CONTESTS TO SPOTLIGHT COMPASSION, WORK PRIZES TO GO FOR ART, ESSAYS, EXEMPLARY LIVES.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - In conjunction with World AIDS Day World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, with an estimated 38. , the Catalyst Foundation is sponsoring several contests to raise community awareness about tolerance, compassion, personal work ethic and personal spirituality. Entrants 6 to 21 years old can use drawing, painting, crayon crayon, any drawing material available in stick form. The term includes charcoal, conte crayon, chalk, pastel, grease crayon, litho crayon, and children's wax colors. , pastels or collage in an art contest based on the story ``The Little Engine That Could.'' Entrants should illustrate what it means to them to live each day with a can-do attitude. An essay contest is open to writers 13 to 21. Participants must explain, in one to two typed pages, how they have used or intend to use tolerance to make a positive impact on the world. Nominations are being accepted for an award to an adult who has continued to make a positive difference in the lives of others in the community while overcoming personal adversity. Nominations should each be one to two typed pages. Business owners can nominate teen employees for an award to one who exemplifies the work ethic through integrity, reliable attendance and punctuality Punctuality Fogg, Phileas completes world circuit at exact minute he wagered he would. [Fr. Lit.: Around the World in Eighty Days] Gilbreths disciplined family brought up to abide by strict, punctual standards. [Am. Lit. , personal responsibility and initiative. Nominations should be one to two typed pages. The deadline for all contests is 5 p.m. Nov. 9, and entries and nominations should be submitted to the foundation office at 44758 Elm Ave., Lancaster. Prizes will be awarded at 3 p.m. Nov. 30 during the group's World AIDS Day ceremonies. Prizes include a $100 savings bond Savings bond A government bond issued in face value denominations from $50 to $10,000, with local and state tax-free interest and semiannually adjusted interest rates. savings bond A nonmarketable security issued by the U.S. for first place, a $50 savings bond for second place and two movie passes for third place. Founded in 1992, Catalyst is dedicated to providing critically important services to people in the community who are living with HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , as well as education and prevention programs with a special focus on young people. The awards program is named for Frank Altadonna, a Catalyst staff member whom others called a visionary who displayed kindness, compassion, honesty, integrity, work ethic and personal spirituality in action. He lived with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. and hepatitis C Hepatitis C Definition Hepatitis C is a form of liver inflammation that causes primarily a long-lasting (chronic) disease. Acute (newly developed) hepatitis C is rarely observed as the early disease is generally quite mild. for 17 years before he died Feb. 13, 1999. The awards program was developed to honor others who display qualities like those for which Altadonna was revered, staff members said. For more information, call (661) 948-8559. |
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