WELLINGTON – Sept. 19, 2025 – As part of 2025 Co-op and Small Business Weeks, all children from kindergarten to Grade 6 are invited to enter a drawing contest on the theme “My Favourite Business or Co-op” in early October for a chance to win a beautiful two-person inflatable river tube, courtesy of the Wellington Co-op, some electronic gadgets or a host of other exciting prizes.

The aim of the contest is to encourage children to discuss with their parents and grandparents the importance of these co-ops and businesses to the local economy, from the perspective of the services and products they provide, the jobs they create, and the charitable contributions they make to the community.

Children (or their parents/guardians) can obtain a bilingual participation sheet from Évangéline School, the Wellington Co-op or the Wellington Rural Action Centre, or download and print it from https://tinyurl.com/498wmjuu .

Participants will be required to fill in some basic information and draw their picture. The children are encouraged to be creative in their drawings. They don’t have to limit themselves to drawing the building of the chosen co-op or business. They can, for example, draw an employee doing his or her job, or a customer coming in to request a service.

 

They must submit their entry either to their teacher at Évangéline School or directly to the Wellington Co-op by Oct. 14th. All drawings will be displayed on the store walls Oct. 14-17, with permission from the parent or guardian (as confirmed on the entry sheet).

Contest organizers will then hold random draws on Friday, Oct. 17, to determine the winners of the various prizes. Prizes will be awarded to the winners the following week.

The contest is organized jointly by Wellington Co-op, the Conseil scolaire-communautaire Évangéline, the Acadian and Francophone Chamber of Commerce of PEI, Provincial Credit Union, the Wellington Rural Action Centre and RDÉE Prince Edward Island.

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PHOTO: Children from kindergarden age to the 6th grade will once again get to participate in a drawing contest bearing the theme “My Favorite Business or Co-op”in early October for a chance to win a nice inflatable river tube, electronic gear and other prizes. The contest is organised on the occasion of 2025 Co-op and Small Business Weeks, by, from left, Diane McInnis from the Provincial Credit Union (Evangeline Branch), Marthe Ngombi from the Wellington Rural Action Centre, Chris O’Brien from the Wellington Co-op, Annette Richard from the Conseil scolaire-communautaire Évangéline, and Alecia Arsenault from the Acadian and Francophone Chamber of Commerce of PEI.

 

For more information:
Chris O’Brien
Manager
Wellington Co-op
wellingtoncoop.storemanager@gmail.com
902-854-2951