The United Way of Greater Williamsburg held it's first annual poster contest focusing on the 2003 Campaign Theme "what matters . . Community Heroes"

This was a project in coordination with our 2003 “Day of Caring, Healing and Remembrance” which was held on September 11, 2003.

Posters were created by children 1st - 8th grade.
All entered posters were used on Day of Caring to decorate the entrance way of the thank you celebration/campaign kick off event in the evening.  The six winning posters were framed and presented to the main sponsors for the evening program. 15 of the posters were framed and presented to the Pacesetter companies and the remaining posters will be used during campaign for awards to businesses to thank them for their support and to help promote the 2003 United Way Campaign. You may even see one or two of them pop up on the cover of the annual report, next years brochure, web page backgrounds, and more!

Prize awards for the top three winners:

$100 savings bond (from Chesapeake Bank)
$50 gift certificate (from BB&T)
$50 gift certificate (from BB&T)

And the Winners Are:

Fist Place:

Mimi Laycock, Grade 5, Walsingham Academy
Framed poster presented to Outback Steakhouse

Second Place:

Katie Efimetz, Grade 5, Walsingham Academy
Framed poster presented to Ben & Jerrys

Third Place:

Kate Farmer, Grade 5, Walsingham Academy
Framed poster presented to Metro Productions

Fourth Place:

Katie Abelt, Grade 6, Walsingham Academy
Framed poster presented to Kingsmill Audio Visual

Fifth Place:

Josh Carino Rosario, Grade 4, D.J. Montague
Framed poster presented to Anheuser Busch

Sixth Place:

Holly Aadahl, Grade 5, D.J. Montague
Framed poster to be displayed in the United Way of Greater Williamsburg Office