April 12th , 2023 Meeting – Cambria FireSafe Focus Group
Today the Group continued discussions on the Fire Safe poster design contest. Local Cambria school students are working on designing fire prevention posters. The winners will be selected in three age categories. Contact your local school for details on submissions. The winning designs will be made into a 4′ x 8′ signs and placed in the sign holders around Cambria.
Roberta Vitols reported that flyers have been distributed to all schools in the Cambria area, that a successful poster workshop was held on February 23rd with elementary-age children. People from the Cambria Center for the Arts teamed up with Dave Pierson, Chris Landgreen, Roberta Vitols, and Paulla Ufferheide to put this on. Several posters are already entered into the contest.
All posters will be collected by April 7th for judging. Entries will be on display at the May 6th, 2023 Fire Safety Townhall.
The results are in!
Congratulations to the K-8th grade students listed below (in alphabetical order) whose work will be displayed on the Firewise signs around Cambria.
Jayden B.
Natalie E.
Xochitl H.
Pixley P.
And a sign combining the best parts of 3 entries from:
-Rio R.
-Bridget H.
-Catalina D.
All 26 entries will be displayed at the “Wildfire Preparedness Day” at the Vet’s Hall on Saturday May 6th (9:00AM-1:00PM). They all are special, making the judges’ task challenging.
After the 4th of July the enlarged winning posters (attached here) from grades K-8 will be displayed on Cambria’s Firewise signs.
Thank you to the students; Cambria Center for the Arts; art teacher, Kirsten Wothe; the judges; and all who assisted with this project.
–from Chris and Roberta-