The United States Attorney’s Office is sponsoring its 12th Annual Project Sentry Logo Contest. The statewide contest allows students an opportunity to design logos on school safety, gun violence awareness and prevention, and submit their illustrations for upcoming Project Sentry publications. The contest is open to any student (elementary, middle, or high school age) in South Carolina. Entries will be divided into four grade categories. A winner will be selected from each of the four grade categories and will each receive a $50.00 cash award. The overall winning logo, which will be chosen from among the four grade division category winners, will receive an additional $50.00 cash award (for a total of $100.00), and will be featured in Project Sentry publications. The awards are sponsored by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association (SCLEOA).
Entries should be consistent with the theme “Preventing Gun Violence at Your School.” The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 3, 2015. Contest information has been distributed to schools throughout South Carolina. Therefore, if your child or student is interested in participating, contact your school and/or local law enforcement agency as contest information has been provided to them as well. Additionally, if your child?s school is not participating in the contest, your child may still submit an entry. Application and contest rules may be found on our website at:

http://www.justice.gov/usao/sc/programs/logowinners.html

Project Sentry, which is part of the district?s Project Safe Neighborhoods/Project Cease Fire program, is a vital step in strengthening our ability to prevent gun crimes among our young people and to ensure a safe learning atmosphere for our children.