of our local VFW, DB-TC students compete in this essay competition each year, and the top essays receive scholarship money from our local VFW. Our students have done well, as Xena Cortez (2014) and Elisha Houle (2015) both competed downstate and finished within the top 10 essays in the state.