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Design a Sign Contest Winners
Mayor Jackson recognized the winners of the recycling Design-a-Sign contest at City Hall this week. The contest was conducted by the City’s Public Works Recycling Division during the month of September to assist in promoting the Casa Grande Recycles program. The contest was open to 4th and 5th graders in the Casa Grande school district. Primary goals of the contest were to create signs to display on the City’s sanitation trucks to promote recycling and to provide students with additional opportunities to learn about recycling and be involved with the City’s recycling program. Participants were asked to create artwork along with text to communicate either the:
Environmental benefits of recycling (such as saving energy, saving land space, reducing air and water pollution, or preserving wildlife habitat)
OR
To inform on the types of materials that can be recycled (as paper products, cardboard, plastics, aluminum and tin cans)
The winning artwork was selected based on the following criteria:
Conformance with the identified themes
Creativity, originality, artistic quality
Visual clarity and readability of artwork and message
A total of 138 students participated, although all students participating in the contest were considered winners, 6 contestants were selected for special recognition and the reproduction of their artwork, by Mayor Bob Jackson.
The winners received a Casa Grande Recycles “T” shirt with their submitted artwork featured and a certificates that read, ”For contributing awarding winning artwork to the City’s recycling program and demonstrating the commitment to promote recycling and protect the environment.”
Alexus Dominguez
Arcelia Gonzzales
Evelyn Gonzales
Jasmine Leyva
Lindsey DeJolie
Mariah Cortez
"Staff was very encouraged by the response received on the contest. This was a great opportunity to both motivate students to recycle and get the message out to others. We hope the contest was as enjoyable for the students as it was for the judges reviewing the drawings submitted,” commented Norm Gumenik, Sanitation Superintendent.
