Charity’s Design-a-Christmas-Card Competition Was an ‘Overwhelming Success.'

STOCKPORT, U.K. - Nov. 4, 2015 - PRLog -- Action for Sick Children charity chiefs were yesterday celebrating the huge success of their Design a Christmas Card competition for sick children in hospitals which sparked an ‘overwhelming’ cross-country response in entries to their High Lane, Stockport HQ.

The charity’s Development Manager Dianne Gill said: “We were absolutely delighted with the number  and the quality of the entries. We certainly caught the attention of children across the country with a competition that encouraged them to use their imaginations.

“The quality of entries was superb and all the staff here were impressed by the hard work all our entrants put into their entries. Well done to all of them,” said Dianne. “The judges had an extremely difficult job on the day in choosing the winners of the 3 categories, who were:

Under 8’s

1st place - Ethan Mumford (age 7) – Alvaston, Derby
2nd Place Georgina Brown (age 2 1/2) – Warmley, Sutton Coldfield
3rd Place Edie Layfield (age 6) – Stroud, Gloucestershire

8years – 12 years

1st Place - Katie Prescott (age 9) - Dronfield, Derbyshire
2nd Place - Lechelle Williams (age 10) – London
3rd Place - Chloe Wells (age 12) – Irthlingborough, Wellingborough

Teens

1st Place - Amelia Chamberlain (age 13) – Quarndon, Derby
2nd Place - Sumayya Aswat (age 15) – Leicester
3rd place - Chloe Madelin (age 16) – Breadsall, Derby

The overall winning design was a superb reindeer card drawn by DAISY ARMITAGE (age 13) of Trowbridge, Wiltshire who will receive £100 in Amazon vouchers. In addition, the card will be the official Action for Sick Children Christmas Card for 2015!

“I would like to say ‘Thank you so much to all of the hospitals, Play Specialists, children and parents for all supporting our competition,” added Dianne. “And a huge thank you to Matt Quigley (UK Sports Coaching), Anne Dunn (Simon Dunn's Chocolates) and Amie Pelham (Action for Sick Children Volunteer) for taking on the difficult task of deciding our winners!

If you would like to order a pack of 10 cards costing just £4.50 please telephone: 01663 763 004 or e-mail gillian.boardman@actionforsickchildren.org

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