{"id":604612,"date":"2024-12-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=604612"},"modified":"2024-12-05T09:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:48:16","slug":"congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-christmas-in-july-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/all\/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-christmas-in-july-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the Winners of the Christmas in July Contest!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back in July, we asked Earth Rangers across Canada to celebrate Christmas a little early. We challenged all you budding artists to design a holiday card that celebrates the beauty of trees in wintertime. As a bonus, we asked you to use earth-friendly materials&#8211;recycled paper, found forest materials, or magazines cut up and collaged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And wow, did you deliver! The winner of this year&#8217;s contest is&#8230; festive drumroll, please&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Grand Prize: Sera &#8211; Edmonton, AB<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1-731x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1-731x1024.jpeg 731w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1-214x300.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1-768x1075.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1-1097x1536.jpeg 1097w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1-1463x2048.jpeg 1463w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1-150x210.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1-300x420.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1-696x974.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1-1068x1495.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-21-1.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sera&#8217;s beautiful painting of a lone tree against a gorgeous wintertime sky (look at that beautiful aurora borealis!) won this year&#8217;s grand prize. Her artwork will be featured on FPAC&#8217;s holiday card this year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sera also won a gift bag full to the brim with artistic goodies: a painting set, a cedar pencil, a notebook, and more! Our two runners-up also took home a prize pack! Check our their beautiful artwork below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Runner Up: Clare &#8211; Ontario<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-686x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-686x1024.jpeg 686w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-201x300.jpeg 201w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-768x1147.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-1029x1536.jpeg 1029w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-1371x2048.jpeg 1371w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-150x224.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-300x448.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-696x1039.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-1068x1595.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-1920x2867.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-20-scaled.jpeg 1714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Runner Up: Jaya &#8211; British Columbia<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-1024x704.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-1024x704.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-768x528.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-1536x1056.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-2048x1408.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-150x103.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-218x150.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-696x479.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-1068x734.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPAC-Contest-2024-3-1920x1320.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the winners of this year&#8217;s contest, and big thanks to everyone who submitted their beautiful artwork!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Missed your chance to enter? Don&#8217;t worry! You can always find fun contests, activities, and eco-challenges in the Earth Rangers App!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Christmas in July Contest is generously supported by:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"165\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/fpac-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/fpac-logo.png 465w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/fpac-logo-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/fpac-logo-150x53.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in July, we asked Earth Rangers across Canada to celebrate Christmas a little early. We challenged all you budding artists to design a holiday card that celebrates the beauty of trees in wintertime. As a bonus, we asked you to use earth-friendly materials&#8211;recycled paper, found forest materials, or magazines cut up and collaged. 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