North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, the Town Board and the Office of Sustainability invited local students and their friends and family to the Gold Coast Arts Center to the awards presentation for the 7th Annual Recycled Artwork Contest recently.
As part of this program, students use recyclable materials made of metal, paper, rubber, plastic or cloth and create their own unique artwork. Over 1,000 students took part in this year’s competition from all eleven school districts in the Town of North Hempstead. Designed to spread the powerful message of “Recycle, Reuse and Rethink,” the annual contest requires students to create a work of art using materials that otherwise would have been dumped in landfills.
Nearly three dozen students won in various categories, including “Environmental Message,” “Best Use of Recycled Materials,” and “Creativity.” Entrants were judged in the elementary, middle school, high school and group categories.
Bosworth attended the awards ceremony and discussed how this contest promotes the town’s environmental mission.
“This contest is one of the many wonderful environmental initiatives with which the town is involved all year long, including so many that involve our local schools,” Bosworth said. “And I am proud to say that for the first time this year, we have all 11 school districts in the Town participating in the program, as we were proud to welcome Mineola and Roslyn earlier this fall.”
Other elected officials in attendance included Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Councilman Peter Zuckerman and Councilwoman Anna Kaplan.
