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FIFTH GRADERS FROM NEW YORK AND TEXAS WIN NATIONAL
SAFETY POSTER CONTEST
Students from Elementary Schools in Austin,
Texas, Utica and Rochester, New York Win National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children Contest
Tied to Hispanic Heritage Month
ALEXANDRIA, VA – November 21, 2011 –Fifth grade students from
Austin, TX and Utica and Rochester, NY have won first, second and third
place in the Hispanic Heritage Month Safety Poster Contest held by the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The poster contest
is held annually as part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, to help teach
elementary school-aged children in Hispanic communities about safety.
The 2011 poster contest winners include:
First Place: Fifth
grade student, Zavala Elementary, Austin, TX
Second Place: Fifth
grade student, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, Utica, NY
Third Place: Fifth
grade student, St. Lawrence School, Rochester, NY
The first place winner received a mini laptop, the second place winner
received a DVD player, and the third place winner received a gift card,
and all winners received a framed copy of their poster to be displayed in
their schools. The poster winning first place will be printed on a
safety tip bookmark that is distributed to other schools, community centers
and libraries.
“We are extremely proud of these extraordinary young people,” said
Ernie Allen, NCMEC’s President & CEO. “Through this
contest and their artistic talent and creativity, they have created fun,
effective tools for teaching other kids about safety and keeping thousands
of children safer.”
Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15. During
2011, more than 200 posters from elementary students in Florida, Georgia, New
York, and Texas were received. The poster theme for 2011 was “Reglas
de Seguridad Cuando Voy y Vengo de la Escuela / Safety Rules When Going
To and From School”. The finished posters submitted used
one or a combination of mediums including acrylics, watercolor, pencil,
charcoal, magic markers, spray paint, crayons and / or pastels. The
posters were judged based on originality of design, reflection of the contest
theme, and use of color and materials.
About the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization established in 1984. Designated by Congress
to serve as the nation’s clearinghouse, the organization has operated
the toll-free 24-hour national missing children’s hotline which has
handled more than 3,472,740 calls. It has assisted law enforcement
in the recovery of more than 169,840 children. The organization’s
CyberTipline has handled more than 1,256,960 reports of child sexual exploitation
and its Child Victim Identification Program has reviewed and analyzed more
than 58,852,630 child pornography images and videos. The organization works
in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice’s office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention. To learn more about NCMEC, call
its toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST or visit its web site at www.missingkids.com.
Editor’s Note: For
additional information about the students, please call NCMEC’s
media line: 703-837-6111.
Contest Winners Below:
First Place: Zavala Elementary School, Austin, TX
Second Place: Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School, Utica, NY
Third Place: St. Lawrence School, Rochester, NY
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