Doha: The more than 200 students of the American School of Doha, who took part in the logo designing competition that was launched in September this year have been anxious to know who won this prestigious contest. The announcement was made at a reception in the HSBC Main Branch on the Corniche yesterday.
Jenny Song, in grade 5, Rachel Ong, an 8th grader and Adam Faruqi from the 9th grade were all winners in their respective categories. The judges, all HSBC employees, found it an impossible task to separate these into a first second and third place, and with clever design work combined the three logos into one. The end result is a striking symbol with a strong message to re-use, reduce and recycle. This logo will be displayed on all the new recycling bins at ASD.
Each of the three winners received a HeadStart Account from HSBC with QR500 and the remaining finalists received a HeadStart Account with an amount of QR100.
"Recycling is important to me because I at least want to help stop global warming. If we reuse, and recycle, there might be not as much carbon dioxide, and we have to think of future generations." said Jenny Song, Grade 5 student at ASD.
As part of the formalities, two members of the Roots and Shoots club from the middle school in ASD presented their action plans and suggestions to make a difference in the environment in Doha to the staff of HSBC.
In September 2007 HSBC and the American School of Doha signed a memorandum of understanding committing both parties to a long term relationship regarding educational and environmental issues. The logo competition, new recycling bins, a symposium on environmental issues and tree planting at the new campus of ASD were some of the elements of this partnership.
Mark Norbury, Head of Strategic Business Development for HSBC said: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with such an outstanding partner in this very worthy cause. HSBC is genuinely committed both to the promotion of education and to stepping up to address the challenges associated with Climate Change. "
© The Peninsula 2007
