The Hawaii County Department of Water Supply is now accepting entries for its sixth annual Keiki Water Conservation Poster Contest open to Hawaii Island students attending kindergarten through the sixth-grade.
Friday, March 15, is the deadline to submit an original artwork illustrating this year’s theme of “Water is Life” on a flat, 11-inch by 17-inch paper. Any medium may be used, except for three-dimensional renderings, chalk, charcoal and oil-based crayon.
No computer graphics or photographs will be accepted.
Please make sure each poster lists the artist’s name, school and teacher in legible print.
Prizes will be awarded to the first- and second-place entrants from each grade level K-6, as chosen by a panel of judges, for a maximum total of 14 winners islandwide. The DWS will announce winning entries on its website, www.hawaiidws.org, and at a future meeting of the Water Board.
Each poster submission should be accompanied by a completed entry form available at www.hawaiidws.org, via email by contacting dws@hawaiidws.org, or by calling DWS on regular working days at (808) 961-8050.
There is no charge to enter. Contest entries should be mailed to DWS in Hilo or dropped off in designated bins at DWS offices in Hilo, Kona or Waimea by Friday, March 15. Address locations and additional contest rules are listed on the entry form and at www.hawaiidws.org.
The free contest promotes the importance of reducing water waste and protecting drinking water. It challenges keiki to utilize artistic ways to depict conserving our most precious resource — safe drinking water. Conservation ideas, including the video “Save Water to Help the Earth,” are posted under the “Conservation” link at www.hawaiidws.org.