Culvers National Library Week Contest

Culver’s is continuing their joint National Library Week program with the Youth Services Section of WLA. The program will be the same as in previous years and children will be asked to submit coloring sheets that correspond with the National Library Week’s theme. This year’s theme is “Communities Thrive @ Your Library”.
Each library sets the length of time in April that they have the contest open—only during National Library Week (April 11-17); some for two weeks; some for the entire month of April. In some libraries, kids are required to come to the library to pick up their drawing sheets. In others, the librarian visits school classrooms and hands out the drawing sheets there. (A coupon for a free scoop of ice cream is to be given out only when a completed entry form is returned to the library).
Some libraries have a panel of judges to choose the best picture in order to win one of the two prizes. In others, the librarian chooses. Some librarians give the prizes for the selected drawings. Others give them as random drawing prizes.
Most libraries display the returned art work at the library.
For publicity purposes, the child and his/her winning entry plus the librarian should be photographed.

This picture* should then:

• be offered to the local Culver’s partner to display

• sent to the local newspaper with a press release on the success of the program

• or both.

*Be sure to get parental permission before taking the picture of the children with their winning entry.