Mascot Contest!

Do you have a budding artist at home? The Children's Hands-On Museum of Northwest Illinois is looking for children in grades Pre-K - 12th to design our mascot! From now until May 31, your children can submit their original artwork to be chosen as the mascot for Children's Hands-On Museum of Northwest Illinois, or CHOM. We know the mascot is a CHOM, but we're just not sure what a CHOM looks like!

Here's the rules:

* Mascot should be no more than three colors.
* Mascot should be 8 1/2 x 11 or smaller.
* Mascot MUST be family-friendly!
* When submitting your artwork, please be sure to include the artist's name, address, phone number, age, and school.

You can drop off your submission at any of these wonderful locations:

*This Is It Eatery in Freeport
*The Blue Orchid in Freeport
*Serendipity Candy in Freeport

*FS Fast Stop in Lena
*Casey's in Dakota
*Richland Creek Foods in Orangeville

Winner will be notified by mail and/or phone call - so make sure names, addresses and phone numbers are on the drawing!!! The Board of Directors will choose the submission that best promotes the philosophy and mission of the Children's Hands-On Museum of Northwest Illinois. The winner will receive a lifetime membership to the museum. The winning art will become property of CHOM of NWIL. Artwork will be featured on all the promotional materials for the museum - signs, posters, brochures, t-shirts, heck, maybe even your own stuffed CHOM!

Questions? Send us a message on Facebook, leave a comment here on our blog,  or email at chomnwil@gmail.com!