Make the Water Connection
Ad Contest Winning Entries

To help get the word out that everyone can do something to have an impact on water quality, CMWEA and Gander Mountain invited high school students throughout Stearns County create 60-second TV ads showing how they would promote one of CMWEA's top ten water protection tips found on the home page of this website. Following are this year's 3 winning entries. Scroll down to see the 5 honorable mention entries.

Grand Prize Winners
Each of the following videos were awarded $1000 for their school's submitting department
and a $400 Gander Mountain Gift Card for their team

Get a Rain Barrel Save $$$ Choose your format to watch:         APOLLO HIGH SCHOOL Students: Michelle Meyer Megan Potter Naima Toure Instructor: Joe Schulte

Don't Forget Your Doggy Bag Choose your format to watch:         ROCORI HIGH SCHOOL Students: Ellyn Kinzer Kelsey Lintgen Autumn Struffery Elisa Traut Instructor: Linda Liebl

Don't Rake Into the Lake Choose your format to watch:         ROCORI HIGH SCHOOL Students: Andy Guggenberger Nick Loxtercamp Kyle Ratke Cory Wenz Instructor: Linda Liebl

Honorable Mention
The following videos were chosen as runners-up to the grand prize winners.
Each student received a gift from Gander Mountain.

	Car Wash APOLLO HIGH SCHOOL Students: Chad Dukowitz Instructor: Joe Schulte	Choose your format to watch:
	Use a Doggy Bag APOLLO HIGH SCHOOL Students: Colin Stanhill, Jesse Schmitt, Garrett Danielson Instructor: Joe Schulte	Choose your format to watch:
	Don't Forget Your Doggy Bag APOLLO HIGH SCHOOL Students: Emily Schmidt, Allen Middendorf, Neil Becker Instructor: Joe Schulte	Choose your format to watch:
	Don't Oil the Soil ROCORI HIGH SCHOOL Students: Laura Tollefson, Jamie Stewart, Tiffany Stang, Tony Dahl Instructor: Linda Liebl	Choose your format to watch:
	What a Wonderful World ST. JOHN'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL Students: Hannah Ice-Cook, Daniel Merkle, Ryan Culligan Instructor: Mary Johnson	Choose your format to watch:

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