SAHMA 2010 Drug-Free Kid Poster Art Contest

ALACHUA – The Alachua/Sherwood Oaks Neighborhood Networks Center has five residents entered in the SAHMA 2010 Drug-Free Kid Poster contest.

The Center held its “Good Luck Contestants” party on Tuesday, January 26. The Center presents the participants with certificates, a first- or second-place ribbon and a prize.

The Center awarded fifth-grader Gabriela Gonzalez with first place in the fourth-through-sixth-grade category, so she received a $25 Walmart gift certificate.

Ninth-grader Samuel Lindee was awarded first place in the seventh-through-ninth grade category, and seventh-grader Julietter Smith took home second place. They won $25 and $15 Walmart gift cards, respectively.

There were also two participants in the tenth-through-twelfth-grade level. The Center awarded eleventh-grader Ieshiah Robinson first place with a $25 Wal-mart gift certificate, and tenth-grader Quantavious Mcfadden won second place and a $15 Wal-mart gift certificate.

The Center awards are separate from the SAHMA awards. All the posters are sent to compete against other contestants in their age group in Florida. If the contestants win the state competition, they are sent to NAHMA, where they compete against the other 50 state winners of their age groups. One poster from each age group is chosen as the national winner.

Volunteer artist Sonya Lindee helped the children get their ideas from a standard sheet of paper to the large poster board size.  She also helped them with the painting by mixing colors and showing them how to use the paint brushes.  Center officials said Lindee was great with the children and the Center was very glad she was able to volunteer her time and knowledge to make the event a success.

The prizes for SAHMA and NAHMA are listed on the enclosed document.