Announcing the winners in our worldwide online photo contest
The Rotary Club of Vancouver Sunrise in Vancouver, Canada, hosted a photo contest online as a fund-raiser to help in the fight against polio.
Starting October 24, 2011, and continuing to the end of 2011, photographers worldwide submitted photos with the theme "Facing Challenges." This theme was interpreted in many ways and creativity was encouraged.
The contest concluded on December 31, 2011, and winners were announced in January 2012. Here are the winners:
FIRST PRIZE goes to David KAGAN of Edmonton, Canada, with 818 votes. His photo was number 24248.jpg.
SECOND PRIZE to Juan Carlos VAZQUEZ of Vancouver, Canada, with 811 votes. Photo nujmber 24472.jpg.
THIRD PRIZE was won by Peter WU of Vancouver, Canada, with 509 votes. Photo number 24495.jpg.
THE TEN HONOURABLE MENTIONS ARE:
Tuba YALCIN, Canada
Ramish FERRIS, Canada
Brian MOGHADAM, Canada
Cam SCOTT, Canada
Banu TULUMEN, Canada
Lynne NAMETH, Canada
Betty Anne LOY, Canada
Murray VERSO, Australia
Marilyn AXLER, USA
John SANDOVAL, Canada
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who entered photos and/or voted. We appreciate your support of our contest and Rotary's campaign to "End Polio Now."
The Rotary Foundation has been innoculating millions of children in developing countries against polio since 1987, in its campaign to eliminate this crippling and life-threatening disease from the Earth. With new cases of polio now reduced by more than 99 percent, a final push is on to "End Polio Now." Your particiapation in our online photo contest helped.
Thank you.