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City of Seattle
Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor
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NEWS ADVISORY
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| SUBJECT: Neighbor Appreciation Day Student Art Contest Winners Selected
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
1/17/2006 12:00:00 PM |
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alex Fryer (206) 684-8358
Hazel Bhang Barnett (206) 615-0885
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Neighbor Appreciation Day Student Art Contest Winners Selected
Winning Art Will Adorn Neighbor Appreciation Day Cards
SEATTLE - The 12th annual Neighbor Appreciation Day is Saturday, February
11, 2006. The City encourages Seattle residents to say “thank you!” to
those who have made their neighborhood a nicer, safer, place to live, work
and play with a Neighborhood Appreciation Day greeting card.
One winner was chosen from over hundreds of entries. Michelle Pham, a fifth
grader at Dunlap Elementary School in southeast Seattle, won the student art
contest with her greeting card celebrating “neighborliness.” To
view the winner’s art, the second and third place finishers, as well
as the honorable mentions, please visit http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/appday/
A festive celebration for the 2005 Neighbor Appreciation Day greeting card
student art contest winners will be held on Saturday, February 11. It will
be at Ingraham High School, 1819 N. 135th Street, in north Seattle. The ceremony
begins at noon.
Neighbor Appreciation Day greeting cards are available free to organizations
and individuals throughout Seattle. The card is suitable for use throughout
the year. If you would like to send cards to citizens in recognition of their
special contributions to their neighborhoods, please contact Peter McGraw at
615-0950 or peter.mcgraw@seattle.gov and let him know how many you need. They
are also available at all Neighborhood Service Centers and public libraries
throughout Seattle.
Get the mayor’s inside view on initiatives to promote transportation,
public safety, economic opportunity and healthy communities by signing up for
The Nickels Newsletter at www.seattle.gov/mayor/newsletter_signup.htm.
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Office of the Mayor
Dept. of Neighborhoods
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