Senior Elementary student from Dartmouth chooses Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia to receive $5000.00 prize

Senior Elementary student Kate Barkhouse of Dartmouth has made a big contribution to her local Habitat for Humanity.   One of five runners up in the 2011 Genworth Financial National Essay writing contest benefitting Habitat for Humanity across the country, the 5000.00 earned by Kate’s   poem titled “What is a Home?”will go to Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia.  This is the fifth year for the contest which is open to 4^th, 5^th and 6^th graders across the country.   The top prize is a $60,000.00 award to the winning participant’s Habitat for Humanity affiliate of choice and a laptop for the student.   Runners up will each receive an IPOD Touch. To celebrate the contest’s fifth anniversary Genworth Financial is publishing a book featuring the winners and runners up from the past five years along with Canadian celebrity entries describing what home means to them.   These books will be available soon at Habitat for Humanity ReStores.

What is a home?

A home is a place to be sick and healthy
A home is a place to be poor and wealthy
A place to laugh
A place to cry
A place to never say goodbye
Somewhere to be safe and warm
Somewhere to stay out of the storm
A shelter to sleep in
A private place to weep in
A place to go after a bad day
A necessity of life
We all have a home to love
Where you can be with your family
Where you can live happily
Your palace
Your kingdom
Your haven
Your rest stop
A home is a place to love