Top Prizes Awarded to Students in Pennsylvania American Water’s “Protect Our Watersheds” Art Contest
May 07 2018 - 9:45AM
Business Wire
Pennsylvania American Water today announced the winners of its
16th Annual “Protect Our Watersheds” Art Contest, with a
sixth-grade student from Pittsburgh scoring top honors. The company
received more than 800 entries from fourth-, fifth- and
sixth-graders across the commonwealth. Pennsylvania American Water
announced the contest winners as part of National Drinking Water
Week, which runs May 6-12.
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Artwork earning top honors drawn by
Benjamin Bischoff of the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts
School.
Sixth grader Benjamin Bischoff of the Pittsburgh Creative and
Performing Arts School earned the grand prize for his artwork with
the message: “Protect Our Watersheds, Protect the Water We Share!”
His artwork will be featured on “bloomer cards” and distributed
across the state by Pennsylvania American Water. Bloomers are
seed-filled cards that, when planted and tended, produce a variety
of wildflowers.
"We are very impressed with the creativity shown in the
children’s artwork and how well they expressed the importance of
protecting our water resources," said Pennsylvania American Water
President Jeffrey L. McIntyre. "With more than 800 entries this
year, the contest has really grown in popularity as more students,
teachers and parents are incorporating it into their environmental
education.”
Bischoff’s artwork earned first prize among western Pennsylvania
entries, followed by fourth grader Beatrix Rummel, a homeschool
student from Indiana County, in second place. Fifth grader Cameron
Dames of Joe Walker Elementary School in Washington County finished
third.
In eastern Pennsylvania, the first place winner is sixth grader
Amanda Zygmunt of Spring-Ford Intermediate School, Montgomery
County. Second place goes to Yingqi Zeng from Abington Heights
Middle School, Lackawanna County, and in third place is sixth
grader Sarah Groff, also from Spring-Ford Intermediate School. The
winning students will receive Barnes & Noble gift cards.
Pennsylvania American Water’s contest requires that the students
accompany their artwork with a short description of how watershed
protection affects them personally. After reviewing the entries, a
panel of judges selected three top drawings from both eastern and
western Pennsylvania before naming Bischoff as the grand prize
winner.
Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water
(NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the
state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater
services to approximately 2.4 million people. With a history dating
back to 1886, American Water is the largest and most geographically
diverse U.S. publicly traded water and wastewater utility company.
The company employs more than 6,900 dedicated professionals who
provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and
other related services to an estimated 15 million people in 46
states and Ontario, Canada. American Water provides safe, clean,
affordable and reliable water services to our customers to make
sure we keep their lives flowing. For more information, visit
amwater.com and follow American Water on Twitter, Facebook and
LinkedIn.
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