4th Annual #PetsAddLife Children’s Poetry Contest

 

Calling all creative kids! American Pet Products Association (APPA) organization is holding their 4th Annual Pets Add Life Children’s Poetry Contest. Teachers are welcome to incorporate this national contest into their lesson plans, and submit their students poems in one bulk entry. For the first year ever, students in 3rd-8th grades are invited to create a poem about their pets, what they love about them, the joys they bring, and then post it online at www.PetsAddLife.org or mail their final poem and submission form to: Pets Add Life, 661 Sierra Rose Dr., Reno, NV 89511. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2012 at 5:00pm EST.

One student from each grade level (6 total) nationwide will win a $250 gift certificate for pet products, and a “by-line” in a nationally circulated publication. In addition, the six winning students’ classrooms will each win a $1,000 scholarship to spend on pet related education. In past years, winning poems have featured pets from hamsters and birds to dogs, kittens and even fish. And, it has been wonderful to receive updates from the winning classrooms that have spent the scholarship money on classroom fieldtrips to the zoo, a classroom pet and supplies, and other educational materials regarding pet and animal wellness.

The American Pet Products Association (APPA) is the leading not-for-profit trade association serving the interests of the pet products industry since 1958.  APPA membership includes nearly1,000 pet product manufacturers, their representatives, importers and livestock suppliers representing both large corporations and growing business enterprises.  APPA’s mission is to promote, develop and advance pet ownership and the pet product industry and to provide the services necessary to help its members prosper. Visit www.americanpetproducts.org for more information.

 

2011 Third Grade Winner’s Entry

Lovable Kitties
By: Sydney (location deleted for privacy)

One cat, two cat, three cat, four
All were chasing a ball of yarn on the floor.
First, we rescued Snowy and then there was Twitch
Then we found Rose and Taz in a ditch.
Mom said rescuing one would be okay,
But the lady at the shelter said it was a two for one special that day.
A house with four kids and four cats,
A crazy combination that could give our parents heart attacks.
One child, two child, three child, four
Loving their kitties more than the day before.

 

To learn more about the Pets Add Life Children’s Poetry Contest, read previous winning poems, upload your submission, or download a printed submission form, please visit www.petsaddlife.org or contact Kerry Sutherland at The Impetus Agency, [email protected].

 

 

****This post is sponsored by the Pets Add Life campaign and the American Pet Products Association. I am being compensated for helping spread the word about the benefits and joys of pet ownership. ****

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