{"id":42472,"date":"2019-03-25T08:40:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T12:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=42472"},"modified":"2019-03-25T08:40:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T12:40:41","slug":"students-kick-butts-with-anti-vaping-memes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=42472","title":{"rendered":"Students &#8220;kick butts&#8217; with anti vaping memes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9249\" style=\"width: 319px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TV-and-AK_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9249\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/TV-and-AK_1-309x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured from left to right at Owen J. Roberts Middle School: Austin Kincaid (3rd Place) and Taylor Vermillion (1st Place).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Chester County Tobacco-Free Coalition and the Chester County Health Department recently selected three middle school students as winners in the annual Kick Butts Day Meme Contest.\u00a0 Students were recognized during the school day on Tuesday, March 19, and Wednesday, March 20, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco.\u00a0 In recognition of this event, the Chester County Tobacco-Free Coalition challenged Chester County middle school students to participate in a contest to create anti-vaping memes, which are typically humorous, captioned photographs shared on web and social media.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Coalition received over 100 contest entries.\u00a0 The 2019 finalists are youth advocates from Saint Agnes School (West Chester Borough) and Owen J. Roberts Middle School (South Coventry).\u00a0 Each contest winner created a compelling meme appropriate for an adolescent audience, where vape initiation remains at peak.\u00a0 Entries were judged by members of the Chester County Tobacco-Free Coalition.\u00a0 The winners received gift cards and certificates of recognition; the winning schools received posters of their students\u2019 winning meme to be displayed at school.<\/p>\n<p>Contest winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> Place:\u00a0 Taylor Vermillion, Owen J. Roberts Middle School, Grade 7<\/li>\n<li>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place:\u00a0 Madelyn Kelley, Saint Agnes School, Grade 7<\/li>\n<li>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Place:\u00a0 Austin Kincaid, Owen J. Roberts Middle School, Grade 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The winning memes can be found on the Chester County Tobacco-Free Coalition website: <a href=\"http:\/\/cts.vresp.com\/c\/?ChesterCountyHealthD\/40fe4d0832\/91e8435a6a\/2b9874bfea\">www.chesco.org\/cctfc<\/a> in addition to free prevention and cessation services that you may request for your school or community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chester County Tobacco-Free Coalition and the Chester County Health Department recently selected three middle school students as winners in the annual Kick Butts Day Meme Contest.\u00a0 Students were recognized during the school day on Tuesday, March 19, and Wednesday, March 20, 2019. 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