Earth Day poster contest open to Pee Dee kids

Published: March 12, 2013

image by: Florence/Darlington Stormwater Consortium

FLORENCE — The Florence/Darlington Stormwater Consortium is holding an Earth Day Poster Contest for children through 12th grade. The contest is sponsored by the Florence Soil and Water Conservation District.

There are contests for kindergarten to fifth grades and grades 6-8 and 9-12. All entrants must be residents of Florence County.

The deadline for entries is 5 p.m. April 3. Send or deliver entries to Terasa Young, Clemson University, 2685 S. Irby St., Suite K, Florence, SC 29505.

The intent of the contest is to further the environmental awareness of students and have them demonstrate, through their artwork, the theme of this year’s contest: "Put Hazardous Waste In Its Place." The contest theme must appear somewhere on the poster. 

There are two hazardous household-waste collection events for residents of Florence County scheduled in April. The posters should encourage residents to properly dispose of hazardous household waste at the events.

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The posters should be 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall or 11 inches wide by 14 inches tall and use a durable paper, such as card stock or poster board. The following information must appear on the backof each entry: student’s name, parent or guardian’s name, grade level, address and phone number.

Winning designs will be selected by members of the Florence/Darlington consortium. Winners will be notified April 5. All posters will be displayed April 5-19 at the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation Library. Posters can be picked up April 22-26 at the Florence County Extension office. 

Earth Day 2013 is April 22.

The Florence/Darlington Stormwater Consortium is a regional collaboration involving the Carolina Clear program in partnership with communities and educators from universities, state agencies and nonprofits.

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Carolina Clear
Carolina Clear is a stormwater education and awareness program of the Clemson University Restoration Institute and the Center for Watershed Excellence. The program’s goal is to minimize polluted stormwater runoff by educating the general public, youth, builders, developers, homeowners and government officials about how they can keep water in the state’s streams, rivers and basins as clean as possible.