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St. Lawrence Knights Announce Contest Winners
Eighth grade students from Prince of Peace participate in annual anti-drug poster campaign.
The St. Lawrence Knights of Columbus announced the winners of their annual poster contest at an awards ceremony on March 12 at the church’s Bethany Center. The contest was open to all eighth grade students at . Jeff Donlon, warden of the Knights of Columbus, presented the winners with their awards.
“We are honored to have such a great group of kids who entered this year’s contest,” Donlon said. “We really enjoyed judging this year’s entries because you could see they really put their hearts into making these posters.”
The subject of all the posters centered on an anti-drug theme. This is the second year the Knights are holding this contest. They do an essay contest in the fall and a poster contest in the spring.
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First place and a $100 Prince of Peace gift certificate went to Katie-Lynn Russell, whose poster was voted as the unanimous winner for its artwork and overall message about drug abuse. Second place and a $75 gift certificate was presented to Grant Vogel. In third place was Andrew Lamendola, who was given a $50 Prince of Peace check. All the entrants received certificates of participation.
“Judging was quite difficult; I even brought the posters to a meeting and let everyone get their input so I knew we were all going in the same direction,” Donlon said.
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The contest is sanctioned by the school but all of the eighth grade participants make the posters on their own time, said Tom O’Brien, Grand Knight.
The Knights of Columbus are a grassroots effort centered on charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism. They are currently raising money for the Sunrise Fund, which is part of the pediatric care unit of Stony Brook Hospital. “One hundred percent of the money we raise goes toward charity,” said Walter Kedjierski, past Grand Knight. “It doesn’t pay for equipment or salaries. It goes to needy families who can’t afford chemotherapy or surgery. Some of the money does go to research but the rest of it goes directly to the children. Last year alone, Suffolk County Knights raised $17,000 toward the Sunrise Fund.”
