Good Citizen Challenge 2024: Win a trip to Washington, DC!

HHelp the kids in your life participate in the Good Citizen Challenge, a fun and engaging civic project supported by Seven days. They can choose from 25 activities that encourage them to learn about their communities and help improve them.

All K-8 students who complete and submit activities will receive a Good Citizen sticker and be entered into drawings to win prizes, including $50 gift cards to Phoenix Books, a 2025 Vermont State Parks vehicle pass, tickets to see Lake Vermont Monsters or Vermont Green FC and the grand prize — a free trip to Washington, DC from Milne Travel. We will recognize the excellent work and present the grand prize at a reception at the Statehouse on September 19.

Submit Challenge activities by noon Wednesday to qualify for weekly prize drawings Thursday mornings during the 6 a.m. news on WCAX-TV Channel 3. We’ll be up early and giving away prizes all summer long! Last chance to enter is Labor Day, September 2nd.

The challenge received support from the Vermont Community Foundation, the Pomerleau Family Foundation and the Evslin Family. Find event details, a list of all our partners, and submit entries at goodcitizenvt.com.

* * *

Some entries we’ve received so far:

Activity 1: Create a new “I voted” sticker.

— Grace Gillman, 8, Burlington

Activity 2: Borrow something from the library

“I borrowed the State Historic Site pass so I could learn about history. We visited the Calvin Coolidge Homestead!”

— Amber Wimmer, 12, Bethel

Activity 11: Connect with neighbors through the front porch forum

From a post on the Front Porch Forum: “I’ll be doing more art and probably a neighborhood lemonade stand to raise money for a cause this summer. I love that the contest has different activities to choose from and that I can win prizes.”

—Grace Gillman

Activity 4: Read Liberty and Unity: A Graphic Guide to Civics and Democracy in Vermont:

“I read comics for civics. I always enjoy reading comics and graphic novels.”

— Samuel Sanborn, 8, Richmond

Activity 20: Read the news

(Regarding June 5, 2024, the number of Seven days): “I found the article about the jazz festival interesting. This year I went to the jazz festival for my school’s jazz band and it was great to learn about other musicians playing at the jazz festival. I was surprised how well known these musicians were.”

— Jacob Rye, 12, Waterbury

Activity 24: Take a quiz: Is this an AI generated image or a real photo?

“I could tell them quite easily, but some were hard and I got it wrong.”

— Cole Booska, 13, Vergennes

Find activity details and enter at goodcitizenvt.com.