STE. GENEVIEVE — St. Agnes Elementary students were excited to accept awards as the Hill and Dale Garden Club announced the local and state winners in the Smokey Bear Poster Contest.
Hill and Dale Garden Club Smokey Bear Poster Contest Winners from St. Agnes Elementary. First row: Ella Schweiss, Lillian Charleville, Bennett Vaeth, Maisy Gegg; Second row: Kyndall Lurk, Chance Donze, Lucas Vogt, Carter Shuh, Sam Lester and Jojo Holt. Presenting awards were Joan Wehner and Debbie Kirchner.
Hill and Dale Garden Club had 10 local winners and eight of those won $25 at the state level.
One went on to the national level with the winner to be determined this month with a chance to win a trip to Washington, D.C.
Garden Club members Joan Wehner and Debbie Kirchner gave out the awards to the winning students at a school assembly at the end of the year.
Annually, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service in partnership with National Garden Clubs, Inc. gives elementary students the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of wildfire prevention through original poster drawings of Smokey Bear.