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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Celebrate Your Community! Contest for Wicomico County Middle School Students; Entries Due By March 11

In 2010, the city of Salisbury was named an All-America City for being one of the best cities in the nation for its inclusiveness, collaboration, civic engagement, and innovation!

Also in 2010, Salisbury and Wicomico County were named one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People in the country, for the fourth time!

That makes this the perfect time to Celebrate Your Community! Middle School students in Wicomico County Public Schools are invited to enter the Celebrate Your Community! Contest. Say or show why this is a great place to live, for a chance to win great prizes!

Wicomico County Public Schools students in grades 6-8 may submit Celebrate Your Community! entries celebrating Salisbury and/or Wicomico County in one of three categories:

• Words (poem, prose, essay)
• Visual Arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, photographs)
• Digital (slide show, graphic arts, video, PowerPoint)

Date: Entries will be accepted until March 11. Finalists will be announced by March 25 and will be displayed downtown from April 1-17. Winners in each of the three categories will be announced on Friday, April 15, during the All-America City/100 Best Communities for Young People Celebration in Downtown Salisbury.

Winners: Prizes will be given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each category. First-place winners will receive a $50 Visa gift card provided by PNC Bank and $10 Local Owners Restaurant Association (LORA) gift card. Second-place winners will receive a $25 savings bond valued at $50 on maturity, from First Shore Federal Savings and Loan and Hebron Savings Bank, and a $10 LORA gift card. Third-place winners will receive three $10 LORA gift cards.

Entries, accompanied by the permission slip, may be sent to:

• By e-mail: celebrateyourcommunity@gmail.com
• By pony from schools: To the Communications Office, Annex 3, Central Office
• By mail or by delivery: To the Mayor’s Office, Celebrate Your Community! Contest, 125 N. Division St., Salisbury, Md. 21801

For information, please contact Tracy Sahler at 410-677-4465 or tsahler@wcboe.org.   
February 16, 2011

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