Healthy People, Healthy Pets Poster Contest

Healthy Pets, Healthy People Poster Contest
in conjunction with the
Center for Disease Control & Prevention

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
FOR 4th-12th graders

ENTRIES DUE
POSTMARKED April 30th

Learn more about healthy pets and healthy people, earn prize money and
be recognized at other local venues.

4-H'ers will develop posters that creatively depict all of the following five points:

Animals carry germs that can make people sick.
Always wash your hands after leaving an animal area or touching animals.
Never eat, drink or put anything in your mouth while in an animal area.
Contact with animals or their environment can result in injuries and allergies
Older adults, pregnant women, and young children should be extra careful around animals.

The CDC & NASPHV guidelines provide lots of information for 4-H'ers to use in learning more about these points. Try this website for research information and details for creating posters.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Cloverleaf (4th-6th grade) & Junior (7th-8th grade) entries must be on 22 x 28 white poster board.

Senior (9th-12th grade) entries must be emailed no later than 5 pm (4/30/07) to hkalino@uga.edu. A printed hardcopy must also be mailed and postmarked no later than April 30th.

Previous award winners are eligible to compete again but not in the same division (cloverleaf, junior, senior). For example, a cloverleaf winner can not enter until he/she is eligible for the junior or senior division.

Individual entries only may be submitted complete details are located here. Be sure to read all of the guidelines.

Each poster must include an entry form (click here)