Jan 19 2010
New Year New You Essay Contest Win $10,000!

You could win $10, 000 to improve your life. Write an essay and submit.
In 150 words or less: How would $10, 000 change You in the New Year? *
Start here:
https://www.tribunenewyearnewyou.com/ktla/
Rules

How would you use $10,000 in the New Year to make a New You?
Plastic Surgery Boosting Careers?
Samples:

$10,000 this would make 2010 the best year of my life…

The worst year of my life was in 2005. I was a victim of identity thief, involved in a major car accident and have been fighting to recover every since. After the car accident I lost my job (due to my injuries) and then my house. I have been working to repair my credit to purchase another home in… more

A Chance to Finally Get Ahead

I’ve been a single parent for 10 years. I am considered “working poor”, not a great label but true. I hold a decent job, we are not poverty level but I still struggle to make ends meet. We don’t qualify for any assistance. In the last two years I’ve been out of work on a medical leave and also… more

Mother’s Helper

There are many ways I can think of putting 10,000 dollars to use. One way is to give it to the one person that I really know needs it the most my mother, Jimeana Thomas. Being her first born out of six children. And the eldest sister of four daughters. I know times get hard for her trying to give us… more

A child for loving parents

I would use ten thousand dollars for fertility treatments and or a surogate. I am 42 and my husband and I want a child desperately. We have been married for 7 years and have been trying for 6 years now. Fertility treatments are not covered in my insurance plan and my time is running out to have a… more

A Year of Struggle

Let me begin by saying thank you for the opportunity to win $10,000. On January 1, 2009 my husband did not come home. I was left to take care of my 17, 15, 9 and 5 year old alone. To say that this year has been a struggle is an understatement. The home in which I lived went into foreclosure… more

Smarter Choices

There really arent words to describe how things would change…I know choices would be made smarter. After doing well and not worrying about bills, I was laid off when my first son was 6 months old..after 9 months and a part time job, we were almost back on track when our paychecks started to get… more

Helping the Homeless

I want to start a nonprofit organization to get homeless veterans off the streets, trained and get housing to get back into society. Starting in Ohio and after that is established, continue all over the country! I will be employed by the organization, which will be the first job I’ll have since I… more

$10,000 would make a big difference in my life

$10,000 would make a big difference in my life. In 2002, I was hit head-on by an uninsured drunk driver. I have been on disability every since. It’s not easy living on disability. To start, I would take 10 percent and pay my tithes to my church. Then, I would use the money to pay my taxes on my home… more

A “fresh start…”

Receiving 10,000 even 1,000 dollars would be a tremendous blessing to my life in the new year. I became unemployed in January of 2009- and have thus been unemployed for an entire year. After being turned down for job after job I decided to put all of my energy into my studies as I pursue a Masters… more

If I had a chance to win 10,000 I would buy the homeless some clothes …

If I had a chance to win 10,000 I would buy the homeless some clothes and other stuff they need. I would help my sister-in-law Judy she lost her job last year and now barely getting any hours,judy is about to lose her car and I would give her the money to pay on it, my neice Lisa and her husband and… more

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