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Ohio Attorney Mike General
National
Missing Children's Day Poster Contest Entries Accepted
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is encouraging Ohio
fifth graders and their teachers to participate in the 2018 National
Missing Children's Day Poster Contest.
The Ohio Attorney General's Missing Person Unit is accepting entries
for the contest.
The contest, whose theme is "Bring Our Missing Children Home," is
sponsored nationally by the United States Department of Justice. The
contest is designed to help raise awareness about child safety,
showcase America's efforts to bring missing children home safely, and
highlight the importance of preemptive education programs.
Fifth graders across the state are eligible to submit a poster to the
Attorney General's Office that incorporates the contest theme into
their artwork. The artwork will be judged on creativity, reflection of
the contest theme, and design originality.
The top three posters will be selected by a panel of judges form the
AMBER Alert Steering Committee and the Ohio Attorney General's Office.
The winners, their parents, and teachers will be invited to Columbus to
meet with Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and receive their awards.
Ohio's first place winner will then be entered into the national
contest, where one nationwide winner will travel to Washington, DC, to
participate in the National Missing Children's Day ceremony.
Click below for an application and contest rules. The deadline to
submit posters to the Ohio Attorney General's Office is Febuary 2, 2018.
Get application and contest rules here
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