Two ISD Middle School Students Win District Peace Poster Contest
Two ISD middle school students- Mackenzie Matzeder from Bingham and Kara Amos from Pioneer Ridge- are district winners of The Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest. Representing the Independence Host Lions Club, the two now advance to compete for statewide honors.
Students ages 11 through 13 were asked to visually depict their interpretation of this year’s theme- Peace, Love and Understanding. Created in 1988, The Lions International Peace Poster Contest gives young people an opportunity to express their feelings about peace. Since then, more than 3.6 million children have participated worldwide.
(Mackenzie’s Poster) 
(Kara’s Poster)
Both students described the meaning of their artistic message:
Mackenzie-“Sometimes keeping the peace and understanding can be hard, but we all need to shake hands and realize that’s all it takes.”
Kara- “I think the world needs peace because everyone should be good to everyone. Being a good person is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”
Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization in the world. Nearly 1.4 million Lions members perform valuable services in more than 200 countries around the world by sharing their simple core belief- community is what we make it.