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Chicago Children's Museum: June 14, 15, and 16, 2012

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Join the 2012 Postcard Design Contest

Passport To The Philippines
 

 

 

13February 2012 Chicago, Illinois. 

The Passport to the Philippines Committee at the Chicago Children’s Museum is sponsoring a postcard design contest for local students. Currently enrolled students, from grades 4 – 12, are eligible to submit an entry form and an original postcard artwork.  The aim is to encourage students to express their artistic interpretation of their favorite icons of the Philippines to celebrate Philippine Independence Day and Jose Rizal’s 150 year anniversary. The deadline for submission is March 31, 2012..

    

      Send electronic copy of form and entry in jpg or gif format, with pixel size of at least 400 x 400, to be attached to an email to passport2phils@yahoo.com  by March 31.

      Or Postal mail entries, postmarked by March 31, to
Passport to
Philippines c/o Ruben Salazar,
1705 Clemens Road, Darien, IL 60561.


The contest requires an original artwork to be used on the front of the postcard with minimum dimensions of 3 ½” x 5”, maximum of 4 ¼” x 6”.  The winning postcard design will be used in postcard mailing to invite families in the celebration of the Passport to the World - Philippines at the Chicago Children’s Museum on June 9, 11 and 12, 2011.

 

Three winners will be chosen by a panel of postcard design committee.  The first prize winner will receive a bike donated by Chicago Children's Hospital. All 3 winners will receive gift certificates and a family museum pass (up to eight guests) free admission to the Chicago Children’s Museum.  

 

Please visit the website for contest details and the Philippine Week celebration event programs .http://passporttophilippines.org  or email  passport2phils@yahoo.com  to get more information.

 

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PASSPORT TO THE PHILIPPINE POSTCARD DESIGN WINNER FROM

BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS.

 

15April 2011 Chicago, Illinois.  The Passport to the Philippines Committee at the Chicago Children’s Museum proudly announces the winner of the 2011 postcard design contest in celebration of the Philippine Independence Week in Chicago on June 9. 11 and 12th at Navy Pier.  Jeraldine “Jeri” Millan, 14 years old from Bolingbrook, Illinois took the first prize. Jeri is currently an eight grader at Gregory Middle School in Naperville.  She has been involved in arts, music and dance since her early childhood days. Her activities include singing, reading, hip-hop and cultural dancing, and playing the cello in addition to eating, sleeping, facebooking, and online gaming.


Jeri’s winning entry “Passport to the Philippines” is used in postcard mailing to invite families in celebration of the Philippine Week at the Chicago Children’s Museum.  A facsimile of the postcard can be viewed here:  http://passporttophilippines.org/PressRelease.aspx.

 

 

Jeri Millan received a TARGET gif ceertificate from Childrens Memorial Hospital and the  big Aflac duck courtesy of Carmelo Certeza, (312-661-1222) an Associate at Aflac insurance company.

 

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Join the 2011 Postcard Design Contest
Passport To The Philippines

The Passport to the Philippines Committee at the Chicago Children’s Museum is sponsoring a postcard design contest for local students. Currently enrolled students, from grades 4 – 12, are eligible to submit an entry form and an original postcard artwork.  The aim is to encourage students to express their artistic interpretation of their favorite icons of the Philippines to celebrate Philippine Independence Day and Jose Rizal’s 150 year anniversary. The deadline for submission is March 31, 2011..

    

      Send electronic copy of form and entry in jpg or gif format, with pixel size of at least 400 x 400, to be attached to an email to passport2phils@yahoo.com  by March 31.

      Or Postal mail entries, postmarked by March 31, to
Passport to
Philippines c/o Ruben Salazar,
1705 Clemens Road, Darien, IL 60561.


The contest requires an original artwork to be used on the front of the postcard with minimum dimensions of 3 ½” x 5”, maximum of 4 ¼” x 6”.  The winning postcard design will be used in postcard mailing to invite families in the celebration of the Passport to the World - Philippines at the Chicago Children’s Museum on June 9, 11 and 12, 2011.

 

Three winners will be chosen by a panel of postcard design committee.  The first prize winner will receive a bike donated by Chicago Children's Hospital. All 3 winners will receive gift certificates and a family museum pass (up to eight guests) free admission to the Chicago Children’s Museum.  

 

Please visit the website for contest details and the Philippine Week celebration event programs .http://passporttophilippines.org  or email  passport2phils@yahoo.com  to get more information.

 

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Mailing Address 1705 Clemens Rd. Darien, IL 60561


  


2010 Postcard Contest Winner -

Alpha Brenda Sadcopen of Bolingbrook, IL


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mailing Address 1705 Clemens Rd. Darien, IL 60561


  


2010 Postcard Contest Winner -

Alpha Brenda Sadcopen of Bolingbrook, IL


 
 

Be sure to submit your entries on or before March 31, 2011