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Rosman, 11, recently earned second place in the Genworth Canada Support for Habitat for Humanity contest, earning a $5,000 contribution to a Habitat for Humanity project, an iPod and a pizza party for his class at Shuswap Middle School.

With no Habitat for Humanity projects taking place in Salmon Arm, Rosman has directed his funds towards a Habitat for Humanity project in Kelowna, where his grandparents live.

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The nation-wide project is a program for Grades 4-6, where students are asked to write on the topic of the meaning of home. All the students in teacher Jaimie Vezina乌鸦传媒檚 French Immersion class participated by submitting written work.

This is the third year Vezina乌鸦传媒檚 students have participated, but the first time she has ever had a winning student.

Here is Rosman乌鸦传媒檚 winning entry:

Home is happy,

Home is for family

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You take your first steps and make memories

Where love is on a flow,

It乌鸦传媒檚 where you grow

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Home is warm like wool

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Home is not perfect, it乌鸦传媒檚 imperfect

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Where you feel true,

Home is where we help you

Where you乌鸦传媒檙e safe from the world

Where you learn your first words

Home is where you play

Home is where you spend your day

Your family helps with things that are tough

Home is where you take your first breath

In the end home is a happy place.