Local pupils’ Kingsburgh Lions peace posters depict kindness
A prizegiving held on Wednesday night, 17 October saw three local primary school pupils awarded prizes on their beautiful creations of which one will advance to the district judging.
‘KINDNESS Matters’ was the theme of this year’s Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest, which has been running annually for some 31 years.
A prizegiving held on Wednesday night, 17 October saw three local primary school pupils awarded prizes on their beautiful creations of which one will advance to the district judging.
Children internationally, between the ages of 11 and 13 years old, are urged to draw or paint pictures depicting the given theme for that particular year and submit their artwork by 15 October.
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“Each Lions Club is invited to sponsor a contest and select a winner who will go through to the next round, which is district (KZN) and then multiple district (national).
The multiple district prize winner goes through to the International judging, which takes place at the Annual International Convention in America the following year,” said Peace Poster Convenor and president of Kingsburgh Lions Club, Moira Rigby.
Moira explained there are monetary prizes for the winner and their school at each level of judging, with the international grand prize winner receiving a trip to an awards ceremony where they will receive US$5,000 (or the local equivalent) and an award.
Two family members (one being the winner’s parent or legal guardian) and the sponsoring Lions Club representative will accompany the winner to the award ceremony. Twenty-three merit award winners each receive US$500 (or the local equivalent) and a certificate of achievement.
The Lions Club of Kingsburgh encourages local schools to enter the contest each year. This year learners from Athlone Park Primary, Warner Beach Preparatory, Kuswag Skool and Umbogintwini Primary entered. Twenty-six learners and their parents, as well as representatives from each school were invited to a cocktail party held at St Mary’s Anglican Church hall in Warner Beach on Wednesday, 18 October.
Three judges from the Upper South Coast Art Association – Hazel Nunes, Patricia McCann and Zelda Coetzer – had the unenviable task of selecting the winners of the local round. Artwork was assessed according to the criteria of expression of the theme, artistic merit and originality.
Highly commended place went to Warner Beach Prep’s Sherherezade Sayed, who won R200 for herself and the equivalent for her school. Second place went to Warner Beach Prep’s Keira Shepherd who won R400 for herself and the same for her school, while first place was Athlone Park Primary’s Kenzie Lyle who won a generous R600 for herself and APPS was awarded the same amount.
“Congratulations to the budding artists and to all 26 learners who were selected from over 100 entries received from the four schools,” said Moira.
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