Now is the time, to start preparing for your club’s participation in the Peace Poster Contest. This is a great way to pledge your support of peace and tangibly work for the cause peace in the world in keeping with our Lion’s Pledge. The Peace Poster Contest provides your Lions club the chance to champion the cause of peace, interact with young people in your community, introduce youth to international understanding, as well as give your club a vehicle for obtaining positive publicity. Click here to obtain the application. (Lion Jack Kampfer, Peace Poster Contest Chair)

This year’s contest theme is “Peace Begins with Me.” Youth eligible to participate must be 11-13 on November 15, 2008. Most schools will be back in session soon, so order your contest kit today. It could take up to four weeks for delivery. You can order on-line, by phone or print the form attached and mail it. Deadline for kit orders is October 1.

While you are awaiting your kit, line up the schools and youth groups, such as Scouts, with which you plan to work. As soon as your kit arrives, deliver the appropriate materials to your participating organizations.

Collect the poster contest submissions, select your club’s winning poster and mail it to the D50 contest chair with a postmark no later than November 15 for consideration for district awards: 1st Place-$200, 2nd Place-$100, 3rd Place-$50, Honorable Mention-$25. The first place district winner will be forwarded for consideration for an international award.

The international grand prize winner will receive a trip to a special award ceremony with the sponsoring club president and two family members at Lions Day with the United Nations in New York City (subject to change). There the winning artist will be presented with an engraved plaque and a cash prize of $2,500. Each of the 23 merit award winners will receive a cash award of $500 and a certificate of achievement.

Additional contest details will come with your kit, but they are available now at the Lions Clubs International web site, www.lionsclubs.org, under youth programs, or do a search on the site for “peace poster”.

For more information, please contact D50 Peace Poster Contest Chair, Lion Jack Kampfer, at 621-5109, x226 or