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SUMMARY:2026 Civics Bee Regional Competition
DESCRIPTION:Support your community at the upcoming Mesa Regional Civics Bee Competition!The Mesa Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to host the National Civics Bee Regional Competition\, the annual nonpartisan civics competition for aspiring middle schoolers.Details about the event here.\nSponsored by:     \nAbout the Civics BeeThe National Civics Bee strengthens civic knowledge\, skills\, and engagement among young Americans\, as well as their families and communities. Open to middle school students in grades 6th-8th\, the competition challenges participants to showcase their understanding of civics for a chance to earn recognition and cash prizes. Through partnerships with chambers of commerce and organizations nationwide\, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation hosts Regional and State Bees that advance to higher levels of competition.We believe a strong nation\, economy\, and workforce all depend on citizens who are informed and actively engaged. The National Civics Bee helps build that foundation by encouraging civic knowledge and participation nationwide\, while bringing communities together to celebrate civic pride.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body aria-disabled="false"><h2 style='box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 700\; line-height: 1.2\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; margin-top: 20px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; font-size: 30px\; text-transform: none\; font-style: normal\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: center\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'><span style="font-size: 18px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Support your community at the upcoming Mesa Regional Civics Bee Competition!</span></h2><p style='box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; color: rgb(10\, 10\, 10)\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-size: medium\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: center\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'>The Mesa Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to host the National Civics Bee Regional Competition\, the annual nonpartisan civics competition for aspiring middle schoolers.</p><p style='box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; color: rgb(10\, 10\, 10)\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-size: medium\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: center\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'>Details about the event <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.mesachamber.org/mesa-civics-bee-2026/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="user-select: auto\;" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p style="text-align: center\;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\;">Sponsored by:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center\;">&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/q_auto\,f_auto\,c_crop\,w_1508\,h_295\,y_-1/v1776443220/tenants/473bfff0-0a8b-4f57-b0c6-48ef32da5beb/6937434d361c4817ae06fa3a55f03aac/logo-rgb-mcc.png" style="width: 403px\; height: 78.5595px\; position: relative\; max-width: 100%\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\;" width="403" height="78.5595" fr-original-style="width: 403px\; height: 78.5595px\;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></p><h2 style='box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 700\; line-height: 1.2\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; margin-top: 20px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; font-size: 30px\; text-transform: none\; font-style: normal\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'><br></h2><h3 style='box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 700\; line-height: 1.2\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; margin-top: 20px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; font-size: 24px\; text-transform: none\; font-style: normal\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'><span style="font-size: 18px\;">About the Civics Bee</span></h3><p style='box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; color: rgb(10\, 10\, 10)\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-size: medium\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'>The National Civics Bee strengthens civic knowledge\, skills\, and engagement among young Americans\, as well as their families and communities. Open to middle school students in grades 6th-8th\, the competition challenges participants to showcase their understanding of civics for a chance to earn recognition and cash prizes. Through partnerships with chambers of commerce and organizations nationwide\, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation hosts Regional and State Bees that advance to higher levels of competition.</p><p style='box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; color: rgb(10\, 10\, 10)\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-size: medium\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'>We believe a strong nation\, economy\, and workforce all depend on citizens who are informed and actively engaged. The National Civics Bee helps build that foundation by encouraging civic knowledge and participation nationwide\, while bringing communities together to celebrate civic pride.</p><p style='box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; color: rgb(10\, 10\, 10)\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-size: medium\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'><br></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; color: rgb(10\, 10\, 10)\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-size: medium\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'><br></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; color: rgb(10\, 10\, 10)\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-size: medium\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/q_auto\,f_auto\,c_limit\,w_351\,h_213/v1776444196/tenants/473bfff0-0a8b-4f57-b0c6-48ef32da5beb/89d2f260e82a4bee82d0a3df49d07553/Screenshot-2026-04-17-092351.png" width="351" height="213" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="position: relative\; max-width: 100%\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\;">&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/q_auto\,f_auto\,c_limit\,w_2000\,h_2000/v1776444597/tenants/473bfff0-0a8b-4f57-b0c6-48ef32da5beb/9cb2939910834316adaf9b04e1e0cd55/Mesa-Chamber-Logo-Primary-VERT-PNG.png" width="225" style="width: 225px\; height: 198.063px\; position: relative\; max-width: 100%\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\;" height="198.063" fr-original-style="width: 225px\; height: 198.063px\;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><br></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; color: rgb(10\, 10\, 10)\; font-family: "Noto Sans"\, sans-serif\; font-size: medium\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: center\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;'><br></p></body></html>
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