PSA Contest

Drug Free Pennsylvania's 2012 PSA Contest

 

The Pennsylvania National Guard Counterdrug Joint Task Force, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs and Drug Free Pennsylvania are launching, for the 5th year, a statewide contest designed to find highly creative middle and high school students. The Sound Off: Pennsylvania’s Drug Prevention Television/Radio Public Service Announcement (PSA) Contest will provide an opportunity for youth to send a positive message to their peers and communities that drugs and alcohol do not have to be part of their activities.

The contest is open to all public, private and home-educated Pennsylvania students in grades 6-12. If necessary, the winning team will professionally produce the PSA that will be aired on television or radio stations throughout the state. In addition, the winning team will have their PSA unveiled at their school during an assembly.

Both the Pennsylvania National Guard Counterdrug Joint Task Force and Drug Free Pennsylvania have programs available that provide lessons to help students and adults become more familiar with the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. The programs also teach students to become critical consumers of the media. The PSA contest is a natural outgrowth of these courses of study; however, participation in the contest is not exclusive to the students who currently participate in one of these programs.

Guidelines and registration forms are available at http://www.counterdrug.org/psacontest.html.

If you have any questions about the contest, please contact the Pennsylvania National Guard Counterdrug Joint Task Force at 717-861-9612 or e-mail: RA-PSA_Contest@pa.gov

Thank you for your effort to help us reduce substance abuse in our Pennsylvania communities.

 

To learn more about the 2011 winners, go to www.counterdrug.org/psacontest.html