Feeding South Florida Launches Annual Artwork Competitors for Native College students

Feeding South Florida, a hunger-relief group in South Florida, is now accepting submissions for its Fourth Annual “Feed Your Creativity” artwork competitors. Elementary, center, and highschool college students all through Palm Seaside, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties are invited to take part in displaying their art work on one among Feeding South Florida’s semi-trailer truck wrap—a 36-foot shifting billboard that travels all through South Florida.

The artwork competitors is a part of Feeding South Florida’s “Summer season Starvation Ends Right here” initiative, which goals to boost consciousness and funds mandatory to finish summer time starvation for teenagers in South Florida. Its aim entails partaking college students, dad and mom, academics, and faculties in a vital concern whereas additionally recognizing and spotlighting the expertise within the South Florida neighborhood.

Summer season months are a number of the most difficult instances for South Florida households as a result of children don’t have entry to free or reduced-price college meals when college is just not in session. Greater than 300,000 children depend on free or decreased meals throughout the college 12 months in South Florida.

“Taking part within the artwork competitors permits college students the chance to showcase their creative talents whereas elevating consciousness in regards to the vital concern of starvation in children all through South Florida,” Paco Vélez says, president and CEO of Feeding South Florida. “When college is out for summer time, children of all ages are impacted as they not have entry to free or decreased meals, leaving them hungry as their household struggles to seek out extra assets for meals.”

In search of to assist fill the void of college meals, Feeding South Florida sponsors the USDA Summer season Meals Service Program, offering meals to children at Summer season BreakSpots, and pop-up pantries in low-income communities. Feeding South Florida additionally assists households at its Neighborhood Caring Facilities, meals pantries, and different providers at each warehouse areas.

The primary-place winner shall be awarded the next:

• Paintings is displayed as a truck wrap on a 36-foot tractor/trailer that travels all through Palm Seaside, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties.
• Paintings prominently displayed at Feeding South Florida’s Pembroke Park warehouse.
• Bulletins on social media platforms, together with Fb, Twitter, and Instagram.

Please go to Feedingsouthflorida.org/occasions/ for extra data, together with the competitors toolkit, key dates, extra awards, and find out how to submit ultimate art work on-line. All art work shall be displayed throughout a Gallery Night time on Wednesday, Might 17, the place winners shall be introduced. The truck reveal celebration shall be held on the first-place winner’s college.

Sponsorships and in-kind donations can be found. For extra data, contact Kimberly Heimiller at 954-518-1818 x1856 or [email protected].