WELLINGTON – Sept. 27, 2024 – As part of 2024 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 Gskyer telescope, courtesy of the Wellington Co-op, some electronic gadgets from MacDonald Insurance and Investments 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/y4jf98kz.

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 for a service.

They must submit their entry either to their teacher at Évangéline School or directly to the Wellington Co-op by Oct. 19th. All drawings will be displayed on the store walls Oct. 21-25.

Contest organizers will then hold random draws on Friday, Oct. 25, to determine the winners of the various prizes. Prizes will be awarded to the winners early the following week.

The contest is organized jointly by Wellington Co-op, MacDonald Insurance and Investments – The Co-operators, 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: Among the community partners collaborating in the organization of the 2024 Children’s Drawing Contest for Co-op and Small Business Weeks and donating prizes are, from left, Jessica Gallant, manager of the Evangeline branch of Provincial Credit Union; Chris O’Brien, manager of the Wellington Co-op, which is offering the top prize, this beautiful Gskyer telescope; Alecia Arsenault, event coordinator for the Acadian and Francophone Chamber of Commerce of PEI; Annette Arsenault, project officer with the Conseil scolaire-communautaire Évangéline; Josée Arsenault, client information officer from Wellington Rural Action Centre; and Raymond J. Arsenault, communications officer with RDÉE PEI and manager of the Acadian Chamber. Absent from photo: a representative of the firm MacDonald Insurance and Invesetments.

 

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