CAR Youth Activities
PENNY PINES POSTER
CONTEST RULES
The Penny Pines Program is an important reforesting effort and we need your help to spread the word throughout the Central Atlantic Region. We all recognize Smokey the Bear and his slogan “Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires” and Woodsy Owl and his “Lend a Hand – Care for the Land” slogan.
Who is Penny Pines? What should she look like and what should her slogan be? Posters should feature the artist’s original idea of both of these things so that, one day soon, Penny Pines will be as well known and effective as Smokey and Woodsy.
A good poster is bold and simple in design so its message is easily understood. Posters are to be the work of individual student artists using materials like crayons, markers, colored pencils, poster paints, watercolors, etc. Bright colors usually work best to get everyone’s attention. Three-dimensional, computer scanned, or electronically generated posters will NOT be accepted.
Posters should measure 11 inches by 17 inches and will be judged 20% each for originality, design, slogan, artwork and overall effectiveness. The artist’s name, address, grade and school should be carefully printed on the back of the poster along with the name of the sponsoring person or Garden Club.
The Penny Pines Poster Contest is open to students in all seven C.A.R. States in two categories - 1st through 3rd graders and 4th through 6th graders. In each category, we will award prizes of $25.00 for First Place, $15.00 for Second Place, $10.00 for Third Place plus Honorable Mention Ribbons in each category.
Winners will be announced at C.A.R. 2008. Our hope is that other Regions in National Garden Clubs, Inc. will follow our lead and sponsor this same contest throughout their States. If that happens, our C.A.R. winners could then go on to compete for National recognition of their efforts to promote this very important reforestation/conservation program.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Send completed entries to: PENNY PINES POSTER CONTEST
Linda Masland, C.A.R. Penny Pines Chairman
2108 Carlo Court
Fallston, Maryland, 21047-1828
(410) 879-7763
lindamasland@verizon.net
PENNY PINE SAYS, “THANKS FOR HELPING ME
BECOME SOMEONE SPECIAL!”
NGC Youth Activities
Poetry Contest
2007 Theme - "Nature & Me"
2008 Theme - "Nature's Song"
The time has arrived to explore the different types of poetry that our youth can use to express their creative ideas. This year's title for the poetry contest is "Nature & Me". Use your imagination and join the winners to see your poetry in print!
Eligibility: Kindergarten through Ninth Grade.
Special Education: Kindergarten through Ninth Grade.
Contest Rules: 1 .All entries must be typed and titled.
2. Include name, address, age and school grade of participant on the back of the entry.
3. Sponsoring garden club must also be identified.
4. All entries become property of National Garden Club, Inc.
5. Poems do not have to rhyme.
6. Poems may be traditional verse, acrostics, bland verse, cinquains, diamond poems or Haiku.
Scale of points: Title: 10 points
Content: 40 points
Creativity: 30 points
Style: 20 points
100 total
Deadlines: Entries to YOUR State Youth Chairman - Observe Your State Deadline.
State Winning Entries to Regional Chairman - January 1, 2008 Regional Winners to National Chairman - February 1, 2008
National Award: First Place in each grade in each division will receive a Certificate of Commendation.
Contact Your State Youth Chairman for your state deadline.
Regional Youth Programs Chairman: Johnna-Claire Metz
NGC Youth Activities (Juniors, Intermediates, High School)Chairman: Johnna-Claire Metz,
Note: Only regional winners are considered in the judging for national winners. Contest winners will not be allowed to win in two consecutive years. The winning entries will be compiled into a booklet, which will be made available to the winners!
NGC HIGH SCHOOL
ESSAY CONTEST
The High School Essay Contest is open to all High School students. The rules are in the fall 2007 issue of The National Gardener, on NGC's website - www.gardenclub. org, and are available from the National and Regional Essay Contest Chairmen. Each year a $ 1,000 NGC Scholarship will be awarded to the National Winner.
2007-2008 - Sustain the Earth-Enlighten our Youth
(Emphasis on environmental concerns—rivers, oceans, atmosphere, rain forest...)
2008-2009 - Nurture the Earth-Foster our Environment
(Emphasis on taking care of our planet—preservation, caretaker, steward, custodian...)
ESSAY CONTEST RULES
Length of essay: Between 500-600 words. The entry will be penalized if the essay does not conform to the required length. All words are to be counted. Students should write the essay so it is suitable to be published in the NGC publication, The National Gardener.
Scale of Points
Content - 65
Knowledge of Subject - 25
Practicality of Proposal - 10
Originality- 15
Subject Matter Well Organized/Clarity of Presentation - 15
Composition - 25
Vocabulary - 15
Conformance to Length - 10
Manuscript -10
Wallet-Size Photograph, Name, Address, Phone Number, School Attending, Grade, List of Activities and Sponsoring Club - 5
Neatness - Legibility (A plastic folder keeps the manuscript neat.) - 5
Eligibility
Contests are open to High School students attending 9th through 12th grades. The contest must be sponsored by: single garden club, group of member clubs, councils or districts; or a State Garden Club. All entries become the property of National Garden Clubs, Inc.
A $1,000 National Garden Club Scholarship will be awarded to the National Winner. If the Winner is an underclassman, the $1,000 Scholarship will be held by NGC, Inc. without accrued interest, until such time that the student enters college. At that time, the money will be forwarded to the Financial Aid Officer of the college that the students will enter. The second place winner will receive $100.00.
Contest Deadlines
Club entries must be sent to State Chairman by your State deadline.
Regional Deadline is January 1, 2008 (9).
Regional Winners must be sent to National Chairman by February 1, 2008 (9).
Regional Youth Programs Chairman: Johnna-Claire Metz
2008 Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl
Garden Club Poster Contest
Local Garden Clubs, Teachers, Collaborators,
and U.S. Forest Service Employees!
Here is what YOU and YOUR students can do to help the environment:
We’re inviting 1st through 5th grade students to demonstrate through original drawings of Smokey Bear or Woodsy Owl their understanding of fire prevention and basic environmental conservation principles
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 wildfires,” 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, barbecues, trash fires, and matches.
Woodsy Owl 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.
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 sponsored by the National Garden Clubs, Inc.
See Rules Below.
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Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl
Poster Rules
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 Prevent Wildfires!). Woodsy Owl posters must be based upon and include, Woodsy’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 include: crayons, markers, poster paints, water colors, etc.
7. No three-dimensional 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, 2008. /contact Jo Sellers, Youth Activities Chairman for mailing address.
10. The State Garden Club Chair must submit the five winning posters from his or her State to their Regional Garden Club Chair by February 15, 2008.
Poster Tips
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.
Poster Rights
All entries will become property of the U.S. Forest Service. Posters will not be returned to contestants. The U.S. Forest Service and the National Garden Clubs, Inc., may use the poster artwork for national educational materials and outreach.
