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EPA wants students to participate in Earth Day poster contest

Release Date: 03/02/2011
Contact Information: Roy Seneca [email protected] (215)814-5567

(PHILADELPHIA – March 1, 2011) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is co-sponsoring an Earth Day Poster Contest for students in kindergarten through grade 12 in EPA’s mid-Atlantic region, which includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Students are invited to submit hand-created drawings on plain letter-sized paper using markers, colored pencils, crayons, pens and/or paint. Computer-generated images will not be accepted. Students can choose one of the four themes:

    1) Protect Habitats, Endangered Species
    2) Help Protect the Earth from Climate Change
    3) The Meaning of Earth Day
    4) Bays, Estuaries, Oceans and Coasts

Earth Day Poster Contest (3PA00)
U.S. EPA Region 3
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

The back of the poster should include the competition theme, name, age, school name, grade, parent/guardian’s name, address, telephone number and email.

The contest is co-sponsored by EPA, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Philadelphia Zoo and the National Aquarium at Baltimore. For more information, visit: https://www.epa.gov/region03/earthday/2011_poster_contest.PDF or call (215) 814-5100 or email [email protected].