CONTEST: My Home: The American Dream - Entry Deadline is December 7, 2007
NEWS RELEASE
Media Inquiries: David Siroty Lori
Silbert
Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC CooperKatz & Company
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COLDWELL BANKER® AND SCHOLASTIC ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS
FOR 3rd “MY HOME:
THE AMERICAN DREAM” CONTEST
Nationwide Contest in Collaboration with Scholastic
Asks K-8 Students
“What Makes Your House a Home?”
Students may focus on one of
the following subjects: “How does your home fit into your version of the
American Dream?” “What is your family’s heritage, and how do you celebrate it?”
“What have your parents, grandparents and other family members taught you about
the meaning of home?” Entries may be submitted in the form of a short film on a
videocassette or DVD (three minutes in length, maximum); a storyboard with
sequential images, a comic strip, or a series of photographs with text; or an
essay accompanied by illustrations.
“Owning a home plays a big part in the
American dream and that dream begins when we are children,” says Jim Gillespie,
president and chief executive officer, Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. “At Coldwell Banker, we know that a home
reaches beyond a physical structure. It is built from the heart through the
dreams a family shares and the long-lasting memories they create. A home has no
boundaries and we look forward to hearing from children across the country with
their creative perspectives.”
Three grand-prize winners
(grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8) will each receive a $2,000 cash prize awarded for their
excellence in creativity, originality, and overall quality and effort. In
addition, 50 runners-up will each receive a $100 cash prize. The teachers of
the three grand-prize winners (or parents who home school) will each receive a
digital video camera for their classroom valued at approximately $600, and one
project submitted by an entire class will receive a $250 cash prize for that
class or school to share.
All winners and runners-up will be featured on www.coldwellbanker.com
and in a Spring 2008 issue of Instructor magazine and/or on www.scholastic.com/instructor.
Entries must be postmarked by
For further contest details,
please visit www.coldwellbanker.com/AmericanDream or www.scholastic.com/instructor. The contest is open to residents of the
About Coldwell Banker®
Since 1906, the Coldwell
Banker® organization has been a premier full-service real estate provider. In 2007, Franchise Times magazine’s
prestigious Top 200 issue ranked the Coldwell Banker system No. 1 in
real estate for the eighth straight year and 12th among franchisors in all
industries. The Coldwell Banker System has approximately 3,800
residential real estate offices and nearly 120,000 sales associates in 45
countries and territories. The Coldwell Banker System is a leader in the
industry in residential and commercial real estate, and in niche markets such
as resort, new home and luxury property through its Coldwell Banker Previews
International® division. It is a pioneer in consumer services
with its Coldwell Banker Concierge® Service Program and
award-winning Web site, www.coldwellbanker.com.
Coldwell Banker Mortgage is one of the largest telephone/Web-based
lenders in the country. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC is a subsidiary of
Realogy Corporation, a global provider of real estate and relocation services. Coldwell
Banker® is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker
Real Estate LLC. Each office is independently owned and operated.
About Scholastic
Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHL) is the world's largest
publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in educational
technology. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining
materials and products for use in school and at home, including children's
books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television
programming, film, videos and toys. The Company distributes its products and
services through a variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book
clubs, school-based book fairs, and school-based and direct-to-home continuity
programs; retail stores, schools, libraries and television networks; and the
Company's Internet site, http://www.scholastic.com/.
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