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A fourth grade student
from Scottsdale, Arizona, is the winner of a sun safety awareness poster
contest sponsored by the Arizona Department of Health Services, the Arizona
Diamondbacks and the SHADE Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by
Shonda and Curt Schilling.
Shannen
Pearce, who attends Desert Canyon Elementary School in Scottsdale, won tickets
to the Diamondbacks’ May 10 home game. Her teacher, Ms. Karen Braccio, will
also received tickets to the game
About 2,000 student artists
submitted entries to the contest, designed to promote sun safety awareness
among Arizona school children.
The
winner and 50 semi-finalists were selected by a group of Diamondbacks’
players’ wives, including Erica Mantei, wife of pitcher Matt Mantei. The
Manteis are affiliated with the SHADE Foundation, the Curt and Shonda
Schilling Foundation of America, which is dedicated to educating children and
adults about preventing skin cancer.
Matt Mantei will autograph
all of the semifinalists’ entries, and all of the young artists who entered
the contest will receive personalized certificates of participation signed by
Matt Mantei and Shonda Schilling.
To
learn more about SunWise: http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/sunwise/
To learn more about the SHADE
Foundation: www.shadefoundation.org
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