Complex sentence: This annual competition recognizes outstanding community-wide efforts that improve the well-being of youth through such methods as finding innovative ways to solve problems and demonstrating a willingness to work together to make a difference.
Split into simpler sentences: This annual competition which recognizes outstanding community-wide efforts that improve the well-being of youth. Winning communities are chosen because they found innovative ways to solve problems that will improve the lives of children and young people, and demonstrated a willingness to work together within their communities to make a difference.