Chocolate Company and Etiquette Author Launch Thank You Contest

A European chocolate company has partnered with the Emily Post Institute in a contest that rewards good deeds or acts of kindness.

Merci Finest Assortment of European Chocolates is asking people to nominate kind-hearted people in a 150 essay discussing why their candidate should be the winner. The essays can be entered at NationalThankYouDay.com.

The grand-prize winner receives a prize worth up to $20,000 that is personally selected by his or her nominator.

Peggy Post, the etiquette expert and best-selling author will present the winner with the prize on the first National Thank You Day, Sept. 24. Post and Merci founded National Thank You Day.

One hundred first-prize winners get an autographed copy of Post’s latest book, Excuse Me But I Was Next…The Top 100 Mnners Dilemmas and a box of Merci chocolates. All nominators who submit an eligible entry receive two boxes of Merci.
Storck USA is sponsoring the contest. Don Jagoda Associates is the administrator.

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