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Lucie River

Lucieriver@yahoo.com

1969 PowerSquadron

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Southern Pig & Cattle launch Wed, April 9th

SLRPS will be celebrating
United States Power Squadrons Centennial along with City of Stuart 

Join us:
Saturday, May 10th at Memorial Park, Stuart
following a vintage car parade thru streets of Stuart beginning 10am
1. SLRPS will feature a vintage boat courtesy of Elliot Museum 

We will launch this project Wed, April 9th for all of SLRPS at Southern Pig & Cattle    

  

2. Public will learn about USPS and SLRPS.

• History of United States Power Squadrons 
• Jump start Safe Boating Week handouts
• Sign-up for upcoming Seminars, Safe Boating Classes, Hurricane Fair

3. SLRPS will launch poster contest based on theme:

•  LIFE JACKETS SAVE LIVES !  If your pet wears one, shouldn't you?
•   to be made into T-shirt for future fundraising

• Wanted:  High Resolution Photos
• Needed: Sponsors 
• Deadline: April 26, 2014
• Voting: Centennial Day, May 10th   
• Prize: TBD

  LIFE JACKETS SAVE LIVES ! 

If your pet wears one, shouldn't you?

See other sample entries and discussion at: 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/USPS-District-8/225852064137919
https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Lucie-River-Power-Squadron/157712407587931
http://supportslrps.blogspot.com/

Your help is needed.  Questions?  Learn more April 9th.

 Centennial USPS/SLRPS Committee,
P/C Elaine Kwan, AP, P/R/C Bill Husted, SN

The Contest update..for facebook 4/4/14

St Lucie River Power Squadron (SLRPS) needs your help for the SLRPS Photo Poster Contest. The general theme is animals wearing PFDS (aka life jackets, pet flotation devises, etc).

Chair person, Elaine Kwan, is collecting images from SLRPS/D8/Internet. The deadline is April 26th. If you have any pet pictures in floatation jackets please send them in. You may post your pictures to the facebook page.

facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Lucie-River-Power-Squadron/157712407587931

SLRPS will be selecting a winner and using the winning poster for T-Shirt art which they plan to sell to raise funds to promote boating education at SLRPS. As always support from our fellow district members is appreciated. If you have any questions you may contact any SLRPS bridge officer at 

http://uspsd8.org/SquadronInfo.php?sqdcode=5010 Executive Officers

USPS Centennial update Apr 04/01/14 6:10 PM

Per my phone calls to you, this is the current USPS Centennial Day status to be presented to SLRPS Xcom. 
Booth theme:

Life Jackets Save Lives !

If your pet wears one, shouldn't you?

We will launch the project Wed, April 9 for all of SLRPS at Southern Pig /Cattle   

C-Day assignments

• Cdr Bruce
• Booth Design
• Poster lamination
• SLRPS support/funds for whatever is needed. 
• Bill Husted
• Publicity 
• West Marine sponsorship
• Per Bruce/ Denny Ladd will arrange for a ...
• Vintage Boat for parade
• John Goebel
• Sharpen Boating Skills tri-folds and misc
• Nancy Burke
• T-shirt pricing and parameters 
• Elaine/ Scully Poster Contest
• will be collecting images from SLRPS/D8/Internet
• Deadline April 26th
• Select and Create posters
• C-Day: May 10th 
•  Event participants vote on poster.
• Announce winner at end of SBW (?)
• T-shirt will made from winning poster image 
• to be used as a fundraiser and our promos 
• w/ public
•  SLRPS,
•  D8
• USPS

Keep in mind this is a work in progress.  Ideas welcome.  I will send out a SLRPS announcement prior to April 9th.

USPS/SLRPS Centennial Project Committee Chair,
Elaine Kwan

Two Dogs

Happy Dog

If your pet wears one

Your most important piece of boating equipment
is your life jacket...

If your pet wears one, shouldn't you?

USPS / City of Stuart Centennial Events

USPS / City of Stuart Centennial Events 

• Mon, March 24, 2014:  USPS/ SLRPS to receive Proclamation from City of Stuart
• City of Stuart Centennial, Sat. May 10th
• Parade thru Stuart which culminates at Memorial Park, the location of our booth
• If Your Pet Wears a PFD, Shouldn't You, too !  
  
• will be the theme of our USPS Centennial Booth
  

I propose ...

• At our booth we feature members and pets in PFDs
• Contact me if you want to help w/ booth or participate w/ your pet 
• We will decorate our booth w/ photos and artwork
• From various USPS/ SLRPS/ D8 sources 
• To be obtained thru an experiment in social media;
•  where we will host a mini competition on Sail Angle, D8 and Twitter
• Bob Scully, D8 PRO has set up a blog and will advise us.  
• http://supportslrps.blogspot.com/
• Items on blog can be removed and updated 
• To participate in blog, please contact me.  
• Sell pet PFDs
• need members to contact vendors
•  We will jump start Safe Boating Week w/ sign-ups for
• Seminars
• Safe Boating Classes 
• Hurricane Fair

• At the end of SBW 
• we can end competition 
• continue the competition into the school year and end at the Stuart Boat Show or PS Seafood Fest.   
• Start a new competition during school year. 

