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And they’re off!

The postcards and flags that is!

Tremendous thanks to those of you who participated in the Postcard Challenge and Fly a Flag Challenge. I thought I’d let you know that most of the postcards and all of the flags are on their way to Antarctica! Hurray!

But before they were sent to the ice they came to the Pink Palace Museum. I snuck a peek and they are amazing!

Do you want to take a peek too? Here are just a few of the flags we received!

Hawkins Mill Elementary 3rd graders
Catina Roberts’ 3rd grade class at Hawkins Mill Elementary with their postcards and flag. Photo courtesy of C. Roberts.
Gwen Calleo’s PreK class
Gwen Calleo’s PreK class at Georgian Hills Elementary. Photo courtesy of G. Calleo.
Kelly Richard’s 1st grade class
Kelly Richard’s 1st grade class at St. Louis Grade School. Photo courtesy of K. Richard.
Mrs. Fleming’s 3rd grade class
Mrs. Fleming’s 3rd grade class at Richland Elementary. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Fleming.
Mrs. Robin Lovgren class
Mrs. Robin Lovgren class at St Louis Junior High School. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Lovgren.
Mrs. Rogers and Ms. Barrett’s Class
Mrs. Rogers and Ms. Barrett’s Class. Photo courtesy of T. Rogers.
Ms. Bolton’s 2nd grade class
Ms. Bolton’s 2nd grade class at St. Anne on Highland. Photo courtesy of Ms. Bolton.

Several individuals completed their own flags. Check them out!

Here’s Angelyna Nevi from Immanuel Lutheran with her flag and Nathan Cotton from Kate Bond Elementary School with his.

Angelyna Nevi with her flag
Angelyna Nevi from Immanuel Lutheran School with her flag. Photo courtesy of J. Schwartz.

Nathan Cotton
Nathan Cotton from Kate Bond Elementary School with his flag. Photo courtesy of S. Cotton.

I am very happy to say that I received around 250 flags and over 3,500 postcards! But we are still taking postcards!

There’s still time to send a postcard!

We haven’t quite reached our goal of 10,000 postcards - but you’re in luck! We’ve extended the deadline so there’s still some time left.

So… if you would like to receive a postcard from Antarctica, check out this link for more details!

For postcard details click here.

But remember we’ve only extended the deadline until October 31.

Don’t forget!

We are also in the final days for the Sun and Earth Challenge. Check it out here.

This challenge ends on September 30th so be sure to email me your answers.

Details
Author
Alex Eilers
Date
Expedition
Weddell Seals in the Ross Sea 2014

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Tue, 09/30/2014 - 10:55

Denise Perkins

I have 2 student flags that were sent in after the deadline. Is there any way to still get them sent.