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as featured in our July, 2023 newsletter !

While our main focus is the protection, preservation, and promotion of Historical Cairo, we also believe in CONNECTING Cairo by:

  • bridging the past with today

  • connecting the generations

  • making connections within the community

From July 1-28, 2023, (DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED A WEEK, due to wet weather) we are running a PHOTO CONTEST for all ages to encourage more CONNECTION.

To encourage everyone to “buy local,” we are giving away as prizes gift certificates to Cairo’s brand new grocery store, Rise Community Market!

“HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS —CONNECTING THE GENERATIONS”

SUMMER PHOTO CONTEST!

WHAT CAN I WIN?

FIRST PLACE PHOTO OVERALL —$200 Gift Certificate to Rise Community Market (one winner)

SECOND PLACE PHOTO OVERALL—$100 Gift Certificate to Rise Community Market (one winner)

BEST OF EACH BENCH — $50 Gift Certificate to Rise Community Market (four winners)

(Sponsored by generous donors and The Cairo Historical Preservation Project, Inc.)

WHERE MUST I TAKE THESE PHOTOS?

In the fall and spring of 2022-23, TCHPP, Inc. donated four bench placemaking spaces throughout Cairo to help encourage CONNECTION through gathering and reflection— here are the locations:

Ward Chapel AME Church legacy courtyard — 420 17th Street — across from Cairo Public Library.

African American Troops Monument, intersection of Washington and Sycamore.

St. Mary’s Park — off 28th Street — about 50 yards from the swings.

Downtown Cairo — Heritage Park pavilion area — across from bandstand on Commercial Street, between 8th and 9th Streets.

HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST:

1. Gather your family, co-workers, classmates, pets, friends and any props you want to use and head over to one of the above TCHPP bench locations (or all four)!

2. Using the bench in the pic, take a digital photo on your phone or camera of yourself and/or others that would fit the description:

“Cairo — Home is where the heart is.”

It can be funny, inspiring, or serious — props and pets are allowed! Just be creative!

3. Submit as many digital photos as you wish to this email address:

support@historicalcairo.com

Please include:

  • your name

  • explanation of your photo and how it fits our contest theme

  • phone number where we can reach you

  • then wait to see if you win free groceries!

4. Deadline for submission is midnight on Friday, July 28.

5. Only ONE (1) gift card per person will be awarded - no multiple prizes.

6. Winners will be announced by Friday, August 4, 2023 on TCHPP social media, as well as in a press release to local media.

GOOD LUCK…AND MAY THE BEST PHOTOS WIN!

See below for full contest rules and guidelines.

FULL CONTEST RULES:

  1. Members of the TCHPP, Inc. Board and staff, and the current Rise Community Market Board or staff, and their immediate family members, are ineligible for this contest.

  2. You may submit as many entries as you like, using as many bench locations as you like.

  3. All photo submissions must feature one of the four TCHPP benches in the picture. Pets and props are allowed in photos.

  4. Photo can be funny, inspirational, or serious, but must include an explanation as to what it means and why it fits our theme: “Cairo—Home is Where the Heart Is.” For instance: is the photo multi-generational? Is this the first time a person has been back to Cairo in years?

  5. All photos must be digital and sent to: support@historicalcairo.com between 12:00 am Saturday, July 1 and 11:59 pm Friday, July 21, 2023.

  6. Please include description of each photo and explain how it fits our contest theme.

  7. No late submissions will be accepted after the deadline.

  8. Winners will be notified as soon as possible at the conclusion of the contest, and must give permission for their photo to be taken and name be used in TCHPP public relations, press releases, and social media, or else the prize will be awarded to someone else.

  9. Only ONE (1) prize will be awarded per person —no one can win more than one gift certificate, which will be issued by Rise Community Market.

  10. Photos will be judged by TCHPP, Inc. board members and at least one other community member.

For more information or questions, please contact us at support@historicalcairo.com