2009-2010 Middle School Billboard Design Contest!

SOBER Program
Billboard Design Contest Rules

1. All Wood County 6th, 7th, and 8th graders are eligible to participate.

2. All designs must include a slogan about underage drinking prevention.

3. Designs are rectangular and horizontal, like a billboard. It is best to create them on 8 ½” X 14"legal size paper.

4. All artwork must be original.

5. The winning design will be made into a billboard for use by the SOBER Program. The winner’s name and school initials will appear on the billboard.

6. All designs must be turned into your school office (or teacher) by 3:00 p.m. on December 1st, 2009. I will pick up designs December 2nd, 2009 from the school office.

7. Designs will be judged by the SOBER Evaluation Team, and all decisions are final.

8. One winner will be chosen. This person will receive a $100 Grand Central Mall gift certificate.

9. Write your name, grade, and school name on the back of your drawing.

10. Make sure you and a parent or guardian both sign this form and return it with your artwork.

If you agree to abide by all rules listed above and want to participate in this contest, please sign and date this form and turn it in with your design.


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Student’s Name Date


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Parent’s Name Date

Contest sponsored by the underage alcohol prevention program SOBER, Wood County Juvenile Probation, #2 Government Square, Room 436, Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101. SOBER is grant funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, the WV Division of Criminal Justice, and the Wood County Commission.

SOBER PSA contest winner!

A few months back we held our annual PSA contest in the area high schools and our winner was chosen! I wanted to share some photos from this contest! CONGRATS! Nick Gyongyosi! His radio ad aired in April and May on 102.1 the River and on WVVV 96.9


nick receiving his gift certificate from PRO Officer Don Brown at PHS. English teacher Jean Wilson and SOBER community mobilizer Allie Bennett look on.



Nick in the WVVV Radio studio with radio personality and great friend of SOBER- Jack Horton!

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New Billboard Up in Vienna!

Our latest billboard has finally found a home on Grand Central Avenue! This is the billboard designed by Brandon Wilson of Jackson Middle School!!!

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PSA Contest Rules- Contest now til March 3rd!

SOBER Program PSA Contest Rules

1. All Wood County 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th grade students are eligible.

2. All PSA's must revolve around underage drinking prevention. Be creative!!

3. All PSA's must be original, typed, and only 20-25 seconds verbal time.

4. Students may work individually or as a group, only one prize is awarded and will have to be shared if won ass a group.

5. The winning public service announcement will be produced at V96 with the winner(s) doing the voice work.

6. All PSA's must be turned into the school office or SOBER on March 3, 2009.

7. PSA's will be judged by the SOBER Evaluation Team, and all decisions are final.

8. One PSA winner will be chosen. A $100 mall gift certificate will be awarded to the student or group of students that wrote the public service announcement.

9. Name or names, grade(s), and school name are to be written on the back of submission.

10. Make sure you and a parent both sign this form and return it with your PSA.

If you agree to abide by all the rules listed above and want to participate in this contest, please sign and date this form and turn it in with your PSA.

Student's Name:______________________________ Date :_______________________

Parent's Name:________________________________ Date _______________________

Contest sponsored by the underage prevention program SOBER, Wood County Juvenile Probation, #2 Government Square, Room 436, Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101. SOBER is grant funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, the WV Division of Criminal Justice, and the Wood County Commission.

Brandon Wilson of JMS is winner of design contest!

For Immediate Release:
Allison Bennett
SOBER Program
#2 Government Square Room 436
Parkersburg, WV 26101SOBER Program announced Brandon Wilson as winner of design contest.

The SOBER Program of Wood County is pleased to announce that Brandon Wilson is the winner of the SOBER Program 6th annual billboard design contest. Wilson, an 8th grader at Jackson Middle School designed the billboard as a part of Kay Mason’s Art Class. Brandon is the son of Scott and Brenda Wilson of Vienna.

The students were asked to design a billboard with a anti-underage drinking message and artwork. His design had a very strong message to his peers, “A Group Isn’t the Only Thing You’ll Fit In: Prevent Underage Drinking.” His artwork includes an image of a funeral scene of a young person that was killed by underage drinking.

Wilson says “I thought of something that people would really listen to. I wanted people to look at my message and go “wow.”

As winner of the contest, Wilson will receive a $100 gift card to the Grand Central Mall. When asked what he plans to spend it on, Wilson replied, “I’m going to buy me some Air Jordans baby!”

Wilson’s billboard will be up in 2009 on 7th street by Kroger.

SOBER is Wood County’s underage alcohol prevention program located at Wood County Juvenile Probation, #2 Government Square, Room 436, Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101. SOBER is grant funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, the WV Division of Criminal Justice, and the Wood County Commission.

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