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CUP All Saints' Day Essay Contest and Christmas Coloring Contest

This year, CUP is proud to sponsor its fifth annual All Saint’s Day Essay contest for students in fifth through ninth grades, and its second annual True Meaning of Christmas coloring contest for students in first through fourth grades. Check the flyer below for details!

  CUP 2010 Contests Flyer (Adobe Acrobat .pdf)

The All Saints’ Day Essay contest, Who is a Living Saint?, is meant to encourage students to reflect on the good role models in their lives and learn ways to serve the community and reach out to the poor. There will be one overall contest winner and one winner in each grade level. The prize for the overall winner is a $50 gift card. The winners in each grade level will receive $25 gift cards. The deadline is October 13, 2010.

The True Meaning of Christmas coloring contest is to provide students an opportunity to illustrate what the true meaning of Christmas is to them. The overall winner, as well as the winner in each grade level, will receive ten Christmas cards. The overall winner will also receive four tickets to the Festival of Lights at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens. The deadline is December 3, 2010. See the main contest flyer above for the Coloring Contest Guidelines.

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Catholics United for the Poor (CUP) is a coalition of Catholic organizations with a history of direct services to the poor.

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