STUDENTS FROM YONKERS AND YORTOWN WIN FIRST PLACE PRIZES IN 2010 BICYCLE SAFETY POSTER CONTEST

Other winners are from Chappaqua and Armonk

Students from Yonkers and Yorktown schools nabbed the first place prizes in the 2010 Bicycle Safety Poster Contest, beating out over 250 other submissions. Other winning students are from Chappaqua and Armonk.

The awards will be presented on Friday, April 30, 4 p.m. at Westchester County’s Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue in White Plains, as a kick off event for opening day of Bicycle Sundays on May 2.

The poster contest was sponsored by Westchester County Parks and the county’s Department of Public Works, Traffic Safety Section. The students received awards for their posters that best demonstrated an awareness of bicycle safety rules of the road.

The first place winners are from elementary schools in Yorktown and Yonkers. The third grade winner is Reese Andrews of Brookside Elementary School in Yorktown, fourth grade winner is Joseph Pllumaj of Casimir Pulaski School in Yonkers and the fifth grade winner is Mayda Pena of Robert C. Dodson School in Yonkers. The students’ artwork best exemplified the themes: “Always wear a helmet when riding your bike - it’s the law,” and “Choose a safe place to ride your bicycle.”  All winning posters will be featured on the county’s website.

The 2010 Bicycle Safety Poster Contest was open to all Westchester students in third through fifth grades. Judges from the Westchester Bicycle Safety Advocates Committee chose the winning posters from entries submitted from all over the county.  

The posters were judged on their originality, message depicting bicycle safety awareness, as well as the artwork. The award recipients will receive prizes donated by local vendors and certificates of merit.  

In addition to their prizes, all winners will receive helmets donated by a number of entities including, Westchester Cycle Center, Greenburgh Police Department, Danny’s Cycles of Scarsdale and Bicycle World of Mt. Kisco. The first place winners will receive bicycles courtesy of Danny’s Cycles, Pelham Bicycle Center and Walmart of White Plains. Second place winners will receive scooters, courtesy of Danny’s Cycles, Hickory & Tweed of Armonk and Sears of White Plains. Third place winners will receive family bowling gift certificates donated by AMF White Plains Lanes Bowling Center. Honorable mention winners will receive movie tickets donated by Clearview Cinemas. All students will take home bicycle lights from Danny’s Cycles, cinch packs (with jump ropes and pedometers) from the Westchester County Health Department’s Be Fit program and sport water bottles from the Westchester Cycle Club.

Refreshments at the ceremony are courtesy of A&P Food Market and Trader Joe’s, both of Scarsdale, DeCicco’s Tuscan Market of Ardsley and Costco of Port Chester. Other donations for program supplies were received from Target of White Plains and Modell’s Sporting Goods Store of Greenburgh. Those attending the ceremony will be eligible for a raffle to win bicycle accessories donated by Bicycle World of Mt. Kisco. 

The winners of this year’s contest are:

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