Colouring Co-op Week
Kids learn about community-owned franchise from contest
Darrell Greer
Northern News Services
Published Wednesday, November 5, 2014
RANKIN INLET
Students at Leo Ussak Elementary School put their artistic talents on display in Rankin Inlet this past week.
Kissarvik Coop board member Lynn Rudd and retail manager Glenn Woodford display two of the top entries in the Coop's colouring contest for elementary school students in Rankin Inlet this past week. - Darrell Greer/NNSL photo |
Every student in the school was asked to colour a drawing by the Kissarvik Co-op and submit it to be judged for a chance at cash prizes.
The owners of the top three entries in each class received $20, $10 and $10 respectively.
Retail manager Glenn Woodford said the colouring contest runs in conjunction with Co-op Week festivities.
He said despite the age of the young artists, the contest relates to the Co-op's member engagement program.
"The intent of the contest is to explain to the children what the Co-op is, who owns it and that it's member driven," said Woodford.
"If you consider the Co-op being built by past and present members, it builds the legacy up and passes it onto the children.
"The kids are the future leaders of our community, and they're also future members of the Co-op.
"When you think about it, many of our future new members of the Co-op, as well as future members of our board of directors, are, more than likely, sitting right there in that group of students."
This was the second year the contest was held, with the drawings spending about a week on a Co-op wall for parents to check them out.
Board member Lynn Rudd said picking the winners is a lot harder than it looks.
She said the drawings show many of the kids know red is the colour of the Co-op logo, and it was obvious many of them put a great deal of effort into their work.
"It was hard to judge so many, but Glenn and I did the best we could in picking the winners," said Rudd.
"The kindergarten drawings were extremely colourful. It's unbelievable a five year old can colour like that.
"It's wonderful to see."
Rudd said the colouring was different from grade to grade, but each one was special in its own way.
She said it was harder, however, to pick the winners in the higher grades.
"Overall, I was very impressed with the job the kids did.
"They're all winners in my book."
