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2024 TOIR Logo Design Competition
Thunder Over the Indain River fireworks, also known as TOIR is an Independence Day celebration the entire community looks forward to every year. This event is put on by the Port St. John Community Foundation. PSJCF founder, Randy Rodriguez along with others helped organize the first fireworks displays in Port St. John and continues the tradition. He is a longtime resident, local realtor and the man behind HAPPENINGS Magazine that is delivered to most all of Port St. John. Randy is also responsible for the PSJ Christmas Parade each year, and for the past 34 years.
Each year a new TOIR logo design is used on T-shirts, print, web, and social media marketing.
Last year the SCHS Media Department students under the direction of Candace Harlan at SCHS designed our event shirt.
It would be a great addition and recognition to any student portfolio.
PSJ Community Foundation
PSJCF partners with businesses, churches, and schools to help make Port St. John the family friendly community we all love.
Thunder Over the Indian River 2024
PSJ Indepencende Day Celebration is Saturday, July 6th. The Best Fireworks in Brevard!
SCHS Artists!
We are proud to partner with SCHS media students to design our Thunder Over the Indian River Logo for 2024 and hopefully for years to come.
Who
The Port St. John Community Foundation is a public charity serving the residents and businesses of Port St. John and Brevard County. Established in 2019 by founders Andrew Procell (Freedom Air & Plumbing), Tia Mahan (Flawless Finish & Space Coast Panthers Youth Football and Cheerleading ), and Randy Rodriguez (Coldwell Banker Realty and HAPPENINGS magazine) is maintained by dedicated community volunteers. The Port St John Community Foundation in partnership with our generous sponsors, are building resources that serve our community.
The community events held throughout the year is supported by fundraisers and donations from businesses and residents. Everyone is welcome to participate in events and meetings. Our vision is to bring the community of Port St. John together for growth, success, and to enhance the well-being of present and future generations.
The foundation is looking for students to volunteer for hours towards their Bright Future Scholorships.
Events hosted by the PSJ Community Foundation include, but are not limited to:
Thunder Fun Run 5-K (Spring)
Red, White and Bags Cornhole Tournament (Spring)
TOIR Golf Classic (Spring)
Thunder Over the Indian River (Summer)
Fay Lake FestiFALL (Fall)
Port St John Christmas Parade (Winter)
For more information on these events please visit PortStJohnCommunityFoundation.org
SponsORs
The Port St John community is not eligible to receive a municipal share of revenue-sharing funds necessary to hold events specific to our community as other incorporated cities in Brevard County receive. The Port St. John Community Foundation is a non-profit organization formed to raise the necessary funds that if we were incorporated would be received from the county. We depend on donations and sponsorship to hold events throughout the year.
Thank You to these Community Champion Sponsors!
Student Designs
The Port St. John Community Foundation is hosting the 2024 Thunder Over the Indian River Fireworks Display on Saturday, July 6, 2024. We are excited to work again this year with the Space Coast Jr/Sr Highschool's media department to have SCHS students design our t-shirt for 2024.
We will start accepting designs in March and will stop in April or when all designs have been submitted. The winner will be announced before the end of the school year. The winning design will be printed on all shirts worn by the PSJC founders, members, and volunteers. It would be a terrific addition to a design portfolio. The winner will also be announced on all our advertising and social media which during event times reach 12,000 or more PSJ and Brevard County residents. Your design will be available to purchase by residents and students. Consider entering the contest and put your own mark on this traditional community celebration! We want all of you to use your imagination to create a work of art that will be remembered in the TOIR archives.
All contest submissions will be judged by a panel of three local judges. It is our intent that the winning entry to be used in various print media, banners, T-shirts, etc. as well as all online advertising. The winning entry will become a historical part of SCJSH! Prizes will be awarded as follows:
First Place: $100, Second Place: $50, and Third Place: $25, in the form of gift cards.
