The California Arbor Week Poster Contest is underway and we need help from the California ReLeaf Network to spread the message! Here are some easy ways to raise urban forestry awareness among California’s children.
Postcards
Postcards are available for Network members to distribute to their local schools or districts.
To receive free postcards for your organization, contact Ashley at amastin@californiareleaf.org or 916-497-0037.
Facebook
Pictures gain the most traction on Facebook. So, feel free to use some of our previous winner’s artwork to spread the message.
Share winning entries from past years. You can find those entries here:
2013 Arbor Week Poster Contest Winners
2012 Arbor Week Poster Contest Winners
Sample Status Updates (copy and paste, just make sure you change them where necessary)
- Last year’s California Arbor Week Poster Contest entries are hard to beat, but we’d like to see you try! #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests
- Know some talented kids? Tell them about this contest and watch them learn while they’re at it. #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests
- Kids and trees go together like peas and carrots. #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests
- Calling all parents! The 2014 Arbor Week Poster Contest is now open for submissions. Get your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students involved today. #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests
Have a staff poster contest of your own and post pictures of the winners.
Sample Status Updates (feel free to copy and paste)
- This is STAFF MEMBER’S NAME winning entry in our office poster contest. We may not be elementary school students, but some things are too fun to pass up! #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests
- (Showing a picture of an office poster contest failure) Are you more artistic than a 5th grader? Neither is STAFF MEMBER. #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests
Twitter
Short. Sweet. To the point. Official hashtag: #CalTrees
Sample Tweets (copy and paste, just make sure you change them where necessary)
- Calling all #California schools, #ArborWeek poster contest announced! Celebrate your school’s #trees #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests
- 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, find out how #Trees Make Your Community Healthy #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests
- California #teachers – great activities and prizes in the 2014 #ArborWeek poster contest #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests
- Learn how to identify and measure the #trees at your #school #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests
- #Teachers & #parents, check out these great #tree activities #CalTrees @CalReLeaf http://arborweek.org/contests