Monday, February 27, 2012

Doodle 4 Google

Exciting news! Girl Scouts of the USA has the opportunity to participate in Doodle 4 Google, a contest where students in the United States are invited to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign Google’s homepage logo for millions to see. This year, students are asked to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, "If I could travel in time, I'd visit…" One lucky student artist will see their artwork appear on the Google homepage and take home some cool prizes—and as a special bonus, the winning artwork will appear on a limited edition of Crayola's iconic 64 box!

The Doodle 4 Google competition is now open to all K-12 students in U.S. schools (including homeschoolers). Parents, teachers, or after school programs may submit doodles on behalf of their child or student as long as they are accompanied by a completed and signed entry form. Completed entry forms must be received by March 23rd and can be found here http://www.google.com/doodle4google/request.html for download or regular mail.

We encourage all Girl Scouts to get creative and apply for Doodle 4 Google right away! There are exciting prizes, including the opportunity to win a $30,000 college scholarship, and much more!

Girl Scouts of the USA is encouraging councils to submit troop videos of girls engaged in Doodle 4 Google. In order to maintain consistency, all videos need to be shot on an iPhone and the video files uploaded to dropbox. Dropbox.com accounts are free up 2gigs. Instructions can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhIW207wqms. Once done, send us the download link and we’ll take it from there! To submit video, email doodle4google@girlscouts.org.

Remember to keep clips short and the camera as stable as possible. Please don’t forget to have everyone sign release forms, which can be found here https://pearl.girlscouts.org/Resources/PhotographyMaterialsReleaseJuly2010.doc

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Please contact Joshua Ackley at jackley@girlscouts.org or Lillian Ruiz at lruiz@girlscouts.org with questions.