Contest Rules Summerized for ELWD
SMOKEY BEAR or WOODSY OWL POSTER CONTEST for children in first through fifth grade.
Poster should be 11 x 17 inches in size.
DEADLINE December 10, 2021 to ELWD youth chairman Lana Finegold, 1414 179th Ave. NE, Bellevue WA 98008-5100. An entire class may enter.
Poster must feature Smokey Bear or Woodsy Owl , but not both together.
Smokey Bear poster must include Smokey’s wildfire prevention message: Only YOU Can Prevent Wildfires!
Woodsy Owl poster must include Woodsy’s conservation message: Lend a Hand, Care for the Land!
Both Woodsy and Smokey are official icons and must be wearing the clothes or hats in the pictures on the Poster flyers displayed. A child may draw only the head of the icon.
Spelling correctly is important. All poster entries must be sponsored by a local Garden Club.
Materials that can be used include, crayons, markers, poster paints, water colors, etc.
The choice of paper color and texture is up to the child.
No three dimensional posters, computer scanned, or electronically generated images will be accepted.
Posters should encourage children to take a personal role in preventing wildfires or conserving natural resources.
On the back of the poster in the lower right corner, plese list the artist’s name, address, home phone number grade level, school, teacher’s name, city and state. Should school policy preclude giving student’s address and phone number, please include school address and phone number. Each poster must also show the name of the sponsoring local Garden Club as well as the an address , phone number and email for the local Garden Club. (Do not use dark marker for this information as it may show through.)
East Lake Washington District poster contest chairman is Lana Finegold. Mail or deliver posters to Lana at 1414 179th Ave. NE, Bellevue WA 98008-5100 by December 10, 2021. An entire class may enter.
