Each
year, the Musquodoboit Valley Lions Club sponsors the
International Peace
Poster program in our community for children in local schools
and organized, sponsored youth groups. Students (ages 11 to 13
on November 15) are eligible to participate. Through the
contest, students are encouraged to express their feelings about
world peace and visually depict their
interpretation of the contest's theme. Peace, tolerance, and
understanding are some of the most important concepts we can
teach our children. More than 350,000
children from more than 70 countries each year share their
talents and their hopes for peace by participating.
Each
poster is judged on originality, artistic merit, and expression
of the theme.
Posters advance through several judging levels: local, district
(Provincial), multiple district (four Atlantic Provinces), and
international. At the international level, judges from the art,
peace, youth, education, and media communities select one grand
prize winner and 23 merit award winners.
One
international grand prize winner will receive a trip to a
special award ceremony with the sponsoring club President and
two family members at Lions Day with the United Nations in New
York City, New York (subject to change). There, the winning
artist will be presented with an engraved plaque and a cash
prize of US $2,500.
Each
of the 23 merit award winners will receive a cash award of US
$500 and a certificate of achievement.
