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Youth Contests
- 2011-2012 Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl
- Poster Contest
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.
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.
More Tips for a Successful Poster:
- 1. Children will select either one of the icons (Smokey Bear or Woodsey Owl) to enter.
- 2. Since Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl are official icons, protected by
- Congressional law, the colors of their clothing need to be accurate.
- Check the colors on the website National Symbols Cache.
- 3. You must follow the rules that include how you identify the poster.
- 4. Please check the spelling. Posters with misspelling errors will be
- disqualified.
Deadline to GCFP Chairman: January 20, 2012
GCFP SMOKEY BEAR/WOODSY OWL CHAIRMAN
- Iris Cisarik
- 1138 Wightman Street
- Pittsburgh, PA 15217-1050
- 412-621-0954
NGC Youth Activities-Poetry Contest
Eligibility:
Kindergarten through Ninth Grade
Special Education: Kindergarten through Ninth Grade
Subject Title: Check in June 2011
Contest Rules:
- All entries must be typed and titled
- Include name, address, age, and school grade of the participant on the back of the entry
- Sponsoring garden club must also be identified
- All entries become the property of National Garden Clubs, Inc.
- Poems don't have to rhyme
- 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 the GCFP State Youth Chairmen--December 1, 2011
State winning entries to CAR Youth Chairmen--January 1, 2012
Regional winners to NGC Youth Chairman--February 1, 2012
GCFP Clubs Entries, send to:
Grades: Kindergarten through 6th Grade (both divisions):
- Sheila Croushore
- 652 Indiantown Road
- Somerset, PA 15501-5402
- 814.444.0967
Grades: 7th through 9th Grades (both divisions):
- Cheryl Avery
- 1580 Melville Drive
- Pottstown, PA 19465-7868
- 610.705.3335
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.
National Award:
First Place in each grade in each division will receive a Certificate of Commendation.
NGC Youth Activities
High School Essay Contest
2011-2012 Theme--Check Back June 2011
Eligibility:
Open to all High School students, 9th through 12th grade.
Must be sponsored by: single garden club, group of member clubs, councils or districts; or a State Garden Club.
Subject Title:
Contest Rules:
Length of Essay--between 500-600 words. 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. The entry will be penalized if the essay doesn't conform to the required length.
All entries become the property of National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Scale of Points:
- ◦ Content-65
- ◦ Knowledge of Subject--25
- ◦ Practicality of Proposal--10
- ◦ Originality--15
- ◦ Subject Matter Well Organized--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
National Award:
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 the student will enter. The second place winner will receive $100.00.
Deadlines:
Entries to the GCFP State Youth Chairmen--December 1, 2011
State winning entries to CAR Youth Chairmen--January 1, 2012
Regional winners to NGC Youth Chairman--February 1, 2012
GCFP Entries, send to:
- Cheryl Avery
- 1580 Melville Drive
- Pottstown, PA 19465-7868
- 610.705.3335
Note: Only regional winners are considered in the judging for national winners.
Youth Sculpture Contest
Purpose: To encourage youth to keep our planet green and to get involved with saving our planet
Contest Rules:
1. Children in 4th grade through 8th grade will be eligible to enter the contest
2. Width of the sculpture can be no more than 8 1/2" x 11"
3. Height should be proportional to width
4. Entries should include as many photographs as can be printed on the back of the entry form but 2-4x6 photographs are recommended
5. Entries should be submitted to the State Chairman, by January 1, 2012
State winners to the Central Atlantic Region Chairman by March 1, 2012
Region winners to the National Chairman, Suzanne Potts by May 1, 2012
Sculpture Contest Entry Form
Complete Sculpture Contest Rules