The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Be A Food Fellow!

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A DANFORTH CENTER FOOD FELLOW?
Enter our “Food Fellow” competition for the chance to participate in the Center’s World Food Day Commemoration as an honored guest! World Food Day is a global event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger. In keeping with this ideal, we want to take this dialogue far beyond the participants on October 15-16. Beyond our food packaging and science experience, we want to engage kids of all ages in the dialogue about health, nutrition, and hunger. So let’s get started!

Key Information for All Entries

Deadline	All entries must be postmarked by September 20, 2010. If emailed, entries must be accompanied by signed and scanned release form by September 20, 2010.
Selection/Notification Process	Your submission will be screened by Danforth Center staff, members of our Junior Board, and select teachers and educators. We will evaluate each and every entry. The judges' decision is final. “Food Fellows” will be individually notified of the results by mail.
Number of Entries/Categories	Each entrant may submit only one entry per age group (may not enter in both art and writing competition). “Food Fellows” will be selected in both artistic and written categories in four age groups: Grades 2-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12
Of Note	No entry fee is required, and all rights to the entry remain the property of the author. However, please make a copy of your entry as we cannot return it. By entering the competition, you agree to us publishing your entry in on our Web site (if your entry is a “Food Fellow” selection) or as the Center sees fit for reproduction, distribution, display or modified for publication. If we publish your entry, we will only print your first name, age, city and school, unless you advise us otherwise. We cannot accept joint entries. We do not accept entries via email unless you include a scan of the cover page including the signed copyright form. We accept only entries for which no delivery signature is required by us to receive them. Immediate family members of the Danforth Center or its Junior Board are not eligible to enter. All entries must be original works, in English, not previously published. Plagiarism, which includes the use of third-party poetry, song lyrics, etc., will result in disqualification. Entries must be typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper, double spaced, with numbered pages. All other formats will be disqualified. Each entry must have a printed, signed release. Every subsequent page must carry the title and a page number, but not the author's name to facilitate fair judging. Artistic entries must be EXACTLY 11x8.5 (created horizontally). Entries may be created in pencil, ink, crayon, paint – no mixed media such as glue collages, tissue paper, etc.
What Are the Prizes?	Danforth Center “Food Fellows” will receive the opportunity to participate in the Center’s World Food Day Commemoration as an honored guest (accompanied by a parent). Each “Food Fellow” will receive a special t-shirt designating him/her as such, as well as a certificate signed by Danforth Center Chairman of the Board, Dr. William H. Danforth. Winners may be asked to consider participating in media opportunities (interviews on radio, television or for the Center Web site) and their names and schools will be announced in a press release sent throughout the region.

As You Begin

Draw from your personal interests or experiences.
Investigate, research, review statistics.
Consider talking with older people in your community who have known of past food riots and shortages in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Ready to Enter?

Grades 2-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-10
Grades 11-12

Guidelines for Grades 2-5
There are over one billion people in the world considered chronically hungry. On October 15-16, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and its volunteers will be packaging 200,000 meals in celebration of World Food Day. Participate in the dialogue about human health and nutrition!

All entries must be postmarked (or emailed, accompanied by signed and scanned release form by September 20, 2010. “Food Fellows” will be individually notified of the results by mail. Each entrant may submit only one entry per age group (you may not enter in both art and writing competition). No entry fee is required, and all rights to the entry remain the property of the author. However, please make a copy of your entry as we cannot return it.

Essay or Poem: maximum 150 words: entries must be typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper, double spaced, with numbered pages. Each entry must have a printed, signed release. Every subsequent page must carry the title and a page number, but not the author's name to facilitate fair judging.

Write about why it is important to have, and eat, healthy food?
Write an essay or poem about the importance of sharing.

Artistic Entry: must be EXACTLY 11x8.5 (created horizontally). Entries may be created in pencil, ink, crayon, paint – no mixed media such as glue, collages, tissue paper, etc. Entry must have a printed, signed release. Name of entrant should be on the reverse side of the entry. All art should be accompanied by an “artist’s statement” describing the work in his/her own words (space for this statement may be found at the bottom of the release form)

Draw a picture of what it means to share.
Draw a picture about how you feel after eating a healthy food.

Guidelines for Grades 6-8
There are over one billion people in the world considered chronically hungry and a child dies every six seconds from malnutrition and related diseases. On October 15-16, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and its volunteers will be packaging 200,000 meals in celebration of World Food Day. Participate in the dialogue about human health and nutrition!

