KAB accepting entries for statewide student contest

LITTLE ROCK — The Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission is still accepting entries in its statewide student poster contest. Students in kindergarten through fifth grades can put their creativity on paper and enter this year’s Keep Arkansas Beautiful Great American Cleanup® Youth Poster Contest. Entry deadline is March 1.

“The entries we’ve already received have been fantastic,” said Liz Philpott, volunteer program manager at KAB and statewide coordinator of the Great American Cleanup in Arkansas. “Each year the posters get better and better, and I can’t wait to see the others yet to come. Our youth are especially important in making

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The contest is open to all elementary-aged students in Arkansas. Scouts, 4-H club members and home-schooled students are also encouraged to enter. One poster per class or group should be submitted for statewide judging.

Entries will be accepted in two divisions: grades K-2 and grades 3-5. Posters must be no larger than 8 1/2-by-11 inches and can be submitted on any sort of paper medium, including copier paper, construction paper and poster board.

Prizes will be awarded to the top three posters in each division. KAB and Great American Cleanup in Arkansas representatives will recognize winners in their local communities during March and April. Winning posters and honorable mentions will be displayed April 16-27 at the Thea Foundation Art Gallery on Main Street in downtown North Little Rock, and on KAB’s Facebook page.

Entries are due March 1 by mail or delivery to Keep Arkansas Beautiful, 1 Capitol Mall, Ste. 4A-007, Little Rock, AR 72201. Additional information about the contest is available online at http://www. KeepArkansasBeautiful.com, or by emailing info@keeparkansasbeautiful.com or by calling 888-742-8701 toll free.