Oak Lawn Chamber Announces Fire and Public Safety Coloring Book Winners
Oak Lawn Chamber Announces Fire and Public Safety Coloring Book Winners (Oak Lawn, IL) — The Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the annual 2023 Fire and Public Safety Coloring Book contest on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
The winners of the 2023 Fire & Safety Coloring Book contest were honored at the 7:00 pm, April 9, 2024 Oak Lawn Village Board of Trustees meeting. Representatives from the Oak Lawn Fire and Police Departments were on hand to congratulate the winners who were honored by Village President Terry Vorderer, during the meeting. Also in attendance was Natasha Miller Willliams of Three20 Media, President of the Oak Lawn Chamber, Jeff Reynolds of Nothing Bundt Cakes and Immediate Past President of the Oak Lawn Chamber, and Michelle West of The Children’s Museum of Oak Lawn and Director of the Oak Lawn Chamber. Following the presentation, the winners and their families gathered in the lobby of the Village Hall.
The 1st place winners received a Family membership to The Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn donated by the Children’s Museum. All six winners received a $25 GC to the Children’s Museum donated by Chamber Member Oak Lawn Bank & Trust. All winners also received a “Candy Suitcase” from Chamber President Natasha Williams, donated by Ferrara Candy. A delicious gift of a bundlet tower from Chamber Past President Jeff Reynolds of Nothing Bundt Cakes was donated for each of the winners as well.
The 2023 Fire & Safety Coloring Book contest winners are as follows:
Fire Safety Winners
❖ 3rd Place Jonelle Irankunda, 3rd grader from St Linus Catholic School
❖ 2nd Place Bella Aguayo, 3nd grader from Covington Elementary School
❖ 1st Place Tristan Guzman, 2nd grader from Columbus Manor – Tristin’s artwork will be featured on the Fire Safety cover of the 2024 Fire & Safety Coloring book!
Public Safety Winners
❖ 3rd Place Stasia Dobill, 2nd grader from St Linus Catholic School
❖ 2nd Place Luke Lebarre, 1st grader from St. Linus Catholic School
❖ 1st Place Jacob Carohedi, 1st grader from St Linus Catholic School – Jacob’s artwork will be featured on the Public Safety cover of the 2024 Fire & Safety Coloring book!
For more than 30 years the Oak Lawn Chamber has collaborated with the Oak Lawn Fire Department to produce this valuable teaching tool for nearly 4,000 K-4th grade students in the community. In recent years, the Fire and Police Departments have collaborated on the production of the book. Books are distributed to the students by the Oak Lawn Fire Department during Fire Safety Week in October. The 1st place drawing from the respective coloring contests will be featured on the cover of the 2024 Fire and Public Safety Coloring Book.
The coloring book used drawings from talented student artists led by Art Teacher Jen Clark at Oak Lawn Community High School (OLCHS). They were honored at the March Chamber Member Luncheon. Those artists include: Christianna Bell, Gianna Delorenzo, Haley Dynia, Daniel Harvey, Victoria Mendoza, Alani Moseley, Lance Pereira, Ashley Tillman, Mona Saleh, and Miriam Cote. The Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce donated $200 towards the OLCHS Art Program.
Oak Lawn Chamber Announces Fire and Public Safety Coloring Book Winners
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