March 16, 2023     1:00PM     Foothill High School Library     230 Pala Avenue, San Jose CA
 
Eight contestants wowed fellow Rotarians and guests at our club-level speech contest on March 16, 2023 with their original speeches on the topic of Imagine Rotary, the theme introduced by this year's Rotary International President Jennifer Jones. 
 
 
 
The Rotary Clubs of District 5170 sponsor the Richard D. King Annual Youth Speech Contest each year with three goals in mind for the club members and each contest participant:
  1. To increase personal knowledge and awareness of the importance of being able to speak effectively before a group.
  2. To increase public knowledge of what Rotary is and does throughout the world, especially among young people. Through this knowledge, we hope that they will learn, as we have in the past, "He who profits most serves best."
  3. To increase participation in the contest and to provide all high school contestants with an opportunity to win prizes as top public speaker, or runner up, in District 5170.