Loper Elementary fifth grader Chloe Boggs is the Grand Prize winner of this year's SCUFFY Art contest. She is the daughter of Neal and Tabitha Boggs.
“Chloe’s art really popped – she did amazing reproductions of the agency logos and had clean lines. Lots of students had creative and well-done art, but Chloe’s piece was simply outstanding,” said SCUFFY Executive Director Alecia Gross.
The Grand Prize winner receives a new bicycle.
First place winners from each school in Shelby County received a $20.00 Wal-Mart gift certificate and first, second and third place received ribbons. Those prizes were sponsored by five generous community donors who have an interest in the arts and youth: Boys and Girls Club, Wal-mart, Brammer & Yeend, Girls Inc. and Shelby County Players.
The SCUFFY Art Contest is open to all Shelby County children in grades 4 and 5 from each school in the Shelbyville Central, Southwestern, Northwestern and Shelby Eastern school districts, as well as in the category of private schools/homeschools – giving great incentive for children, and schools, to participate. A panel of three judges reviewed all of the artwork submitted and selected the top picks.
Loper’s art teacher Eric Sutton said that his students spent about five weeks developing and executing their artwork. As part of the project, Sutton discussed with his classes each of the SCUFFY agencies and the role they play in supporting our community. He then displayed the theme and agency logos and talked about the main idea for the poster. This year’s theme is “SCUFFY: A Recipe for Community Success.”
SCUFFY’s 68th drive helps support its twelve member agencies: The Arc of Shelby County, Boy Scouts, Boys Club, Cancer Association of Shelby County, Project Clothes for Kids, Girls Inc., Girl Scouts, Head Start, Meals on Wheels, The Salvation Army, Shelby Senior Services, Turning Point, and USO of Indiana.
All of the winning artwork will be featured on SCUFFY’s website (www.scuffy.org) and via social media (Facebook: Shelby County United Fund; Twitter and Instagram @scuffy3).
