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Fight The Bite Contest

Fight the Bite Campaign 2024 Contest Entry Form

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2023 Winners

Raleigh, NC. - Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed April 2023 as Tick and Mosquito Awareness Month. As part of Tick and Mosquito Awareness month, the North Carolina Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Branch held the “Fight the Bite” Contest for students grades K-12. To promote the importance of vector borne disease prevention, the contest encouraged students to use artwork to promote the Fight the Bite theme, inspiring all North Carolinians to prevent vector borne disease. “We received more than 150 artwork entries from Cherokee to New Hanover Counties, and are highly impressed by the artistic abilities of students in North Carolina. We were equally impressed that all of our entries reflected how much students in North Carolina know about protecting themselves, their families and communities” said Dr. Alexis M Barbarin, North Carolina Public Health Entomologist. Students were divided into three grade categories: K-5, 6-8, and 9-12th Grades. Entries were voted on by entomologists and other members of the public health community. Students were graded on originality, creativity, and their public health message of vector borne disease prevention. There were 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place awards for students in most of the grading categories. Artwork will be reprinted for display in schools, local health departments, and other government buildings to encourage vector-borne disease prevention. We also encourage readers to print and post winning entries to promote a vector-borne disease free North Carolina!

 

Winners: K-5th Grade

1st Place: Amaya Bealon, 5th Grade, Eaton Elementary School

Fight the Bite Contest Winners Artwork

 

2nd Place: Natalie Floyd, 3rd Grade, Blue Ridge School

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3rd Place: Charlie Nipper, 5th Grade, Eaton Elementary School

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Winners: 6th-8th Grade

1st Place: Maliyah Pulley, 7th Grade, Red Oak Middle School

Fight the Bite Contest Winners Artwork

 

2nd Place: Avery Johnson, 6th Grade, Harnett Central Middle School

Fight the Bite Contest Winners Artwork

 

3rd Place: Alayssia McCutter, 6th Grade, Red Oak Middle School

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Winners: 9th-12th Grade

1st Place: Noga Wasserberg, 9th Grade, UNCG Middle College

Fight the Bite Contest Winners Artwork

 

2nd Place: Raia Carter, 9th Grade, Charlotte Lab School

Fight the Bite Contest Winners Artwork

 

3rd Place: Jaedann Allison, 11th Grade, North Iredell High School

Fight the Bite Contest Winners Artwork

 

 

 

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