Miss Tri-Cities Outstanding Teen

Instructions for Typing the Platform Issue Statement

Your Platform Issue Statement is a community service project or social issue

that you have been active in or feel strongly about. This issue should be one that

you would like to advocate for during your year of service, as Miss Washington’s

Outstanding Teen.

Please remember. This ONE (1) page, document combined with the Contestant’s

Resume, will comprise your entire application for this job. The judges will receive

exactly what is submitted. Any items submitted that do not fit the established

criteria will be returned for correction only once. If your platform statement does

not meet the criteria or is submitted after the deadline it will not be given to the

judges.

Here are some sample of Platform’s from previous Miss America’s Outstanding Teen

Contestants:

• Miss Washington’s Outstanding Teen – Teens Against Tobacco

Youth for a Healthier Nation

• Miss Wisconsin’s Outstanding Teen – Have a Purpose - Volunteer

• Miss Virginia’s Outstanding Teen – Healthy Bodies for the Teens of

Tomorrow

• Miss Rhode Island’s Outstanding Teen – “Literacy” – The Gateway

to the Future

• Miss Oregon’s Outstanding Teen – Supporting Local Food Banks

• Miss Ohio’s Outstanding Teen – Cancer Awareness Through the

Relay for Life

• Miss Missouri’s Outstanding Teen – Animal Welfare

• Miss Idaho’s Outstanding Teen – Children with Disabilities

Awareness

• Miss California’s Outstanding Teen – “Adopt a Grandfriend” Program

• Miss Arizona’s Outstanding Teen – “Living” with Alzheimer’s

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