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Did you see that? All those kids painting windows?

Come Home to Galion Win­dow Painting

Over 40 Galion Mid­dle School and Galion High School Art Club mem­bers, under the direc­tion of Joann Wig­gins, took advan­tage of the warm weather this past Mon­day and dec­o­rated busi­ness win­dows around town.

Why? To get every­one in the mood for our Com­mu­nity Hol­i­day Cel­e­bra­tion — Come Home to Galion — this weekend!

[/media-credit] Janna Kohls, 8th grade, and Huntir Sparks, 7th grade, paint the win­dows of A-1 Print­ing Tues­day, Nov. 27. They are part of the art club at Galion Mid­dle School and are par­tic­i­pat­ing in the con­test for Come Home To Galion.

We encour­age you to drive around town and vote for your favorite paint­ing. Win­dow paint­ings are located at:

A-1 Print­ing

Amer­i­can Fam­ily Insurance

Burger King

Cracked Pot

Donley’s of Galion

East of Chicago Pizza

Dr. Fellner’s Office

K&B Laun­dro­mat & Dry Cleaner

Keller Auto Parts

McDonald’s

The Muf­fler House

Pizza Hut

Toni’s Flow­ers

Uptowne Out­fit­ters

Wendy’s (A)

Wendy’s (B)

Thanks to Ver­i­zon Wire­less, vot­ing couldn’t be eas­ier! When you’ve decided on your favorite paint­ing, TEXT the com­pany name to 419–566-6418. Vot­ing will end at 3 p.m. on Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 1st; the votes will the tab­u­lated imme­di­ately. The win­ning paint­ing will be announced at the end of the Come Home to Galion Parade on that same day. Happy Vot­ing! We look for­ward to see­ing you at Come Home to Galion THIS Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 1st.

[/media-credit] Danielle Schnei­der, grade 6, and Saun­dra Davis, grade 6, paint the win­dows of The Cracked Pot on Hard­ing Way East. “We got to pick the store we wanted to paint and who we wanted to paint with,” said Danielle.

[/media-credit] Rachel Jarvis and Greer Gled­hill, both in 8th grade, are paint­ing the win­dows at Keller Auto Parts (includ­ing a bright green truck). Paint is mixed with dish deter­gent to keep it stick­ing to the win­dows until Sunday.

Matt Echelberry Posted by on Nov 28 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

1 Comment for “Did you see that? All those kids painting windows?”

  1. James Power

    Thank you all for con­tribut­ing your time and tal­ent; your art is beau­ti­ful, bring­ing a hol­i­day cheer to all of us. Enjoy your holidays!

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