| Pigeon
Forge, TN – April 2015 / Newsmaker Alert / This Sunday (May
3) is the deadline to nominate students who set good examples so one can
win $5,000 for his or her school and a family vacation to Pigeon
Forge, Tenn., in the Great Smoky Mountains.
The Pigeon
Forge Super Students promotion encourages parents, teachers and friends
to nominate students ages 8-14 who stand out by setting good examples and
going the extra mile to benefit others.
“The winner could come from
anywhere, and the good deeds could be almost anything. Perhaps it’s a child
who mentors peers, perhaps it’s one who created a recycling program, perhaps
it’s one who is the glue that holds a family together. We’re eager to put
someone in the spotlight,” said Leon Downey, executive director of the
Pigeon
Forge Department of Tourism.
All nominations are done
online at PFSuperStudent.com.
Nominators must be at least 18 years old. There will be a top winner and
four secondary winners.
“We’re challenging nominators
to explain a child’s special behavior carefully and briefly. There’s a
100-word cap on the supporting message,” Downey said.
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The top winner gets a Pigeon
Forge family vacation that includes lodging, meals and admission to attractions
such as Dollywood, the Lumberjack Feud and the Titanic Museum Attraction.
That student’s school will
receive an unrestricted gift of $5,000.
The other four winners will
receive family passes to approximately 20 Pigeon Forge attractions, and
their schools will receive $1,000.
“Every school could use extra
cash for many, many purposes. We want the Super Students’ good works to
have a direct impact on their schools,” Downey said.
Pigeon Forge has a long record
of advocating for family vacations and organizing activities that have
rewarded families.
It once gave away a tanker
truckload of gasoline during a fuel shortage crisis, it saluted a military
family prior to the dad’s deployment to Afghanistan with a vacation that
included meeting Dolly Parton and it once organized a family’s first-ever
vacation.
Pigeon Forge is a gateway
city to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and home of approximately 80
visitor attractions, more than a dozen theaters and scores of restaurants
and shops.
Visitor information about
Pigeon Forge is available at MyPigeonForge.com
and 800-251-9100.
Contact:
Tom
Adkinson, APR
for Pigeon Forge Department
of Tourism
615-341-8796 |
