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The Grand Prize Contest Winner of

If I were president of the United States

Justin A. Duty

7^th Grade

Riviera Middle School

If I were president of the United States, the very first thing that I would do is to make it possible for ALL children and people who have health conditions that could cause them to die without medical treatment and medications without making them have to pay for these things. This is a big deal to me and to my family because my older sister, who I never got the chance to meet because she died before I was born, died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or (S.I.D.S.) and my parent's made the choice to donate her liver to another baby who needed a liver transplant to save her life. That by girl is 19 years old, alive and doing well today! But ALOT of children and people die every single day because they do not have enough or sometimes no money at all to be able to go to the doctor or have the medicine that just may save their life. And I feel that it is wrong that anyone who is sick and needs a doctor and/or medicine to save his and/or her life should be able get all of those things for free! People are so much more important than taxes and social security issues and if people are not given the chance to live, how can they pay taxes or get social security anyway?

Runners Up

Damita McCluster, 10^th grade, Bethel Community

Nichole Swindle, 7^th Grade, Adams Middle School

Carson Garbrecht, 3^rd grade, Grace Lutheran School

Brandon Brown, 3^rd Grade, Keswick Christian

Brandon Alvarez, 3^rd grade, Grace Lutheran School

Caitlyn Weed, 6^th Grade, Home school

Jeremy Wright, 4th grade, Bayshore Christian School

Kaitlyn Roberts, 3^rd Grade, Bayshore Christian School

Brittany Feingold, 5^th grade, Garrison-Jones Elem.

Christina Honer, 2^nd grade, Gulfport Elementary

Careena Kovacek,                5^th Grade Gibsonton Elem.

Carrie Munro Burman, 5^th Grade, LCC Day School

Kyla Amelia Kreemer, 5^th Grade, LCC Day School Madeline Burke, 2^nd Grade, St. Pete Christian

Noah Rogers, 2^nd Grade, St. Pete Christian

Emma Baily, 2^nd Grade, St. Pete Christian

Brooke Bryant, 3^rd Grade, Keswick Christian

Michele Proteau, 5^th Grade, Campbell Park Elementary

Lauren Linguante, 4^th Grade, Canterbury School of Florida

Burchie Ellinger, 4^th Grade, Canterbury School of Florida

Sarah Mitchell, 1^st Grade, Westside Christian

Lydia Suddreth, 4^th Grade, St. Petersburg Christian

Joey Jimpie, 4^th Grade, St. Petersburg Christian

Kyle Lambert, 5^th Grade, St. Pete Christian

Adyn Rowley, 4^th Grade, St. Petersburg Christian

Josh Mountain, 4^th Grade, St. Petersburg Christian

Ben Ly, 1^st Grade, St. Petersburg Christian

Andrew Scheadler, 3^rd Grade, St. Petersburg Christian

Robin Brodeue, 3^rd Grade, St. Petersburg Christian

Nehemiah Sonnyala, 4^th Grade, Gulf Coast Christian

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