Kids' Art Contest Deadline Approaches
By Andree Swanson
Special to the American Forces Press Service
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 10, 2003 -- Elementary school artists
of military families have until Jan. 27 to enter the 2003
Armed Services YMCA Art Contest and earn a chance to win a
$500 Savings Bond.
The annual talent hunt is open to kindergartners through
sixth graders of active and reserve component military
families in all the services, including the Coast Guard.
Winners are picked from each service and awarded a $500
bond. Runners-up receive a $100 bond.
Department of Defense and Coast Guard civilians' children
may enter in an honorary category for a $100 bond.
Winners' artwork is judged primarily on the theme of "My
Military Family." They're featured on the Military Family
Month 2003 poster, traditionally distributed around
Thanksgiving.
Children should draw their military family in color on 8.5-
by-11-inch paper. Include the following on the back of each
entry: student's name, grade and age; address; phone number
or a parent's e-mail address; parents' names; service
affiliation; rank of military member; military
installation; and school's name if the child attends a
Defense Department school.
Mail entries to Armed Services YMCA, Attn: Art Contest,
6359 Walker Lane, Suite 200, Alexandria, Va. 22310. Entries
should be postmarked no later than Jan. 27.
For more information, visit the Armed Services YMCA Web
site at www.asymca.org, or call (703) 313-9600. E-mail
queries may be sent to militaryfamilyweek@asymca.org.
(Andree Swanson works for the Armed Services YMCA in
Springfield, Va.)
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