Lake Highlands High School sophomore, Carly Kaplan, needs your vote.

Carly is involved in Fresh-Films, a competition that encourages teenagers to create a movie in a week. Eleven teens were chosen for the Dallas Team, and they are now competing against teams in five other major cities.

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Carly’s team created the film from scratch, doing everything themselves from casting the actors to editing the final product. “It was absolutely the best week of my life,” Carly says, “and I made lifelong friends.”

The winning team will have their movie entered in American Film Institute (AFI) Film Festival, be flown to LA or New York for a red carpet event, and receive expensive high-tech movie editing equipment.

Voting begins this week, and you can vote for the Dallas team as many times as you wish until Wednesday, Sept. 2. Each vote puts you in a drawing for a free Flip video camera – an amazing little device we use here at the Advocate. Here’s your link – happy voting!


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  • Carol Toler

    Blogger CAROL TOLER and her husband, Toby, are the parents of four LHHS graduates. She has an MBA from SMU and is the proud recipient of the Exchange Club of LH's Unsung Hero Award and Councilman McGough's Blake Anderson Public Service Award. She received LHHS PTA's Extended Service Award, FMJH PTA's Charger Award and a Life Membership from the LHFC PTA. She has moderated candidate debates for Dallas Mayor, Dallas City Council and RISD Trustee races and taught seminars on garnering publicity for nonprofits. She completed training with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and Inside RISD, and she's a sustaining member of LH Women's League. She has served on the boards of After8 to Educate, Dallas Free Press, Healing Hands Ministries and Camp Sweeney and chaired fundraisers for multiple Dallas nonprofits. Email ctoler@advocatemag.com.