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Planetpals cleans up with an earthday Haiku contest!
BOSTON (Monday April 16, 2007)
PLANETPALS.COM cleans up with an Earthday Haiku Contest!
Planetpals, kids favorite earth friendly characters, introduce an earth friendly and fun haiku contest to help kids clean the planet.
Planetpals, kids favorite earth friendly characters, introduce an earth friendly and fun haiku contest to help kids clean the planet.
Planetpals creator Judith Gorgone lived in Japan where she took interest in Japanese arts including haiku. The published haiku poet and artist wants to spark creativity and interest in Japanese poetry to school age children. What better way to encourage it than by sharing two of of her passions: poetry and the environment.
The contest aims to promote the introduction of haiku into the curricula of elementary and junior high school, spread enjoyment and a more comprehensive understanding of poetic forms and act as a pro active solution to environmental awareness.
On Earthday, April 22, 2007, Planetpals.com will begin accepting entries to the "Planetpals Earthday Haiku Contest" for children (aged 15 years and under) in the United States, and in addition to will publish the top 25 winning entries in an online anthology called "Earthday Haiku from US Students". The contest is open to domestic schools, home school students and organizations. Contest deadline is America Recycles Day November 15, 2007.
At present, Planetpals.com is the primary educational site for environmental issues and awareness. Planetpals is used by groups and schools worldwide as a teaching tool and information source for earthday, environmental education and earth sciences. Planetpals adorable characters teach about the planet and everything in it in a fun way through lesson plans, activities, games and fun facts. Sections include the greatest earth day pages, weather, recycling, precycling, language dictionaries, teachers/parent pages, peace pages, clip art, more.
For more information regarding Planetpals Children's Earthday Haiku Contest go to http://www.planetpals.com/earthdayhaikucontest
For more information contact:
Judith Gorgone
Planetpals.com
25 Star Road
Newton, MA 02465
617-244-7531
Judith@gorgone.com