Youth Winners of Photo Contest to Receive Awards & Have Photos Exhibited at Local Museum
PRNewswire
Awards Presentation to Be Held Saturday, June 19 at 10:00 a.m.
MEDIA ALERT/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
WHAT: Sixteen local students will be awarded cash scholarships and
other prizes for their winning photos depicting Latino Life in
the Sacramento Region. Over 250 guests will honor the Farmers
Insurance Young Americanos Photography Competition winners at a
reception following the unveiling of their winning entries. The
winning students will receive over $3,500 in scholarships.
The winning photographs will be on public display at La Raza
Galeria Posada in Sacramento beginning June 19 through the end of
July.
WHEN: Saturday, June 19, 2004
10:00 a.m.
WHERE: La Raza Galeria Posada
1421 R Street
Sacramento
WHO: 16 excited student winners and their families
Members of the judging panel
Representatives from Farmers Insurance, contest sponsors
Special VIP Guests
WHY: Young Americanos is a multi-faceted program that annually awards
thousands of dollars in scholarships to students. Young
Americanos was developed by Farmers Insurance as an adjunct
program to the Smithsonian Institution's Americanos: Latino Life
in the United States traveling photography exhibition which is on
display at La Raza Galeria Posada in Sacramento. The Young
Americanos photography competition is being sponsored locally by
Farmers Insurance in partnership with La Raza Galeria Posada.
Additional details of the Young Americanos program can be found
at www.youngamericanos.net.
PRNewswire -- June 17
SOURCE: Farmers Insurance
CONTACT: Maria Miranda, +1-916-446-5133, or Luis Sahagun,
+1-323-691-6300, both of Farmers Insurance
Web site: http://www.youngamericanos.net/
