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Sterling Heights Student Is National Grand Award Winner in AAA Traffic Safety Poster Contest
DEARBORN, Mich., July 2 PRNewswire — Vanessa Verstraete, 14, of Jeanette Junior High School in Sterling Heights, has earned a Junior High Grand Award from AAA for her winning traffic safety poster entry - "Buckle Up ... You Have A Long Road Ahead."
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For her efforts, Verstraete will receive $1,500 in prize money from AAA. In addition, her winning poster will appear as part of an ad in the official race program for the upcoming Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway (July 3-5). The weekend of racing will feature the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series.
Verstraete's poster was among 2,811 submitted in Michigan for AAA's 64th Annual Traffic Safety Poster Contest. Each year, students design posters or PSAs using traffic safety slogans determined by AAA. Entrants are grouped according to grade: K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Grand Award winners are selected from among all first-place entries in one of four categories: primary, elementary, junior- and senior-high schools.
Entries are judged on originality, technique, visual impact and relationship of messaging to traffic safety. The program continues its primary aim of reducing traffic and pedestrian crashes, the No. 1 cause of death for children ages three to 14. The program enables youth to showcase creativity and create memorable entries, leading their peers to safety through example and enthusiasm.
AAA Michigan offers automotive, travel, insurance and financial services to more than 1.6 million members in Michigan. It is part of The Auto Club Group (ACG), the largest affiliation of AAA clubs in the Midwest, with approximately 4.1 million members in eight states. ACG belongs to the national AAA federation, a not-for-profit organization with more than 51 million members in the United States and Canada.
SOURCE AAA Michigan
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