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  NEW GUIDELINES ANNOUNCED

FOR 2006-2007

The Bruce Gagnelius Drug Awareness Awards

                                           {Former Drugs Awareness Poster Contest}

The 5M7 Youth Outreach chairs are proud to announce that there will be a district wide poster contest at the Mid Winter Convention In January.

                This will be our 22^th Annual Drug Awareness Poster Contest, and each age group winner will receive a $50.00 US Savings Bond at district level.

 Objectives of the contest are;

                 To actively involve young people in drug awareness at the local club level throughout the district and to encourage cooperation of school officials in the Lions Youth Outreach Program, or any other accredited program.

                The poster contest is open to all a Lions and Lioness Clubs in the district. The contest has been a great success the past 21 years with Lions and Lioness Clubs promoting the contest within schools of their area.

           Winners of the poster contest are chosen at the 5M7 Mid Winter Lion's Convention. This procedure will again be the following at the 2006-2007 convention to be held on January at the Marriot Hotel in Bloomington.

 CLUB CONTACT SUGGESTIONS INCLUDE;

                1. Contact local school officials to coordinate a poster contact with their school drug education program.

                2. Contact Local business to display all contact entries.

                 3. Select judges [law enforcement officers, counselors, etc] to be judged on how effective the presentation of the anti-drug message is, as well as on artistic skill.

                4. Award appropriate prizes to winners in each age category [trips to youth activities, money, saving certificates, school activities, etc.]

                5. Publish winners in each category in local newspapers; announce winners on radio, etc.

DISTRICT GUIDELINES ARE;

1          1. AGE GROUPINGS ARE [K] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6-7-8] [9-10-11-12] THIS IS NEW1

2     2. ANY WHERE ON BACK….. STUDENTS NAME –SCHOOL-GRADE-TEACHER-

     PHONE NUMBER OF STUDENT AND SPONSORING CLUB

                3. Name of club and sponsor's hotel room number must be displayed on the back of the poster.

                4.. Clubs are to take down their poster entries on Sunday morning after brunch.

                5. POSTER PAPER SHALL BE ONLY 12X18” THIS IS NEW

                 6. Winners will be honored at the Sunday Brunch

                 7. Posters will be judged the FRIDAY EVENING of Mid Winter

8. CLUBS ARE TO BRING ONLY 1^ST PLACE WINNERS FROM EACH SCHOOL IN EACH

        GROUPING NOT EVERY POSTER.

Submit local winner in each age category to district, Youth Outreach table at the main entrance on Friday, January by 6:00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE; if your club can not have them there by 6:00 p.m.. Please see that youth outreach chairs have them before convention.

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                                                                    YOUTH OUTREACH CHAIRS