Front Royal, Va. — The Warren Coalition’s Health Video Contest drew a record-breaking 11 submissions this year, making the judging and selection process more competitive as local middle school students created videos promoting healthy habits.
The winning students each received $125 Amazon gift cards for their work. This year’s winners were Kenny Buhl of Warren County Middle School; Ryder Bowen, a student at John Paul the Great Montessori Academy; Amiliyana Holt of Skyline Middle School; and Cara Gass of Warren County Middle School.
Buhl and Bowen repeated their wins from the previous year. Bowen and Holt produced videos focused on “Getting Enough Sleep,” while Buhl and Gass centered their videos on “Exercising Regularly.”
The contest was open to all middle school students ages 11 to 14 in Warren County. Students could submit videos about getting regular exercise, getting quality sleep, drinking enough water or maintaining healthy eating habits.
The contest was held as part of the Warren Coalition’s WAHOO program, which stands for Working to Achieve Healthy Outcomes and Opportunities. The program is funded by the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth.
The winning videos will be used as healthy living advertisements throughout Warren County over the next six to eight weeks.
“It’s wonderful to see this competition grow each year,” said Celeste Brooks, community outreach coordinator. “The students engage with creativity and enthusiasm. My only regret is that we don’t have more prizes to award!”
This year’s winners, along with past contest winners, can be viewed on the Coalition’s YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/HealthVideoContest.
Warren Coalition is a nonprofit agency established in 1994 to help fill gaps in health care and substance abuse awareness in the community. The Coalition began under the guidance of Warren Memorial Hospital as an outreach project and was incorporated in 2001.
The Warren Coalition office is located in the Warren County Community Center. Its mission is to make Warren County a safe, healthy and drug-free community through its programs and in collaboration with more than 15 member agencies.
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