2024-2025 Opportunities for Youth Contests

Texas Lions provide a variety of programs to encourage youth participation in issues facing society today. Through its contests at the club level, the district level and ultimately the state level, students can research and gain knowledge on various social ramifications of both diabetes and substance abuse. These contests provide youth an opportunity to share leadership experiences and to make a difference in their school and community.

The Texas Lions’ Opportunity for Youth sponsors three main contests during the year. A student may enter multiple contests as long as they meet the qualification requirements for each. In District 2-A2 we also have a Young Women’s Scholarship Pageant

Youth Contests Chair
Lion Abel Martinez, Contests Coordinator
SA Edgewood Lions Club

Outstanding Youth Contest
Linna Selby, Coordinator
Floresville Lions Club
Outstanding Youth Contest Rules and Application

Diabetes Awareness Essay Contest
Lion Blanche Delgado, Coordinator
SA Edgewood Lions Club
Diabetes Awareness Essay Rules and Application

Drug Awareness Speech Contest
Janie Garza, Coordinator
Stockdale Lions Club
Drug Awareness Speech Rules and Application

Young Women’s Scholarship Pageant
Lion Alma Martinez, Coordinator
Eagle Pass Border Lions Club
Young Womens Pageant Rules and Application

Scholarship Request Form

2023-2024 Winners

Outstanding Youth Contest First Place Winner: Morgan B Jackson Sponsored by Sabinal Lions Club Second Place Winner: Maritza Reyes Sponsored by SA Edgewood Lions Club	Diabetes Awareness Essay Contest First Place Winner: Diego Valdez Sponsored by Sabinal Lions Club Second Place Winner: Noah Edward Flores Sponsored by SA Area Family Lions Club
Drug Awareness Speech Contest First Place Winner: Izabella Jaramillo Sponsored by SA Edgewood Lions Club Second Place Winner: Michael Anthony Ontiveros Sponsored by SA Area Family Lions Club	Young Women’s Scholarship Pageant First Place Winner: Ashly Lopez Sponsored by SA Edgewood Lions Club Second Place Winner: Anjelika Ambriz Sponsored by SA University of Incarnate Word Lions Club

2022-2023 Winners

Outstanding Youth Contest First Place Winner: Quentin Vega Sponsored by Kerrville Host Lions Club Second Place Winner: Morgan Jackson Sponsored by Sabinal Lions Club	Diabetes Awareness Essay Contest First Place Winner: Michael Ontiveros Sponsored by SA Area Family Lions Second Place Winner: Araceli Kay Coker Sponsored by Kerrville Host Lions Club
Drug Awareness Speech Contest First Place Winner: Mariana Rubi Garza Sponsored by Del Rio San Felipe Lions Club Second Place Winner: Jubilee Hailee Pena Sponsored by SA Edgewood Lions Club	Young Women’s Scholarship Pageant First Place Winner: Delaney Fulcher Sponsored by Sabinal Lions Club Second Place Winner (Tie): Penelope Cruz Medellin Sponsored by SA Edgewood Lions Club Second Place Winner (Tie): Nia Guajardo Sponsored by Del Rio San Felipe Lions Club