School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Tristan Addington

Teacher: Erica Sherlock

Grade: 8th

Subject: Community Service

Description: For this contest, I helped out with the hospital with three things. The first thing I created was a sticker. At Desert Springs Hospital, they had a problem where they needed something to give their medical staff to show they had permission to wear masks and something to show that even if they wore a mask, they did not have COVID-19. I designed this sticker. I designed this sticker with a positive mood to show that we’ve overcome many things, and can overcome this. I had a time limit too because this sticker needed to be done as soon as possible to be used by the hospital. It is currently in use and has been used since the day after I designed it. The second thing I designed were posters to thank the medical staff. My mom, the director of radiology who’s also on the front lines, came home and brought up that they were making posters to thank the nurses. I wanted to help, and decided to make posters for every department in the hospital, because, in my opinion, everyone should be thanked. Just like they say in acting, without the ensemble, the main characters are just actors. I feel that way with the hospital. Everyone is an important gear in this machine, and if one gear doesn’t work, the entire thing doesn’t work. To make these posters, I got a list of the departments, and drew a background digitally. I then put text over the backgrounds and printed them out. My posters will be held up next week Wednesday to greet medical staff as the enter the building. I completed 39, and am still working on and improving them. The third thing I completed was a label for a care package that was handed out to medical staff to thank them.