Congrats to our 2012 winners!!
1st Prize = $200.00 -Saint Matthew
2nd Prize = $125.00 - Mahomet
3rd Prize = $75.00 - Urbana
Do you want to win some money for your Jr. High or High school Art Department and help promote a worthy cause?
March 7, 2012 is National Spread the Word to End the Word Day. This campaign promotes RESPECT and EMPOWERS youth to speak up and tell their friends and families to stop saying the word “retarded”. Over the next few weeks, the Down Syndrome Network and the C-U Autism Network will be broadcasting brief PSA’s on WCIA 3 to promote discontinuation of this word and to promote the new r-word: RESPECT. Our organizations want to get the word out to all school aged children to stop using this r-word and start using the new r-word: RESPECT.
As an Art Department, we are asking for your help to Spread the Word. Art has always helped to empower youth to think outside the box and flourish with creativity. We are asking that each school help empower youth by creating a chalk illustration on their school sidewalk.
We know this is a last minute event, but hope you will take this special opportunity to help promote a worthy cause and possibly win some money for your schools Art Department.
1st Prize = $200.00
2nd Prize = $125.00
3rd Prize = $75.00
Rules of the Contest:
-You must have approval by your Principal.
-You must create your design in high traffic area on school grounds.
-Your chalk design message should empower youth to stop the use of the R-word AND/OR promote the new R-word: RESPECT.
-There are no size limitations and no supplies will be supplied by the organizations. -No more than 1 submission per school (submissions may include multiple photos).
-Please submit the names of the children who helped with the artwork, their grade level, and your school’s name in the email with your photo(s).
-Designs must be completed and photo(s) submitted by March 6th at noon (or earlier) as a .JPEG, .PDF, or .TIFF to respectu2bu@gmail.com
-Your school must be in the Champaign area.
Representatives from the DSN and C-U Autism will judge the photos on March 6th and announce the winners on March 7th on their website.
The winning submissions will be artwork that best empowers youth to stop the R-word and/or promotes the new R-word: RESPECT.
Respectfully,
Down Syndrome Network and C-U Autism Network
Contact info: Kim Woolridge respectu2bu@gmail.com
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