Sussex Christmas tree farm launches card competition to benefit charity

Nov. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm near Battle, East Sussex, has challenged youngsters to come up with a card design incorporating a festive fir. The winning designs will be reproduced and sold in the farm’s shop and online to raise funds for the Spinal Injuries Association.

The Spinal Injuries Association is a charity close to Catsfield Christmas Tree farm owner Clive Collins’ heart as he lost the use of his legs after falling from a tree while working as a forester.

Two lucky winners will each win £100 worth of books for their school courtesy of book company Red House a tree for their school and £20 of vouchers for themselves.
Clive said: “This is our first-ever Christmas card design competition and we’re really excited to see what the children produce. We want the entries to be bold, colourful and feature a Christmas tree. We also hope the competition will get Children thinking about how Christmas trees are grown.

“The Spinal Injuries Association is a superb organisation and provides information and support to people with spinal injuries. I am really pleased to be helping the charity in this small way.”

The competition has two categories, one for those aged between 4 and 7 years and one for those aged between 8 and 11 years. Entries must be received by 20th November. For more details on how to enter go to Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm’s page on Facebook. The winners will be announced on 25th November.
 
Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm www.catsfieldchristmastreefarm.com is a long-established grower and retailer based in Catsfield, East Sussex.  It has been a member of the British Christmas Tree Growers’ Association since 1994 and has been growing and supplying Christmas trees for over 20 years.  

Catsfield Christmas Tree farm shop will be open from the last weekend in November. Trees are cut as late as possible to keep them fresh. The business also uses sustainable, environmentally friendly methods to farm its trees.

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Notes to editors: For further information contact: Suzi Christie on 01435 830031 or at suzi@blueberry-pr.co.uk

To enter: Please send us original artwork, no larger than A4, by 20th November 2011, to: Design a Christmas Card Competition, Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm, Cedar Cottage, Catsfield Stream, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9BB. Entries can also be sent on a memory stick to the above address or emailed to info@blueberry-pr.co.uk with 'Design a Christmas Card Competition' in the subject line. If sent using this format, the images need to be saved as jpegs and be over 300kb resolution. If the entry is chosen for reproduction we may be in touch to ask you to resend the design in hi-resolution. Multiple entries can be sent as a zip file. Please make sure each image is labelled with the artist's name and age.

Please provide the following information with your entries: Your name, age, school and contact details (address and phone number or email address).Please note that by submitting your entry you are consenting to it being used by Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm for the Christmas card and any related promotional material.

We cannot return artwork but unsuccessful entries may be collected from Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm from the 27th of November. For further information and queries please contact: info@blueberry-pr.co.uk or telephone 01435 830031. There is no cash alternative.