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Smokey Bear Woodsy Owl Poster Contest
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Cindy Rieger, FFGC Chairman
5042 NE 14th Terrace
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334-4904
954-267-9031
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Attention!
Local Garen Clubs, Teachers, Collaborators, and USDA Forest Service Employees!
Here is what you and your tudents can do to help the environment:
We're inviting 1st throught 5th grade students to demonstrate through
original drawings of Smokey Bear or Woodsy Wel their understanding of
fire prevention and bbasic environmental conservation principles.
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Only you can prevent wildfires
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Lend a Hand - Care for the Land!
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Smokey Bear is recognized
nationally and internationally as the symbol for fire prevention.
You've seen him dressed in a ranger's hat and blue jeans and carrying a
shovel. The original Smokey Bear appeared in 1944. Smokey's
message, "Remember, Only YOU can prevent wilfires,"
is one that children have heard for many years. It encourages
personal responsibility for fire prevention. Smokey Bear teaches
children and adults to be careful with campfires, barbcues, trash
fires, and matches
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Woodsy Owel is America's
icon for the conservation of the environment. Since 1971, Woodsy
has been helping parents and teachers inspire children to observe,
explore, and care for the environment. He challenges children to "Lend a Hand - Care for the Land!"
Woodsy Owl encourages children to join him by taking an active role in
caring for the land through recycling, reusing, and reducing waste;
planting and caring for trees; using resources wisely (such as not
wasting water or electricity); not littering; and generally caring for
the planet we live on.
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The
Grand Prize National Poster Contest Winner will win a free round trip
airfare and accommodations for four to Washington, DC. A $100 U.S.
Savings Bond will also be awarded to the First Place National Winners
from each grade level.
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Poster Rules
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1. All poster entrees must be sponsored by a local Garden CLub.
2. Posters must feature Smokey Bear or Woodsy Owl and must not feature both together.
3. Smokey Bear posters must be based upon and include, Smokey's fire prevention message (Only YOU Can Precent Wildfires!).
Woodsy Owl posters must be based upon and include, Woodsey's
conservation message (Lend a Hand - Care for the Land!).
4. The entry posters should encourage children to take a
personal role in preventing wildfires or conserving natural resources.
5. Each entry should be 11 x 17 inches in size.
6. Materials that can be used incude: crayons, markers, poster paints, water colors, etc.
7. No three-demensional posters, computer scanned, or electronically generated images will be accepted!
8. The artist's name, address, home phone number, grade level,
school, teacher's name, city, and State must be printed on the back
of the poster in the
lower right corner. Each poster must also show the name of the
sponsoring local Garden Club. (Do not
use a dark
marker for this information as it may show through.)
9. The Local Garden
Club Chair must submit the poster entries no later than January 15,
2007, to the State's Chair at
the following address: Cindy Reiger, 5042 NE 14th Terrace,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334-4904.
10. The State Garden Club Chair
must submit the five winning posters from the State to their Regional
Garden Club
Chair by February 15, 2007.
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Poster Tips
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1. A good poster has a bold and simple design.
2. Its message is delivered both in the picture and in the slogan.
3. Its message is easily understood.
4. Posters are to be completed by individual student
artists. Competition may include students from 1st to 5th grade.
5. Posters will be judged 20 percent each for originality,
design, slogan, artwork, and overall effectiveness of the message.
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Poster Rights
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All
entries will become property of the USDA Forest Service. Posters
will not be retuned to contestants. The USDA Forest Service and
the National Garden Clubs, Inc., may use the poster aritwork for
national educational materials and outreach.
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