Page 19 - Sonoma County Gazette March 2017

CALL to Student Filmmakers
PSA Contest on Bottled Water Submission Deadline is Friday, March 17th, 2017
Must be postmarked or delivered by 3/17/17 by 5:00 p.m
Help educate the public by creating a PSA about why choosing to drink tap water is better than purchasing disposable plastic water bottles.
a news-cast, skit, animation, commercial, reality television show, or even a music video. Let your imagination go wild, but please read all of the following instructions carefully!
Who May Enter: Students in grades 9 -12 attending high school in Sonoma, southern Mendocino, or northern Marin counties. Entries can be a team or an individual effort. Limit one entry per person.
Prizes: Cash awards will be split with 50% of the prize money going to the individual(s) who submitted the video and 50% to the high school they attend. An awards presentation will be held on Thursday, April 27th, 2017.
A PSA, or a public service announcement, is a short film that helps change public attitudes and behaviors by raising awareness about a social issue. Your video should feature a creative way
to teach the public why tap water is better than disposable plastic water bottles. You can create
• 1st Place - $1,500 • 2nd Place - $1,000 • 3rd Place - $500
Sweet Louise
Now you can fly with your butterflies, free on a
breeze! THANK YOU for all you have given us over your splendid 100 years!! We’ll miss you at the farm in June, but you will be with us in spirit...fluttering from flower to flower. I wonder which butterfly you will be!
Did you know?
• Bottled water can come from thousands of miles away. Your tap water starts at the Russian River. (Sonoma County Water Agency)
• Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world. We consume approximately half a billion bottles of water each week. That many water bottles could circle the globe about 5 times. (The Story of Bottled Water. PDF)
• For every six water bottles consumed, about one make it into the recycling bin. (National Geographic Kids)
• Plastic water bottles are not biodegradable. Every piece of plastic ever created still exists on our planet in some shape or form. (Surfrider Foundation)
• If you like having extra spending money, drink tap water! It costs each person less than $3.00 for a whole year’s supply of drinking water. On average, bottled water costs about 2,000 times more than tap water. Can you imagine paying 2,000 times the price of anything else? How about a $10,000 burger? (The Story of Bottled Water.PDF)
Tap water is good for you, good for the environment!
Reduce waste ~ Save money ~ Drink local ~ Be healthy!
For More Information - http://www.scwa.ca.gov/2017-video-contest/
If you have questions about this video contest, please contact Kory Hebner at 707-521-6204 or Kory.Hebner@scwa.ca.gov
Sponsored by the Russian River Watershed Association: The Russian River Watershed Association is a coalition of eleven cities, counties, and special districts in the Russian River Watershed that have come together to coordinate regional programs for clean water, fisheries restoration, and watershed enhancement. The Russian River Watershed Association includes the cities
of Cloverdale, Cotati, Healdsburg, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Ukiah; the Town of Windsor; the County of Mendocino, the County of Sonoma; and the Sonoma County Water Agency.
Louise Hallberg - Queen of the Butterflies!
Please visit the SCWA website for ALL Rules and the RRWA logo which MUST be included in the PSA.
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