Patrycja’s logo design wins at Creative Tech Fest

PRESENTATION Secondary School student, Patrycja Rzucidl won first prize at the Creative Tech Festival in the category: Design Awards 2 in the 15 plus age category at Google headquarters in Dublin recently.

Representing KDYS, Patrycja’s (left) winning entry was originally designed for the Castleisland Interagency-Youth Forum Logo competition – which it also won.

Creative Tech Fest celebrates the work of young people and educators who have participated in Techspace.

Youth Justice Worker with KDYS, Helena Falvey entered Patrycja’s design as she had created the new logo for the Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum on which Helena is the KDYS representative.

The youth forum had a competition during the summer for which they invited young people in the area to design a logo for the organisation.

Patrycia’s design was picked as the winner and she received a €50 cheque as her prize. The logo is now in use by the forum.

A party was held last week in the KDYS Youth Centre to mark Patrycia’s achievement in winning the award.

It was a celebration with Patrycja’s family, friends and some of her teachers from Presentation Secondary School in attendance.

Patrycja was presented with a framed Logo by forum chairperson, Dolores McElligott and with a hamper of goodies from member Helena Falvey in recognition of her amazing achievement.

The Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum was established in

2010, in response to an identified need around alcohol misuse among young people in the town and surrounding areas.

The forum includes representatives from: HSE; An Garda Síochána; KDYS; North, East & West Kerry Development; Castleisland Family Resource Centre; Kerry Travellers Health & Community Development Project and Talbot Grove.

The aim of the forum is to provide an opportunity for agencies in the Castleisland area to network.