The deadline to postmark all applications will be
Monday, May 5, 2025 for all Districts
Diabetes Awareness Essay Contest Coordinator
PDG Cesar Montelongo
P.O. Box 562
Donna, TX 78537
956-460-7801
Email PDG Ceasar
Topic for the 2024-2025 Year
“Diabetes Medication and Treatment Advances”
Diabetes has been around for a long time. It was mentioned in a medical text as far back as 1425. Diabetes has reached epic proportions and is an ongoing concern in the United States as well as around the world. In this essay contestants are asked to explore the advances done in the treatment and the medications used over the past 25 years in the field of Diabetes. Talk about how diabetes was treated and the medications in use 25 years ago versus how it is treated today. How do you see the future of diabetes treatment in the next 10 to 15 years and foreseeable medical advancements.
Eligibility
The Diabetes Awareness Essay Contest is open to all high school juniors and seniors. Scholarship awards must be collected no later than two (2) years following the recipient’s graduation from High School.
Application Process and Rules
Students should contact their local Lions Club to inform them that they wish to participate in the contest. Then the participant must complete the Common Contest application form, the Medical Power of Attorney Form and sign the Code of Conduct. Students may download each of these from the links below, fill them out in Adobe Reader and submit them according to the rules for the contest. Any questions should be directed to the Contest Coordinator listed above.
2025 Diabetes Awareness Contest Rules
2025 Common Contest Application Form
2025 Code of Conduct Acknowledgement Form
2025 Medical Power of Attorney Form
2025 Chaperones Guidelines
Claiming Your Scholarship
To collect your scholarship award, the contest winner or runner-up must submit proof of registration information from a university, college, junior college or vocational school. A formal request for payment, using the scholarship request form below, should be sent to the state office along with any supplemental information needed by the institution (i.e. scholarship forms, etc). Scholarship awards must be collected no later than two (2) years following the recipient’s graduation from High School. Send request for payment to:
Texas Lions MD-2 State Office
P. O. Box 294509
Kerrville, TX 78029-4509
Phone: 830-257-6557
Please note that payment will be made directly to the designated school. All scholarship awards must be collected no later than two years following the recipient’s graduation from High School.
These instructions also appear in the Contest Rules (see above).
2025 OFY State Scholarship Form
District Application Check-Off List
Districts that sponsor winners to the State Contest will need to follow the below checklist to comply with all procedures for application.
2025 District Application Check-Off List