FOREVER RESORTS, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANNOUNCE CALL FOR ENTRIES

Art Contest Encourages Students to Celebrate Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina, Nev. - November 2011

On June 6, 2011 the National Park Service and Forever Resorts LLC, an authorized concessionaire of the National Park Service, dedicated the first-ever LEED floating marina building at Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina, Nev., inside the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. To mark the occasion, the two entities are sponsoring an art contest open to students in Clark County, Nev.

The first-place winner in each category will have their artwork displayed in the LEED building and receive a family four-pack of passes for Forever Resorts' Black Canyon River Adventure flat-water motor assisted raft tour below Hoover Dam (www.BlackCanyonAdventures.com). The second-place winner will receive a $50 gift card redeemable at Cottonwood Cove and the third-place winner will receive a $25 gift card for Cottonwood Cove.

One grand-prize winner will receive a houseboat vacation departing from either of Forever Resorts' two houseboating marinas within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area including Cottonwood Cove Marina and Callville Bay Resort and Marina (www.ForeverHouseboats.com )

Teachers of all winning or placing students will receive two passes for Forever Resorts' Black Canyon River Adventure flat-water raft tour below Hoover Dam (www.BlackCanyonAdventures.com). All entries will receive certificates of appreciation for their work from Forever Resorts and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS:

• Open to all students enrolled in grades K through 12th at a school (public, private, charter) within Clark County.
• Artwork should be inspired by the landscape, wildlife, outdoor recreational opportunities or history of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
• Any two-dimensional medium is acceptable, including paint, watercolor, marker, crayon, collage or a combination thereof.
• Submissions should be no larger than 20 inches by 24 inches in size, and must be able to be hung on the wall.
• Each student may submit only one entry.
• Artwork must be original and not violate U.S. copyright law.
• Do not laminate artwork.
• Submissions become the property of the Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina and may not be returned.
• Each submission should be clearly labeled on the back with the following information: Student's Name, Grade, Teacher's Name, School, Title of the submission and brief explanation of the work (no more than two sentences)
• Submissions must be received by 4 p.m. on Friday, December 9, 2011.

• Winning submissions will be selected in the following categories: Pre-K - Grade 2, Grade 3-5, Grade 6-8, Grade 9-12

Send entries to:
The School-Community Partnership Office
Attention: Judy Myers, 4212 Eucalyptus Ave., Annex, Building 8
Las Vegas, NV 89121

The first-place winner in each category will have their artwork displayed in the LEED building and receive a family four-pack of passes for Forever Resorts' Black Canyon River Adventure slow-water rafting tour below Hoover Dam (http://www.blackcanyonadventures.com/raft-tours/). The second-place winner will receive a $50 gift card to Cottonwood Cove and the third-place winner will receive a $25 gift card to Cottonwood Cove.

One grand-prize winner will receive a houseboat vacation departing from any of Forever Resorts' three houseboating marinas within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area including Cottonwood Cove Marina, Callville Bay Marina and Temple Bar Marina. (www.ForeverHouseboats.com )

Teachers of all winning or placing students will receive two passes for Forever Resorts' Black Canyon River Adventure slow-water rafting tour below Hoover Dam www.BlackCanyonAdventures.com).

All entries will receive certificates of appreciation for their work from Forever Resorts and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

ABOUT FOREVER RESORTS
Forever Resorts is an exceptional collection of destinations providing hospitality services throughout the world. The company focuses on properties with access to nature and one-of-a-kind surroundings for vacations, including houseboating adventures. Since 1981, Forever Resorts has provided custom-built luxury rental houseboats for use at numerous lake and national park destinations across the United States. Its manufacturing facility - Fun Country Marine Industries builds and maintains the Forever Resort fleet. Houseboats are manufactured in a variety of sizes and amenities and contain environmental features such as energy-efficient or LED lighting, low-flow water fixtures, zero water discharge into the surrounding body of water, carbon-monoxide reduction through the use of SafeCO™ generators and the most fuelefficient engines available, along with solar-enhanced electric systems. Boats built by Fun Country also include carpeting and cabinet tops made from recycled materials. All Forever Houseboats are National Marine Manufacturing Association certified and built to ABYC and U.S. Coast Guard specifications.
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