This is a work in progress; subject to change. Feel free to contact us w/ questions and comments.

P/C Elaine Kwan, AP and D/Lt (P/R/C) Bill Husted, SN
SLRPS/ USPS  Centennial Committee 

If your Pet Wears a PFD, Shouldn't you, too ! (draft)

USPS / City of Stuart Centennial Events 

• Mon, March 24:  USPS/SLRPS to receive Proclamation from City of Stuart
• City of Stuart Centennial, Sat. May 10th
• Parade thru Stuart which culminates at Memorial Park, the location of our booth
• If Your Pet Wears a PFD, Shouldn't You, too !  or If Your Pet Wears a PFD, You Should, too!  ???
• will be the theme of our USPS Centennial Booth
  

I propose ...

• At our booth we feature members and pets in PFDs
• Contact me if you want to participate w/ your pet 
• We will decorate our booth w/ photos and artwork
• From various USPS/ SLRPS/ D8 sources 
• To be obtained thru an experiment in social media; where we will host a mini competition on Sail Angle, D8 and Twitter
• Bob Scully, D8 PRO has set up a blog and will advise us.  
• http://supportslrps.blogspot.com/
• Items on blog can be removed and updated 
• To help participate in blog  please contact me.  
• Sell pet PFDs
•  We can jump start Safe Boating Week w/ sign-ups for
• Seminars
• Safe Boating Classes 
• Hurricane Fair

• At the end of SBW 
• we can end competition 
• continue the competition into the school year and end at the Stuart Boat Show of PS Seafood Fest.   
• Start a new competition  

SOCIAL MEDIA ON PROLOG

http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/prolog/uspsprolog2014b/2014012801/#46

http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/prolog/uspsprolog2014b/2014012801/#48

http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/prolog/uspsprolog2014b/2014012801/#50

http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/prolog/uspsprolog2014b/2014012801/#52

MORE DETAILS

http://www.usps.org/membership/memcom/awards_index.html

Chain of submissions: 

1. Posters shall be judged by each Squadron first at any activity level (i.e. 
schools, cub scouts, day-camps, etc) with the winning posters of each group 
combined with non-group entries to be judged at the squadron level. Squadrons 
may supply awards in any manner they decide. 

2. First, second and third place winners in each age category from each 
Squadron are submitted for judging on the District level. It is up to the District to 
determine when and where their judging will occur, keeping in mind the timing of the 
National Annual Meeting. Districts may supply awards in any manner they decide. 

3. First place winners in each age category are then submitted for judging at 

the National level.

Award: First place $150, second place $100 and third place $75 given to winners in 
three age groups: 1) 6-8 years, 2) 9-11 years and 3) 12-14 years. All awards will be 
forwarded to the Squadron Commander for presentation to their winners. 

District 8 twitter

https://twitter.com/

"How to" Poster Contest

http://www.usps.org/national/membership/youth/poster.htm

See the data here for specifics....
http://www.usps.org/national/membership/youth/pictures/The_Youth_Poster_Contest_Awards.pdf

Old Poster Art Samples

 For your information the art paper ( card stock) was a 14" x 22".

This is the back side form that is attached to the art.

Stuart 100 Year

Elaine,

I looked at the Stuart web and it looks like they are starting with events already 

Here are a few things to look at.....

1. I think you are looking for SOCIAL MEDIA Support. I will do that and get this moving. I will post the package to D8 Facebook, Sailangle, Twitter and generate a blog where I will put data that I think may help.

2. I think you are looking for ideas from others on what you could do

• to help promote your squadron at the Stuart 100 Year ( May 7)
• to promote the USPS 100 year
• to promote D8 75 year
• to promote SLRPS 50 year
• safe boating education in general

3. The idea about If your pet wears a PFD, shouldn't you, too? is a good one. The idea about asking for input from the local kids could be promoted during the event. I suggest you make it a sign up program to get the kids and parents into the mix. Make this a long range push maybe for the year. It starts at the show and continues to December. Some of the basic guideline are posted on the national website on HOW TO do a poster contest. Have the theme be just what you defined as the idea. Let the kids make you posters to help you get the message across to adults in the community. This poster contest should have an award presentation ...possibly at the Fall Conference in Boca or at another time you decide is more appropriate. When you are done with the contest get the local library to post them on the walls. PS make sure the kids include www.slrps.org in the art somewhere.

YOu could...

• Decorate your booth

1. w/ photos of pets in PFDs 
2. 100 Year USPS art
3. District 8 75 Year art
4. Art work of the website sites...USPS, D8 and SLRPS

• Feature members and pets in PFDs
• Sell pet PFDs 
• Promote the youth pet pfd poster contest.

4. At the show bring up safe boating week. Consider educating those  who come about Safe Boating Week.   May 17 - May 23, 2014

5. Get some of your boating photos...old or new ....on the 100 Year photo gallery.

http://celebratestuart.org/photo-gallery.html

Bob

PS After you have read this call me and I will go over it with you so you make sure I am on the right track.