Hi Everyone,
The West Virginia Healthy =
Kids and=20
Families Coalition, a project of
the West Virginia Council of =
Churches, is=20
sponsoring a “Promote WV
CHIP” video contest. WV =
CHIP, West Virginia=20
Children’s Health
Insurance Program, insures over 24,000 =
children and teens=20
in West
Virginia, providing them with access to preventive services,=20
medical
services, and oral health benefits. However, teenagers =
are one=20
of the
highest groups without health insurance in West=20
Virginia.
In order to introduce WV =
CHIP to=20
teenagers, we are sponsoring
a “Promote WV CHIP” video =
contest.=20
Participants may be individuals
who attend middle school or =
high school=20
in the State of West Virginia,
have a parent's or guardian's =
permission to=20
enter the contest, and are
legal U.S. residents. School and =
youth=20
groups serving middle school
or high school youth are also eligible =
to=20
enter.
Participants are to create a 30 =
to 90=20
second Public Service
Announcement that: (1) promotes the =
benefits of=20
the West Virginia
Children’s Health Insurance Program (WV =
CHIP), (2)=20
encourages eligible
youth to enroll in CHIP, and (3) includes at =
least one=20
way you can
apply for CHIP. Entries can also be a personal =
testimonial=20
on how
CHIP has helped you. More information, including rules,=20
instructions
on how to enter, release forms, and entry forms can be =
found at=20
the
Promote WV CHIP Video Contest website:
http://www.wvhealthykids.org/chipvideo.htm. =
The contest=20
runs from
October 1 – December 1, 2011 with the winners =
announced no later=20
than
December 15, 2011.
Prizes are as =
follows:
Individual entry=20
(Youth who attend middle school or high school)
1st Place – =
$200 Amazon.com=20
(or similar) gift card
2nd Place – $100 Amazon.com (or similar) =
gift=20
card
3rd Place – $75 Amazon.com (or similar) gift card
4th =
Place –=20
$50 Amazon.com (or similar) gift card
Group Entry (After =
school=20
programs, youth organizations, youth groups)
1st Place – =
$300
2nd Place -=20
$200
3rd Place - $100
For more =
information,=20
please contact Alicia Comfort at 304-344-3141,
[log in to unmask] =
or=20
Christin Williams at
[log in to unmask].
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WV CHIP can also be found on face-book for =
frequent=20
updates
(if the link doesn't work, just search "WV=20
CHIP"):
http://www.facebook.com/pages/WV-CHIP/166525636722489=