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Downing Launches Second Holiday Card Contest
09:31PM / Monday, October 19, 2015
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Each December, state Sen. Benjamin B. Downing mails approximately 3,500 holiday greeting cards to friends, family, supporters and colleagues across Massachusetts. As he prepares for this annual tradition, he is bringing back his Holiday Greeting Card Contest, which he began in 2014, and asking local students to design his card for him.

“Last year 250 students from across western Massachusetts participated in my contest,” Downing said. “It was a fun way to connect with my youngest constituents, and it helped spread holiday cheer.  I can’t wait to see the creativity that I know our students will submit for this year’s contest.”  

Last year’s card featured original art by Lizzie Paglier, a Lanesborough resident who was in eighth grade at Mount Greylock Regional High School.

Students in grades three through eight who live in the senator’s district are encouraged to participate in this year’s contest.  Entry forms can be printed from www.SenatorDowning.com or picked up in Downing’s District Office, located at 7 North Street, Suite 307, in Pittsfield.

All submissions must be returned to the District Office by 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5.  They can be dropped off Monday through Friday during business hours, sent via US Mail or scanned and emailed to Benjamin.Downing@masenate.gov.

The winning design will be chosen by Senator Downing.  His printed holiday card will credit the student artist by listing their name, age, grade, school and hometown. 

All contest participants will be invited to attend the Senator’s Annual Toys for Tots Holiday Open House on Dec. 1, in his Pittsfield office, during which the contest winner will be announced. 

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