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{mprestriction ids="1"}ANNOUNCING 18TH ANNUAL HANUKKAH ART CONTEST — The 18th annual Hanukkah Art Contest is ready to kick off. Deadline for entries is 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8. The first candle will be lit on Tuesday, Dec. 16, and we will publish a photo of the winning piece of art in the Dec. 18. edition of The Chronicle.
The contest is sponsored by Chabad House Center and The Jewish Chronicle. This year’s grand prize, provided by Chabad House, is an iPad mini.
The contest is open to all students in grades K-8. For the second year, entrants will all be judged together in one level. One grand prize will be awarded. Two first prizes — gift cards to Target or Michael’s — will be awarded. This year the name of every child who enters the contest will be recognized in The Chronicle’s Hanukkah edition.
Since its inception, the contest has attracted children from all corners of the Jewish community. Students must live in the greater Kansas City or surrounding areas (Lawrence, Topeka and St. Joseph) to be eligible.
Art projects must relate to the story or celebration of Hanukkah. They may be either two- or three-dimensional (for example paint, drawing, craft or sculpture). Art must be original. Entries created from kits will be disqualified.
An iPad mini will be awarded to the creator of the most outstanding art project. Gift cards to Target and Michael’s will be awarded to the two first-place finishers. A student is not eligible to win the grand prize two consecutive years.
Entries must include the student’s name, grade, religious school name (if applicable), home address and the best telephone numbers to reach the student’s parent/s during business hours and in the evening. Please put this information on a separate sheet of paper, attached to the entry. Students should not write their names on their entries as judges are not allowed to know the identities of the artists.
Entries will not be returned. Entries will be available for pickup until the end of 2014 at Chabad House.
Art projects may be dropped off now through Dec. 8 at Chabad House Center of Kansas City: 6201 Indian Creek Drive, Overland Park, KS 66211.
The decision of the judges (staff members of The Chronicle and Chabad House) shall be final.
For questions or more information, visit www.ChabadKC.org or contact the Chabad House, 913-649-4852 or .{/mprestriction}