2022 Sheri Capehart Animal Essay Entry Deadline Extended Through Jan. 18, 2022

By Animal Services

Posted on January 14, 2022, January 14, 2022

Editor's Note: Due to school closings and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the Sheri Capehart Animal Essay Contest submission date has been extended to 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

Don’t miss it! The first day for third through sixth grade students residing in Arlington to enter an essay in the Sheri Capehart Animal Essay Contest is Tuesday, January 18.

Entries may be hand-delivered between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to the following locations:

• Water Customer Service Desk at City Hall, at 101 W. Abram Street
• Water Utilities South Service Center, at 1100 S.W. Green Oaks Boulevard
• Arlington Animal Services, at 1000 S.E. Green Oaks Boulevard

The deadline for 2022 Animal Essay Contest entries is quickly approaching!

Click here for this year’s flyer with essay topics, contest rules and requirements. For more information, parents should consult with their child’s teacher, or visit the essay contest website at https://arlingtontx.gov/essays.

Each winner will receive a Kindle Fire HD compliments of Spring Creek Barbeque and the City of Arlington. Winners will also receive a $100 savings account compliments of EECU, Spring Creek Barbeque and the City of Arlington. 

Special thanks to all Animal Essay Contest sponsors, participants, the City of Arlington Office of Communication, and contest founder former Council member and Mayor Pro Tempore Sheri Capehart.