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| Dr. Ron Baigrie, Chair of the Art for Heart Billboard/Poster Challenge and Mayor David Courtemanche, Honorary Chair, present prizes to Sudbury Catholic District School Board students: Megan Majiski, and Jessica Lambe, (first place); Carolyne Graham, (second place); and Jennifer Trovisiol, (third place). More than 300 students participated in this year's Art for Heart Billboard/Poster challenge. |
March 8, 2006 -
Greater Sudbury Mayor David Courtemanche and local cardiologist Dr. Ron Baigrie announced the winners of the seventh annual Art for Heart Billboard/Poster Challenge this past Monday during a special ceremony held at Tom Davies Square. Approximately 300 grade six students from the Rainbow District School Board and the Sudbury Catholic District School Board participated in the event which promotes healthy living and the prevention of heart disease.
Megan Majiski and Jessica Lambe, Grade 6 students at St. Theresa Catholic School created the winning poster. Both students were presented with a bicycle as a prize plus their poster will be made into a billboard which will be prominently displayed in the City of Greater Sudbury.
Second prize winner Carolyne Graham of Corpus Christi School received a bag of sports balls courtesy of Coca-Cola Bottling for her efforts. Third prize winner Jennifer Trevisiol, also of Corpus Christi was presented with an MP3 Player.
In addition to prizes for the winning students, Mayor Courtemanche and Dr. Baigrie awarded one free field trip to KidsFit for each of the classes of the first and second prize winners, St. Theresa Catholic School and Corpus Christi Catholic School, respectively as well as a Sudbury Wolves hockey stick and four tickets to a local Wolves game to the school with the most entries-Corpus Christi.
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