The DHL U.S. Olympic
Spirit Cards Contest has come to a close! The response from participating
schools and children across the country was overwhelming, with thousands
of children across the country submitting Spirit Cards which DHL will now
deliver to Team USA in Torino, Italy.
You can view
the winning Spirit Cards which best exemplified the ideals of the Olympic
Spirit through their illustrations by visiting the DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit
Cards Online Gallery:
The DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Cards Contest
is one of several DHL initiatives that support the 2006 U.S. Olympic and
Paralympic team and celebrate the spirit by which the original Olympic
Games were founded. The contest is a nationwide effort to encourage
millions of young Americans to learn about the Olympic Spirit and share
their creative vision on the meaning of the Olympic Spirit in messages of
support to be sent to the 2006 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic
Teams.
Judging of the DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Cards
Contest was conducted by a panel comprised of Team DHL members -- Olympic
athletes Vonetta Flowers, Scott Hamilton, Dan Jansen, Chris Klug and
Paralympian Sarah Will - who also served as ambassadors for the DHL U.S.
Olympic Spirit Cards Contest.
Each of the four grand prize winners
will receive a trip to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Spirit Awards
Delivered by DHL award ceremony in May, 2006, which is expected to be
attended by more than 400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes, and will also
have their creative work framed and displayed at the USA House in Torino
throughout the Games.
