Health Initiative For Men Holds Father’s Day Card Contest

Griffin Hospital’s Health Initiative for Men (HiM) is holding a Valley-wide Father’s Day art contest to design the front of its 2014 Father’s Day Card.

The contest is open to Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton students from elementary school to 12th grade. Entries will be split into an Elementary School Division (up to 6th grade) and a Middle School/High School Division (7th-12th grade). Winners will receive US savings bonds and their art will be featured on Father’s Day cards distributed throughout the Valley.

Design entries should include the depiction of the love between a father and child/children, and a Father’s Day wish encouraging fathers to be aware of/take charge of their own health.

Prizes of $250 will be awarded to one student from each age group in each community for the winning design, and $125 for the runners up. Two grand prize division winners will be chosen from the pool of community winners and will receive an additional $250.

Applications are available at each Valley public school. Submissions must be sent to the high school art department where the contestant lives by Thursday, May 15. For more information, contact Francis H. Michaud, Jr. at 203.732.2311 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

About The Health Initiative for Men

In an effort to help inspire men to have an annual physical and to raise awareness about men’s health issues such as prostate cancer and colorectal cancer, Griffin Hospital launched the Health Initiative for Men” (HiM), a community-wide preventive healthcare effort. The goal of the HiM is to influence men to see their physician annually, and to be screened for various diseases that respond better to treatment if detected early. For more information about HiM, visit griffinhealth.org/him.

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