South Dakota senior wins Christophers' annual poster contest

Published: 2008-05-22

NEW YORK (CNS) -- A high school senior from South Dakota is the winner of the $1,000 first prize in the 18th annual high school poster contest sponsored by the Christophers. Jackie Nemec of Dell Rapids High School in Dell Rapids, S.D., illustrated the contest theme, "You Can Make a Difference," by showing that the ripple effect of simple acts such as a smile can sometimes have far-reaching impact. Second place and $500 went to Minji Kim, a junior at Houghton Academy in Houghton, N.Y., for a painting that shows how everyone can help to alleviate world hunger. Gabriela Gonzalez, a junior at Archbishop McCarthy High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., won the third prize of $250 for her anime-style drawing of a teenager symbolically breathing new life into a withered tree. The more than 1,400 entries this year came from across the United States and from as far away as the Philippines, West Africa and China.

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