“Helping Neighbors Build Communities” Contest

Posted: Monday, October 4, 2010 | Author: Marti Williams | Filed under: 2k10, Community Announcements | Tags: contest, free ipod, LISC, Northside, photography, Richmond, RVA, Southern Barton Heights, Virginia | 1 Comment

LISC Virginia (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) is celebrating their 20th anniversary by inviting young photographers (ages 12-18) to submit original photos! An anonymous donor is providing disposable digital cameras to Miss Marti’s House for 20-30 Northside youth to participate in this contest. For a printable version, click LISC Photo Contest! Please contact me if you are interested! See more details below!

	LISC Virginia’s 20th Anniversary Photo Contest “Helping Neighbors Build Communities”
To celebrate 20 years of “Supporting Revitalization of Local Neighborhoods,” LISC is inviting young photographers ages 12-18 to submit original photos taken in their neighborhood that best represent the tagline, “Helping Neighbors Build Communities.”Eligible Participants Students ages 12-18 who live in one of LISC’s five neighborhoods, including Battersea and Halifax in Petersburg; and Northside, Southside and Greater Fulton in Richmond. Prizes GRAND PRIZE (sponsored by CRT/tanaka): • iPod Touch For Each Neighborhood: • 1st place: $50 gift certificate • 2nd place: $25 gift certificate Winners of the photo contest also will be featured on Richmond.com. Be sure to share this contest with friends and family who may be interested in participating!
Photo entries are due Friday, October 15 before 4:30 p.m. Late entries will not be considered. Click here for contest information and rules.
	Thanks to CRT/tanaka Public Relations and Marketing for sponsoring our Grand Prize.

Submissions Due: Before 4:30 p.m. October 15, 2010. Late entries will not be accepted.

Rules:

Participants must submit their photos via our website. Any photos mailed in will not be accepted. Enter Contest Now!
You may submit up to 3 photos.
All photos submitted must be unedited and taken by you. Cropped photos are allowed.
File format of all photos must be jpg or jpeg.
All photos must be 3 megabytes or smaller.
All photos must have a title.
You have 400 characters or less to tell us why you took the photo and how it represents, ‘Helping Neighbors Build Communities’.
If your photo includes people, you must mail a Personal Release Form for each person within 7 days of your photo submission.
Mail Personal Release Forms to::

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Attn: Frances D. Stanley – Photo Contest
413 Stuart Circle, Suite 300
Richmond, Virginia 23220

Any person appearing in your photo under the age of 18 must have the Personal Release Form signed by a parent or legal guardian.
Check here to download the Personal Release Form.
Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Prizes:

Grand Prize: iPod Touch – sponsored by CRT-tanka

From each Targeted Area

Grand Prize: iPod Touch – sponsored by CRT-tanka
From each Targeted Area
- 1st Place: $50 Gift certificate
- 2nd Place: $25 Gift certificate

Winners of the photo contest will be interviewed by Richmond.com.

Questions? Please contact Frances Stanley (804) 358-7602 ext 13.

Cook.Out.

Posted: Monday, June 7, 2010 | Author: Marti Williams | Filed under: 2k10, Louis and Me! | Tags: Birthday, cook-out, May 31, Memorial Day, photography, Southern Barton Heights | 1 Comment

Louis LOVES to celebrate my birthday….more than I do actually. I love him all the more for it. My birthday conflicts each year with Memorial Day and/or the Greek Fest….falling either on one or the other. But, that’s OK. Because it extends my birthday usually for a week! Lots of little surprises along the way.

May 31st is my birthday…and this year…also Memorial Day. So, we had a cookout. Louis called it my birthday cookout; and I called it a Memorial Day cookout. We had a great time with friends and neighbors on a windy HOT HOT day!

I am soooo blessed with a wonderful, loving husband, fabulous community of family, friends and neighbors! Thanks for a GREAT evening! Love you all!!!

One of the birthday surprises was a new camera. Still learning how to use it…but enjoy them none the less. Maybe next year I will get photography lessons! LOL