All entries must be postmarked (or emailed, accompanied by signed and scanned release form by September 20, 2010. “Food Fellows” will be individually notified of the results by mail. Each entrant may submit only one entry per age group (you may not enter in both art and writing competition). No entry fee is required, and all rights to the entry remain the property of the author. However, please make a copy of your entry as we cannot return it.

Essay or Poem: maximum 300 words: entries must be typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper, double spaced, with numbered pages. Each entry must have a printed, signed release. Every subsequent page must carry the title and a page number, but not the author's name to facilitate fair judging.

Discuss what World Food Day means to you; is it important? Why or why not?
Write a story or poem to reflect what life might be like for an individual dealing with hunger and malnutrition.
Give your thoughts about possible solutions to the problem of hunger around the world.

We’d like to have lots of kids your age thinking about the issue of global hunger. Create a poster to help make others aware of either the Danforth Center’s World Food Day Commemoration or the day of awareness created by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
Depict in art what life might be like for an individual dealing with hunger and malnutrition.
Draw a picture of what our planet (a village, a family) would look like if everyone had enough to eat.

Guidelines for Grades 9-10
There are over one billion people in the world considered chronically hungry and a child dies every six seconds from malnutrition and related diseases. On October 15-16, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and its volunteers will be packaging 200,000 meals in celebration of World Food Day. Participate in the dialogue about human health and nutrition!

All entries must be postmarked (or emailed, accompanied by signed and scanned release form by September 20, 2010. “Food Fellows” will be individually notified of the results by mail. Each entrant may submit only one entry per age group (you may not enter in both art and writing competition). No entry fee is required, and all rights to the entry remain the property of the author. However, please make a copy of your entry as we cannot return it.

Essay or Poem: maximum 500 words: entries must be typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper, double spaced, with numbered pages. Each entry must have a printed, signed release. Every subsequent page must carry the title and a page number, but not the author's name to facilitate fair judging.

Explore a possible solution to malnutrition in writing (individual, societal or scientific). Talk about how it might help and its benefits and drawbacks in comparison with other possible solutions.
Write a story or poem to reflect what life might be like for an individual dealing with hunger and malnutrition.

We’d like to have lots of kids your age thinking about the issue of global hunger. Create a poster to help make others aware of either the Danforth Center’s World Food Day Commemoration or the day of awareness created by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
Depict in art what life might be like for an individual dealing with hunger and malnutrition.
Draw a picture of what our planet (a village, a family) would look like if no one had enough to eat.

Guidelines for Grades 11-12
There are over one billion people in the world considered chronically hungry and a child dies every six seconds from malnutrition and related diseases. On October 15-16, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and its volunteers will be packaging 200,000 meals in celebration of World Food Day. Participate in the dialogue about human health and nutrition!

All entries must be postmarked (or emailed, accompanied by signed and scanned release form by September 20, 2010. “Food Fellows” will be individually notified of the results by mail. Each entrant may submit only one entry per age group (you may not enter in both art and writing competition). No entry fee is required, and all rights to the entry remain the property of the author. However, please make a copy of your entry as we cannot return it.

Essay or Poem: maximum 750 words: entries must be typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper, double spaced, with numbered pages. Each entry must have a printed, signed release. Every subsequent page must carry the title and a page number, but not the author's name to facilitate fair judging.

By 2050, estimates forecast that the global population will approach 9.4 billion. Explore one of the following topics:

Other than by providing aid through events like ours, what else can we do as individuals and as a society to address the ever-growing need for increased food production? Do we have a moral obligation or societal duty to feed the world? Why?
Explore a possible solution to malnutrition in writing (individual, societal or scientific). Talk about how it might help and its benefits and drawbacks in comparison with other possible solutions.

Artistic Entry: must be EXACTLY 11x8.5 (created horizontally). Entries may be created in pencil, ink, crayon, paint – no mixed media such as glue collages, tissue paper, etc. Entry must have a printed, signed release. Name of entrant should be on the reverse side of the entry. All art should be accompanied by an “artist’s statement” describing the work in his/her own words (space for this statement may be found at the bottom of the release form).

We’d like to have lots of kids your age thinking about the issue of global hunger. Create a poster to help make others aware of either the Danforth Center’s World Food Day Commemoration or the day of awareness created by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
Research the physical effects of malnutrition in developing countries (for example in sub-Saharan Africa, a focus area of the Danforth Center). Draw a picture a person suffering from these effects.
Create a work of art that addresses the issue of global hunger, its effects or how it can be solved.