Kansas kids can win great prizes and learn about traffic safety by participating in poster and video contests as part of the annual Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day safety campaign.
Poster contest: For Kansas kids ages 5 to 13 - three statewide winners will each receive:
sKindle Fire Tablet and case from the Kansas Turnpike Authority;
s$50 gift card from Wal Mart;
s$50 Amazon gift card from the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store
Association of Kansas;
sMovie passes from AAA Kansas.
A total of 18 regional winners in the six regions and age groups (ages 5-7, ages 8-10 and ages 11-13) will receive a bicycle from the KTA and a helmet from Safe Kids Kansas. Poster entries must be postmarked by Friday, Sept. 21. Information and entry forms are available here.
Video contest: For Kansas teens in grades 8-12. Prizes include an iPad, a Go Pro and a DJI Osmo camera, and the school of the grand prize winner will receive $500 for its school, class or booster club. Video entries must be posted by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30. Information to submit entries is available here.
The Kansas Department of Transportation and numerous transportation organizations in Kansas are sponsoring the contests. More information about Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day is available here.
Previous winners from the last two years’ contests are listed below:
2017 Poster Contest Winners -
Northeast Kansas - Avik Jain, Topeka; Austin Lamb, Osage City; and Alyson Welch, Overland Park
North Central Kansas - Lacie McLaughlin, Solomon; Breken Coup, Solomon; and Tanner Staedtler, Inman
Northwest Kansas - Aineka Burton, Norton; Peyton Isernhagen, Norton; and Dashiell Brown; and Quinter
Southeast Kansas - Makiah Woods, Bronson; Emily Britt, Columbus; and Marion Ryan, Parsons
South Central Kansas - Nora Ackermann, Andover; Alex and Abby Williams, Douglass; and Abilgail Yocum, El Dorado
Southwest Kansas - Jaylee Eckhoff, Meade; Jennicah Pinchon, Garden City; and Kathya Guillen, Garden City
2016 Poster Contest Winners -
Northeast Kansas - Evangeline Ensign, Olathe; Austin Lamb, Osage City; Sierra de Koning, Axtell
North Central Kansas - Geni Turk, Barnes; Kelsay Mueller, Palmer; Jaydrian Jackson, Clifton
Northwest Kansas - Lucas Hansen, Almena; Christian Miller, Gorham; Makenzie Storz, Phillipsburg
Southeast Kansas - Brooklyn Green-Lawson, Riverton; Maelee Dunn, Galena; Thea Hetlinger, Parsons
South Central Kansas - Adain Smith, Andover; Von Woleslagel, Hutchinson; Natalie Williams, Great Bend
Southwest Kansas - Cadence Sherman, Meade; Kayleigh Flores, Moscow; David Doan, Garden City
2017 Video Contest winners –
Students from Eudora High School won first place.
Andrew Tabb from Shawnee Mission West High School captured second place.
Kodi Rogers and Aly Tarrango from Scott City High School placed third in the video contest.
2016 Video Contest winners –
sStudents from Wichita East High School won first place.
sStudents in Cardinal Productions at Eudora High School won second place.
sStudents from Spring Hill Middle School won third place.
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