RESULTS OF THE 35th ANNUAL TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT’S
TRAFFIC SAFETY POSTER CONTEST
Press Release by Capt. Gregg Hackbarth – 6/25/2016
Photographs by P.O. William Jackson
Photographs edited by Lt. John Calamari
The 35th annual Township of Washington Police Department’s Traffic Safety Poster Contest (TSPC) Ceremony was held on for Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 at the Senior Center in the municipal complex. Fifty-three students were recipients of cash awards and certificates of achievement for their award winning posters. A total of $2,600 in cash awards were distributed to the award winning artists from the Jessie George School, Washington School and Westwood Regional Middle School. A total of 538 students from the three schools participated in this year’s program. The traffic safety themes for this year’s TSPC were as follows:
For kindergarten through second grade:
“Pedestrian and Child Passenger Safety”
For third grade through fifth grade:
“Getting to School Safely”
For sixth grade:
“How to be a Good Passenger”
This year’s TSPC had five Grand Prize winners who received $150 checks for the best poster per grade grouping. In addition, thirteen students received $75 checks for the best poster per grade per school and thirty-five students received $25 checks. The $150 Grand Prize winning posters were drawn by the following students (their poster are displayed below as are the posters for best poster per grade per school):
GRAND PRIZE WINNING POSTERS – BEST POSTER PER GRADE GROUPING – $150 CHECK RECIPIENTS
Giulia R. – Kindergarten – Washington School
Neomah S. – Second Grade – Jessie George School
Kaitlyn L. – Third Grade – Jessie George School
Moira H. – Fourth Grade – Washington School
Brianna C. – Fifth Grade – Jessie George School
Best Posters Per Grade Per School – $75 Recipients
Nicholas Z. – Kindergarten – Jessie George School
Juliet M. – Kindergarten – Washington School
Anthony A. – First Grade – Jessie George School
Analia C. – First Grade – Washington School
Michael S. – Second Grade – Jessie George School
Aiden B. – Second Grade Washington School
Sean C. – Third Grade – Jessie George School
Mia K. – Third Grade – Washington School
Ava W. – Fourth Grade – Jessie George School
Keira D. – Fourth Grade – Washington School
Kirk S. – Fifth Grade – Jessie George School
Grace H. – Fifth Grade – Washington School
Salvatore P. – Sixth Grade – Westwood Regional Middle School
All 538 posters entered in the Township of Washington Police Department’s 35th Annual Traffic
Safety Poster Contest have been submitted to AAA for entry into AAA’s State Traffic Poster Program.
Our goal is to educate the children of this community about traffic and pedestrian safety. We hope to
build lifelong safety habits at an early age.
The following businesses, civic groups, emergency services and private citizens sponsored
$2,600 in cash awards for this year’s TSPC:
Grand Prize Sponsors ($150 Checks)
Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation – 3 full checks
Dolores and Donald Snyder – 2 full checks
Best Posters Per Grade Per School Sponsors
($75 Checks)
Bacari Grill – 2 full checks and 1 check cosponsored
with Domino’s Pizza of Westwood
Twp. of Washington Police Department – 2 full checks and
1 check cosponsored with Knights of Columbus #5427
Tom Sawyer Diner – 2 full checks
Tumble In Cleaners – 1 full checks and 1 check cosponsored with Elephant Electric
Rocket Fizz – 1 full check
Certified Speedometer – 1 check cosponsored
with Councilman Tom Sears
Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation – 1 check cosponsored
with Carl Mittelhammer – Prime Solutions
$25 Check Sponsors
Mayor Janet Sobkowicz – 6 checks
Chief of Police Glenn Hooper – 4 checks
Jessie F. George School P.S.O. – 4 checks
JRL Associates – 4 checks
Pascack Valley PBA Local 206 – 4 checks
Washington School P.S.O. – 4 checks
Bergen Brookside Towing – 2 checks
Contemporary Woman’s Club of Washington Township –
2 checks
Highway Traffic Supply – 2 checks
$25 Check Sponsors (Continued)
Twp. Of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps –
2 checks
Rocket Fizz – 1 check
Any business, civic group or private citizen that would like to be added to the sponsor list for the 36th Annual TSPC in 2016 should contact Captain Gregg Hackbarth at 201-664-1140 ext. 116 or may send an e-mail to Captain Hackbarth at traffic@washtwppolice.org.
