Panhandle Health District’s Health Intervention Program recently completed the second year of its Lead Awareness Poster Contest.

Each year, students in grades three through five are asked to create posters demonstrating how to avoid lead exposure. These posters allow students to showcase what they are learning each spring when PHD’s LHIP visits each school in the area to teach students how to avoid lead exposure through fun and interactive lessons.

This year, students from Harrison Elementary, Pinehurst Elementary and Silver Valley Christian Academy submitted a total of 58 posters for consideration. This year’s contest winners include Roscoe Rauch of Harrison Elementary and Hyrum Creswell and Madison Johnson, both of Pinehurst Elementary.

All student posters were proudly displayed in honor of Lead Poison Prevention Week, October 20-26. The posters will remain on display until November 8 to give the public a chance to admire the students’ hard work.

Feel free to stop by PHD’s Kellogg office Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at 35 Wildcat Way in Kellogg.

Please contact PHD at 208-783-0707 for more information about this contest or to learn ways to avoid lead exposure in our area.

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The three winning posters from Panhandle Health’s Lead Awareness Poster Contest.