Safety Poster Contest Begins Sept. 1st
Cuivre River Electric Cooperative (CREC) invites the fifth grade students of Lincoln, Pike, St. Charles and Warren counties to participate in the Cooperative's seventh annual CREC Safety Poster Contest. The theme for this year’s contest is “Electrical Safety & Me”.
The CREC Safety Poster Contest will offer awards for both fifth grade students and their teachers. The first place winner will receive a $100 gift card, second place a $75 gift card, and third place a $50 gift card. Each fifth grade teacher who submits 10 or more entries will receive a $25 classroom grant from Cuivre River Electric Cooperative.
A select panel of CREC employees will judge the safety posters created by the fifth-grade students. The winning posters will be exhibited in the CREC Headquarters. The winning posters will also be featured on our website at www.cuivre.com.
The CREC Safety Poster Contest is part of a continuing education program designed to inform students about electricity and electrical safety.
The contest reinforces the electric safety messages that Keith Mueller presented to them the previous year as fourth graders. Cuivre River Electric is dedicated to the education and safety of children in the CREC service area.
Only fifth graders, and their teachers in the CREC service area, are eligible to participate in the contest. Entries will become the property of CREC and will not be returned.
The deadline for participation is Friday, October 29. For more information on the CREC Safety Poster Contest call 800.392.3709 ext. 230.
Contest Rules
Contest open to fifth-grade students within the CREC service area.
Entries must use the following safety theme: “Electrical Safety & Me”.
Entry must be on white art paper, construction paper or poster board, no larger than 20 inches x 24 inches in size.
Students may use crayons, pencils, pens, markers or paint ONLY. (Computer generation is not allowed.)
Posters must be received at a CREC office by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 29, 2010.
Cuivre River Electric Headquarters
1112 East Cherry Street
Troy, MO 63379
Cuivre River Electric Branch Office
8757 Highway N
Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367
Mailed entries should be sent to:
CREC Communication Department
Attn: Safety Poster Contest
P.O. Box 160
Troy, MO 63379
All entries must include the student’s name, home address, telephone number, school name, and teacher’s name on the back of his/her safety poster.
Hey kids! Here are several safety topics you can use for your safety poster: Appliances, electrical fire, extension cord, generator, home, neighborhood, storm, substation, underground and overhead power lines, the 10 Ft. Rule and workplace safety.
Information on these electrical safety topics can be found in the Safety section located online at www.cuivre.com.
Emily Wind and Justin Jennings of Independence Elementary School in Weldon Spring and Savana Huntimer of Claude Brown Intermediate in Troy proudly display their winning Cuivre River 2009 safety posters. The theme “Outdoor Electrical Safety” inspired more than 515 entries from 39 classes in Lincoln, Pike, St. Charles and Warren counties.