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UCT’s International Safety Poster Contest

As part of UCT's ongoing effort to promote safety education, we sponsor an international safety poster contest for students in public and parochial schools and for students with intellectual disabilities each year. Posters promoting any type of safety (i.e. drug, alcohol, firearms, fire safety, etc.) that have won UCT's safety poster competitions on the local and regional levels are eligible and judging is conducted in three levels for each division.

In the public and parochial school division, the levels are: the lower level, for students in the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades; the middle level, for students in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades; and the upper level, for students in the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades. In the division for people with intellectual disabilities, the levels are: the lower level, for students comparable to the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades; the middle level, for students comparable to the 6th, 7th and 8th grades; and the upper level, for students comparable to the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades. One first prize, two second prize and three third prize posters are selected as winners in each level of each division.

The safety posters are judged according to the originality of idea, the artistic ability displayed and the neatness of the content. The international safety poster judging is conducted at UCT's Home Office by professional judges working in the art and safety fields and the winning posters are displayed at our annual convention in July. Winners are awarded cash prizes.

2009 International Safety Poster Contest Winners

Click on a name to see the winner’s poster

Public/Parochial School Division

Upper Level
First Place - Kyle Ilenda, Chippewa Falls, Wis. Council 335
Second Place - Judi Waldner, Neepawa, Man. Council 924
Second Place - Arien Bahm, Fenimore Council 249, Mitchell, S.D.
Third Place - Madison Howland, Jack Kidd Council 755, Saint John, N.B.
Third Place - Ricardo Cargill-Anderson, Ottawa, Ont. Council 1046
Third Place - Katie Howard, Jacksonville, Ill. Council 182


Middle Level
First Place - Jessie Hinch, Minnedosa, Man. Council 926
Second Place - Sarah Beaman, Jack Kidd Council 755, Saint John, N.B.
Second Place - Tyson Sprinkel, Fenimore Council 249, Mitchell, S.D.
Third Place - Cassandra Ethier, Ottawa, Ont. Council 1046
Third Place - Aleshia Ann Lewis, Williamsport, Pa. Council 350
Third Place - Jeremy Kroeger, Grand Island, Neb. Council 134


Lower Level
First Place - Luke Humphrey, Jacksonville, Ill. Council 182
Second Place - Kendra Smith, Cedar Falls, Iowa Council 768
Second Place - Audrey Quandt, Grand Island, Neb.Council 134
Third Place - Alexa Hammond, Boissevain, Man. Council 940
Third Place - Olivia Tsang, Manchester, N.H. Council 195
Third Place - Dayanna Romo, Logansport, Ind. Council 354


Intellectual Disabilities Division


Upper Level
First Place - Denis Bellefleur, Grand Falls, N.B. Council 854
Second Place - Ashley Reine, Vancouver, B.C. Council 284
Second Place - Sarah Bell, Roanoke, Va. Council 174
Third Place - James McFarlane, Cranbrook, B.C. Council 1023
Third Place - Elizabeth Stewart, Hot Springs, Ark. Council 493
Third Place - Christy Arthur, Frontier Council 727, Cheyenne, Wyo.


Middle Level
First Place - Joey Whitehurst, Capitol Council 95, Springfield, Ill.
Second Place - Michelle G., Calgary, Alta. Council 1014
Second Place - Manuel Flores, Frontier Council 727, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Third Place - Michael Ganiza, Scioto Council 33, Chillicothe, Ohio
Third Place - Christopher Thimlan, Coldwater, Mich. Council 452
Third Place - Michael Dedaj, Vancouver, B.C. Council 284


Lower Level
First Place - Cody McCarty, Frontier Council 727, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Second Place - Kashawn Johnson, Columbus, Ohio Council 1
Second Place - Cornelia Martinez, Arthur E. Wagner Council 687, Kankakee, Ill.
Third Place - Amanda McInnis, Truro, N.S. Council 856
Third Place - Olivia M., Calgary, Alta. Council 1014
Third Place - Olivia Tesan, Vancouver, B.C. Council 284


For more information about how your council can get started with a safety program or for information about UCT's safety poster contest, please contact the Public Relations Department at lfisher@uct.org or at (800) 848-0123, ext. 130.

Click here to download Intellectual Disabilities Safety Poster Rules

Click here to download Public/Parochial Safety Poster Rules

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