Community Corner
Final Days to Vote for Best Lighthouses at Maritime Aquarium
The 22 lighthouses were made by local artists, amateurs and students from Katonah, Yonkers, White Plains and other Westchester towns.
Written by WENDY ANN MITCHELL (Patch Staff)
This week is your last chance to cast your vote in the 14th annual “Festival of Lighthouses Contest” at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk.
The lighthouses are made by local artists, amateurs and students from Connecticut and New York from the following towns:
Connecticut – Bethel, Bridgeport, Danbury, Darien, Greenwich (Cos Cob), Monroe, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Shelton, Stamford, Trumbull and West Haven
New York – Cortlandt Manor, Hartsdale, Katonah, New Rochelle, White Plains and Yonkers
The event/exhibit will close on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016.
The lighthouses are made from wood, paper, stone, playing cards, candies, fairy figures and paper cupcake liners.
The following includes voting instructions from the Maritime Center:
• Visit The Maritime Aquarium. At the Aquarium, the contest works like a juried art show except Aquarium guests are the jury. Visitors can follow the homemade beacons through the galleries and cast a vote for their favorite. The lighthouse that gets the most paper-ballot votes wins $1,500. There are cash awards for five runners-up too: $750 for second place, $375 for third; $300 for fourth; $225 for fifth; and $150 for sixth.
• Vote on Facebook. A separate “Facebook Favorite” tally is being taken on the social-media site, at https://a.pgtb.me/8LZNCN. Online voters can vote once every 24 hours. The lighthouse with the most Facebook votes wins $500. Plus, each day, one Facebook voter will be randomly chosen to receive a pair of tickets to The Maritime Aquarium. (You can only win once.)
Paper-ballot and “Facebook Favorite” winners will be announced Jan. 21.
For more information visit www.maritimeaquarium.org.
About the Maritime Center
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution whose mission is to inspire people of all ages to appreciate Long Island Sound and protect it for future generations. A vibrant and entertaining learning environment, it achieves this goal through living exhibits, marine science, and environmental education.
The Maritime Aquarium receives support from the State of Connecticut DECD’s Offices of Culture and Tourism.
Photo Credit: Maritime Aquarium
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