Since 1987 Cecil County has held a Most Beautiful Person contest. The purpose of the event is to honor dedicated volunteers. Each county in Maryland and Baltimore City holds a similar contest each year. Both individuals and couples can be nominated. Any citizen can nominate a deserving person who volunteers their time.

A selection committee in each county reviews the nominations and selects a winner. The Committee is composed of past winners of the Cecil County Award. They select someone who they believe is trying to help the most people in Cecil County, in as many different areas of their county as possible. The winners from each county then attend the state wide Maryland You Are Beautiful celebration in Annapolis.

In its 20 year history here in Cecil County, three (3) of the winners have been members of the Kiwanis Club of Elkton. The honorees have been Robert Schick in 2001, Dale Collins in 2003 and Ford Hamilton in 2005. (Pictured are Ford Hamilton (L) and Dale Collins (R)). Each winner has demonstrated outstanding dedication to improving the lives of Cecil county residents through their countless volunteer hours. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world on child and one community at a time. Thus it is not surprising that active Kiwanis members are nominated and selected as Cecil County’s Most Beautiful Person. Kiwanis has shown during its 92 year history that it is a valuable source and avenue for someone to serve his/her community.

The Kiwanis Club of Elkton, which celebrates 75 years of service this year, has provided its members the opportunity to serve the community, create life-long friendships, build leadership skills and have fun at the same time. The Club is very proud of all of its members and is extremely happy that these members were recognized and honored for their hard work. For more information about the Kiwanis Club of Elkton, visit www.elktonkiwanis.com or call 302-559-9756.