Calling All 3rd Graders

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PHOENIX (Sept. 2, 2009) – The fifth annual Cool Bus STUFF contest kicks off with an invite to all Valley 3rd graders that love to draw. With the theme, Valley Metro: Go Smart. Go Transit. Valley youth are encouraged to demonstrate their artistic ability by showing how transit can be fun, safe and help the Earth!

Who:          Valley 3rd graders

What:          5th Annual Cool Bus STUFF Contest

Where:        Entry forms can be downloaded by clicking here

When:        Entries accepted until Friday, October 9, 2009

How:          Using the theme of Valley Metro: Go Smart. Go Transit., draw a picture that focuses on one of the following areas:

1. Go Transit to fun places. Show how you and your family can travel by city bus and/or light rail to the coolest places in the city.
2. Go Transit the safe way: Show how you and your family travel safely on the city bus and/or light rail.
3. Go Transit and help planet Earth: Show how you and your family help conserve energy and help keep our air cleaner by traveling on the city bus and/or light rail.

Why:          To be one of 13 winners featured in the Valley Metro Transit Education 2010 calendar and win fun prizes including a certificate and a framed copy of each winner’s artwork.

Rules of the contest:
• Artwork can be drawn in crayons, colored pencils, markers, or computer drawings and must be drawn on an 8 ½ x 11 white piece paper.
• All 3rd graders in Maricopa County during the 2009/2010 school year are eligible to submit art
• Artwork must be designed and created by an individual student
• Contest is limited to one entry per person
• Deadline for entry is Friday, October 9, 2009 at 5 p.m.
• Artwork can be mailed or delivered to:
                        Valley Metro
                        Attn: Transit Education Department
                        302 N. 1st Avenue, Ste. 700
                        Phoenix, AZ 85003

Judging is based on successfully illustrating one of the three themes, as well as creativity and neatness. For more information about the contest, contact Dolores Nolan at (602) 262-4001.

Valley Metro/RPTA provides eco-friendly public transit options to residents of greater Phoenix and Maricopa County, including a clean-fuel bus fleet, low-emissions light rail,  a bio-diesel Dial-a-Ride fleet, online carpool matching and bus trip mapping, and bicycle and telework assistance. Funding is provided by local, state and federal revenues; and administered by a board of 15 governments working to improve and regionalize the public transit system.
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