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The AAAAI and AAP will accept entries for the 17th Annual "Living withAsthma" Poster Contest until December 29, 2007. Children in grades 1 through 8who have asthma should express their asthma control in a colorful poster toraise asthma awareness, and a chance to win great prizes.
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Children can enter their posters individually in three agecategories -- 1st and 2nd grade, 3rd through 5th grade and 6th through 8thgrade. Entry forms and additional details for entering the contest areavailable in the Patients & Consumer section of the AAAAI Web site,http://www.aaaai.org or the AAP Section on Allergy and Immunology's home pageon the AAP Web site, http://www.aap.org/sections/allergy/child.cfm.
Contestants are encouraged to show their imagination with crayons,markers, paint, etc. on a piece of paper 8 1/2 x 11 but no larger than 16 x 20inches. Posters should be sent with the official entry form with the followinginformation on a separate piece of paper: child's name, grade in school,mailing address, name of school, school address, principal's name, and thename of the doctor who treats the child's asthma and his/her specialty.
First prize is a $500 U.S. savings bond and a $200 Target giftcertificate, second prize a $250 U.S. savings bond and a $100 Target giftcertificate, and third prize is a $100 U.S. savings bond and a $50 Target giftcertificate. Each winner's school will receive a free supply of asthmaeducation materials, too!
Entries should be sent to: AAAAI/AAP Poster Contest; 555 E. Wells Street,Suite 1100; Milwaukee, WI 53202.
SOURCE American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
