Teach kids civics, win DC trip

VERMONT - Looking for some educational family fun this summer and a chance to win a free trip to Washington, DC? Help kids take the Good Citizen Challenge, an interactive, nonpartisan civics activity. It recognizes and rewards participants for learning about their communities, keeping up with local news, and taking action to help others.
Organized by Seven Days and its parenting publication Kids VT, with help from the Vermont Historical Society and the Vermont Community Foundation, the nonpartisan Good Citizen Challenge is open to all K to grade 12 students.
This summer’s Good Citizen Challenge includes 25 activities such as: visiting the Vermont History Museum,  participants and their families get in free; reading an issue of a local community newspaper; searching for the deed for a property; writing a poem or making a piece of art about Vermont’s state motto: “Freedom and Unity”; listening to a podcast from Vermont Public Radio; using Front Porch Forum to organize a donation drive for a charity; and having a respectful conversation with someone who has opposing views.
Participants must complete at least five activities in a row on the bingo-like challenge scorecard, then upload a photo of the completed scorecard, along with contact information and evidence of their work to goodcitizenvt.com. All who finish five activities in a row will receive a good-citizen sticker and patch, a pocket constitution donated by Phoenix Books, and an invitation to a VIP reception at the Statehouse in Montpelier this fall. They will also be entered into a drawing for a free trip to Washington, DC from Milne Travel, a new globe, a gift card to Phoenix Books, and other prizes. There is no cost to enter.
Find more information and download the scorecard at goodcitizenvt.com. The deadline to enter is Labor Day, Monday, September 5.