Winners announced in Keep Lee County Beautiful Art Contest
Keep Lee County Beautiful Inc. has announced the winners in the 35th annual “Leave The Scene Clean” Art Contest and would like to thank all the teachers, parents and students who participated. The contest drew hundreds of entries from local students, representing public, private and home schools in Lee County.
For the contest, students were asked to visualize a correct environmental action and transfer that mental picture into a work of art. Submitted work was judged on artistic execution and originality as well as environmental theme, such as litter prevention, recycling, community cleanup and protecting the environment.
The four overall winning illustrations will be enlarged and appear on the side of a Lee County Waste Pro truck and printed on reusable tote bags. The overall winning and honorable mention artwork will be on display at Fort Myers Public Works/Community Development building during April in honor of Earth month.
Keep Lee County Beautiful will host an award reception on April 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Edison & Ford Winter Estates Caretaker’s House at which time the artwork will be exhibited, and the winners will receive their awards.
The reusable tote bags will be released in the Fall and can be had for a $5 donation each and will be available through participating Lee County Schools, who retain all proceeds collected with the funds being used to support on campus environmental projects.
The “Leave the Scene Clean” project is made possible through corporate sponsorships. Sponsors for the 2024 art contest include Lee County Solid Waste, WM, The Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Covanta Energy, Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, Greenfield Marketing & Media, Coastal Waste & Recycling, Ron Jon’s Surf Shop, Southwest Waste and Waste Pro. Sponsorship spaces are still available. Please call Tisha at 239-334-3488 or email Tisha@klcb.org for more details on how you can become a sponsor.
The four first place winners and their schools are:
Grade K-3 – Antonella DaRosa – St. Francis Xavier
Grade 4-6 – Olivia Baker – Oasis Middle School
Grade 7-9 – Mia De La Cruz Matos – North Fort Myers High School
Grade 10-12 -Jennifer Cedeno – Dunbar High School
The honorable mention winners and their schools are:
Grade K-3
Elena Aristizabal – St. Francis Xavier
Dailyn Dambrose – St. Francis Xavier
Diego Guzman Lopez – Mirror Lakes Elementary
Grade 4-6
Mara Burnside – St. Francis Xavier
Sadie Siggs – Orangewood Elementary
Sara Aristizabal – St. Francis Xavier
Grade 7-9
Julianna White – Harns Marsh Middle School
Akeiyah Givens – Trafalgar Middle School
Olivia Kulchawick – Oasis Middle School
Grade 10-12
Alex Davis – Dunbar High School
Brody Ellis – Cypress Lake High School
Emma Corbin – Cypress Lake High School
About Keep Lee County Beautiful, Inc.
Keep Lee County Beautiful, Inc., established in 1989, is the county’s largest volunteer-based community action and education organization. This local nonprofit forms public-private partnerships and programs that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments. For more information, call 239-334-3488 or visit klcb.org. Follow on Facebook @KLCBInc or Instagram keepleecountybeautifulfl.