Debbie Bloomfield | Special to The Michigan Catholic

WYANDOTTE — Winners of the Upper Downriver Right to Life Christmas card design contest were announced Nov. 17 at the chapter’s regular meeting.

The contest is divided into two age groups: grades 5-8 and grades 9-12. Cards have been printed from the winning design in each age group and can be purchased at the Right to Life of Michigan Resource Center, 2010 Eureka Road, Wyandotte.



Katelyn Lesko, a sophomore at Wyandotte Roosevelt High School and member of St. Stephen Parish in New Boston, was the first-place winner for the high school competition. Her card featured a sleeping infant and was digitally painted using Autodesk Sketchbook. Lesko, a repeat winner, received a prize of $100, and 10 of the cards with her design. Second place in the high school division went to Sarah Hornbeck, a homeschool sophomore from Taylor and member of Faith Christian Church in Melvindale. She received 10 cards featuring her design.



The winner of the grades 5-8 competition was also last year’s winner: Maya Mehall, an eighth-grader from St. John Paul II School in Lincoln Park. Her entry showed a close up of the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus drawn with pencils and watercolor on paper. She was awarded $50 and 10 cards with her design. Second place went to Abraham Hornbeck, a homeschooled eighth-grader from Taylor for his digital painting of “Jesus is Life” Christmas ornaments. He received 10 Christmas cards with his design.

Sale of the Christmas cards supports the pro-life educational work of Upper Downriver Right to Life, serving communities and churches in Wyandotte, Southgate, Lincoln Park, Ecorse, River Rouge and part of southwest Detroit.

—Courtesy of Debbie Bloomfield