Students from North Dakota, Oklahoma Win Paralyzed Veterans of America Veterans Day Poster & Essay Contest
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) proudly announces the winners of its seventh annual Veterans Day Poster and Essay Contest: Luke Anderson of Minot, North Dakota, who won the grand prize for his poster submission, and Kaylea Bixler of Stillwater, Oklahoma, who won the grand prize for her essay entry. Students were asked to submit posters and essays that expressed the theme "Veterans Day: A Time to Honor a Veteran in Your Family or Community."
"Congratulations Luke and Kaylea for your marvelous poster and essay," said Bill Lawson, national president of Paralyzed Veterans of America. "Your winning entries are deeply touching to those of us who served and our families."
Anderson, a student at Our Redeemer's Christian School, and Bixler, who is homeschooled, will travel to Washington, DC, with family members to attend the Veterans Day observances at Arlington National Cemetery and Paralyzed Veterans' Veterans Day reception, where they will receive their awards.
Paralyzed Veterans launched the contest as a way to creatively and actively involve the nation's youth in the celebration of Veterans Day and to promote greater awareness of America's 26 million veterans and the sacrifices they have made to ensure the freedoms we enjoy daily.
The winners from each grade category are:
(Poster) 1st & 2nd grade: Scott Robichaux, Holy Rosary Catholic School (LaRose, LA);
(Poster) 3rd & 4th grade: Brandon O'Toole, Immaculate Conception School (Pittsburgh, PA);
(Essay) 5th & 6th grade: Malachi Weaver, Mitchell Intermediate School (The Woodlands, TX);
(Essay) 7th & 8th grade: Jenny Falkner, St. Mary's Catholic School (Boise, ID).
Each of these category winners will receive a special plaque, a $100 educational gift certificate and a plaque for their school acknowledging their achievement.
To view all winning entries, visit www.pva.org/posteressay.
Note to Editors
Paralyzed Veterans of America was founded by a band of spinal cord injured service members who returned home from World War II to a grateful nation, but also to a world with few solutions to the challenges they faced. They made a decision not just to live, but to live with dignity as contributors to society. They created Paralyzed Veterans, dedicated to veterans service, medical research and civil rights for people with disabilities. And for more than 64 years, Paralyzed Veterans and our 34 chapters have been working to create an America where all veterans and people with disabilities, and their families, have everything they need to thrive. We represent thousands of veterans in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. (www.pva.org)
SOURCE Paralyzed Veterans of America
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