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    2019 Savings Bond Scholarship Contest Winner

    NPG is pleased to offer challenging scholarship contests as part of our mission to enlist a new generation of activists who will be focused on calling attention to the dangers of population growth. We send our thanks to all of our members and friends who have so generously contributed – as well as our appreciation for the tens of thousands of students who have competed in our contests. It is your support and participation that make this critical program possible!

    To expand this program to a younger audience NPG set a goal to reach middle and high school students with our message.  We asked teachers to submit a Student Profile of an individual who displayed particular interest in population topics, thus making them uniquely qualified to be awarded a $500 U. S. Savings Bond from NPG.

    The 2019 Savings Bond Scholarship Contest winner is:

    (Click on the name to view the winning essay.)

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    Winner Name
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    $500 U.S. Savings Bond

    Gavin Law

    Ruth Doyle Middle School
    Conway, AR

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    Gavin Law shows interest in negative population growth and demonstrates a strong in-class knowledge of population topics.  As a seventh grader, Gavin asks in-depth questions during class to ensure he understands how population growth is a detriment to open spaces, water supply, food supply, and even economics.  He understands how increasing population hinders ecosystems around the world due to food/water scarcity, drought, soil erosion, and pollution. 

    Since the world, including the United States, is already well over its carrying capacity for human growth this has an effect on all other species populations.  Our growth hinders other species growth and in many times they become endangered or extinct due to our population rise.  Our increased human population also has an effect economically as we have crumbling infrastructure, rising taxes, overcrowded schools/hospitals, and traffic congestion.  We are running out of places to live as open spaces have been taken for houses to be built.  Gavin understands the detrimental effects and has even done a presentation on this topic within our school.  He is serious about ensuring our community is educated about things to save the ecosystem such as recycling and reducing our carbon footprint.  He has analyzed the population within our community, which is becoming overcrowded, and written a paper to our government leaders discussing the detriment of our increasing population.  He has open discussion on how to get humans to understand and actually employ methods so humans have less of a population growth without hindering our own species’ survival. 

    Mr. Law’s understanding of negative population growth is strong and his leadership abilities to ensure this topic is discussed and brought to the attention of leader will definitely continue in the future. 

    Mrs. Kathi Sweere
    Teacher
    Ruth Doyle Middle School
    Conway, AR