2003 WINNERS
Trinity Ray, was the winner of the 2023 TOIR Logo Design Competition! 2nd Place Winner is Kaya Peoples. And 3rd Place Winner is Jacob Wisniski. First place winner receives $100, 2nd Place Winner $50 and 3rd Place $25.
We look forward to this years entries and WINNERS!
JUDGES
THANK YOU JUDGES!
Judges for this competition are:
Candace Harlan - SCHS Media Department
Angela Butler - Graphic Designer/Web Developer
Mark Matrazzo- Owner Tropical Teez Inc.
A. JUDGING CRITERIA
1. The TOIR design must communicate the importance of America's Independence Day celebration in our community.
2. The design must have the text THUNDER OVER THE INDIAN RIVER 2024. It must be prominent and readable from distance using the two colors below.
3. Keeping the patriotic spirit, you may use Old Glory Red and Blue on a white t-shirt.
Name: Old Glory Red - Hex B31942, RGB 179, 25, 66, CMYK 0, 100, 66, 13, Pantone 193
Name: Old Glory Blue - Hex 0A3161, RGB 10, 49, 97, CMYK 100, 68, 0, 54, Pantone 281
4. The submission must be presented in Illustrator or vector-based software using the following guidelines:
a. Prepared in 12" x 12" platform using only two colors above; saved as .ai or .eps. or vector .pdf, with all text turned to outlines. Other Vector based programs may be used if it is in vector format.
b. A hand drawn black line drawing may be used and then vectored and saved in the above acceptable formats. If you are unfamiliar with how to do this, we can help. We will add color with artist direction and approval.
c. If we see a design that may need just a tweak or change here or there, we will contact you to make sure that you have a fair chance.
B. Submission Instructions
1. The contest begins March 2024, and you will be notified of how to submit your entry and the designated cutoff date.
2. NAMING YOUR FILE. File name consistency is key to organizing files. When naming your file using no spaces and, “TOIR 2024-and your first and last name" behind the dash (-); i.e., TOIR2024–Your Name.
3. Students may submit more than one entry; however, each entry must be submitted separately.
4. Winners will be notified before the end of school year.
5. This is a contest, and the winning entry will be used for media, web, publications and school activities; therefore, the first-place winner must relinquish all rights to the artwork.
Good luck, and we look forward to some SCHS spectacular entries!
Yours in Patriotic Spirit,
The Port St. John Community Foundation
2. The design must have the text THUNDER OVER THE INDIAN RIVER 2024. It must be prominent and readable from distance using the two colors below.
3. Keeping the patriotic spirit, you may use Old Glory Red and Blue on a white t-shirt.
Name: Old Glory Red - Hex B31942, RGB 179, 25, 66, CMYK 0, 100, 66, 13, Pantone 193
Name: Old Glory Blue - Hex 0A3161, RGB 10, 49, 97, CMYK 100, 68, 0, 54, Pantone 281
4. The submission must be presented in Illustrator or vector-based software using the following guidelines:
a. Prepared in 12" x 12" platform using only two colors above; saved as .ai or .eps. or vector .pdf, with all text turned to outlines. Other Vector based programs may be used if it is in vector format.
b. A hand drawn black line drawing may be used and then vectored and saved in the above acceptable formats. If you are unfamiliar with how to do this, we can help. We will add color with artist direction and approval.
c. If we see a design that may need just a tweak or change here or there, we will contact you to make sure that you have a fair chance.
B. Submission Instructions
1. The contest begins March 2024, and you will be notified of how to submit your entry and the designated cutoff date.
2. NAMING YOUR FILE. File name consistency is key to organizing files. When naming your file using no spaces and, “TOIR 2024-and your first and last name" behind the dash (-); i.e., TOIR2024–Your Name.
3. Students may submit more than one entry; however, each entry must be submitted separately.
4. Winners will be notified before the end of school year.
5. This is a contest, and the winning entry will be used for media, web, publications and school activities; therefore, the first-place winner must relinquish all rights to the artwork.