 The more people we can inspire to get involved, the less overwhelming the issue of animal abuse will seem. We have the knowledge and the know-how and the resources to make the change. What we need to do is inspire others to become interested in the cause. Our team did that by running worldwide contests on two separate occasions. |
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| First Contest:: Arts and Crafts Contest |
The purpose of our first contest was to stimulate the children's interest in the topic. We specifically asked children to submit anything they wanted to that addressed animal cruelty. The submission included poems, crafts, stories, articles, paintings, drawings, videos, cartoons, caricatures, and photographs from children around the world. The contests were announced in schools and in newspapers so as to reach a larger audience. Some newspapers actually did a story on the contest, in addition to listing the contest on their local town/city calendars. When local companies learned about our contest, they actually contacted us saying that they would like to donate prizes for the winners! Jazmyn's Closet, a company based in New Hampshire, contacted us saying that they would like to donate T-shirts as prizes to the winners; these T-shirts said, "Animals Make Your Heart Smile."
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First & second place winners from the first contest:
Paige and Hannah wearing the T-shirt donated
as prizes by Jazmyn's Closet |
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| Click on each link below to check out the submission of the top 10 contest winners! |
- Fight Animal Cruelty by Paige, Age 12, Derry, NH
- They Don't Care by Hannah, Age 12, Derry, NH
- The Perfect Pet by Melissa, Age 13, Hudson, NH
- Penguin by Kortney, Age 14, Manchester, NH
- Duck Cookie by Nina, Dunstable, MA
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- Firefly by Connor, Age 9, Chester, NH
- Trapped by Mitchell, Age 16, Wyndham, NH
- The Red Ring Hurts Me by Amanda, Age 11, Derry, NH
- Mad Cow by Courtney, Age 11, Ayer, MA
- Rock Fish by Nicky, Age 10, Hooksett, NH
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| Second Contest:: International T-shirt Design Contest |
 The second contest was a design contest and the purpose of the contest was to invite children to submit artwork on specific areas of animal cruelty. Each winning designer received a T-shirt as prize with their design on it! T-shirts were printed with support from Lil' MDGs.
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| Ayden, Age 13, Australia |
Ho, Age 11, USA |
Camilla, Age 10, Italy |
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| Kagiso, Age 14, Botswana |
Niti, Age 8, India |
Fikirini, Age 15, Kenya |
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| Kizza, Age 13, Uganda |
Nina, Age 3, USA |
Abida, Age 11, Bosnia |
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| Isra, Age 12, Thailand |
Alicia, Age 13, Mexico |
Ashane, Age 14, Srilanka |
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