DIXON, CA (MPG) – Dixon’s Independent Voice Newspaper and the Kiwanis Club of Dixon are looking for the next Mother of the Year. Your entry could give your mother the best Mother’s Day present ever--the recognition as Dixon’s Mother of the Year. 

Enter your mother or any other Dixon mom whom you believe exemplifies the finest qualities of motherhood, including helping children develop character especially by example; promoting family values; meeting both daily and extraordinary challenges of family life; showing charity towards others; and helping to improve the community through personal action.

There are three age groups for those submitting entries: 6th Grade and under; 7th to 9th Grade, and 10th Grade to adults. Essays should be no more than 500 words and should be accompanied by a recent family photo for publication when the award is announced.

A panel of Kiwanis Club members will judge all entries. The winner and two finalists will receive floral bouquets and other gifts.

Attach one of the entry forms to an essay no more than one-page about your mother and why she is the best. All entries must have a name, grade level or age and a phone number of the person submitting the entry. Written entries should be in an envelope with the words ‘Mother of the Year Contest’ written on the outside.

They can be dropped off at the Independent Voice Newspaper office at 100 N. Adams, Suite E, or mailed to Dixon Kiwanis, P O Box 1602, Dixon or emailed to DixonKiwanis@hotmail.com. Entry DEADLINE is 5 pm on Saturday, May 1, 2021.

For more information, call Editor Debra Dingman at (707) 678-8917 or for information about joining the Kiwanis Club of Dixon, call Patti Sousa-Liu at (707) 635-3303.