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Creating Posters and Flyers

  

Examples

 Contributed by Chris Hampton Edited by Chris Hampton

Examples

Example #1: Smoke-Free Kids and Soccer Posters
Example #2: Child Care Now! Posters
Example #3: HEBS Anti-Smoking Posters

Example #1: Smoke-Free Kids and Soccer Posters

"Smoke-Free Kids and Soccer" (http://www.smokefree.gov) is a collaboration between the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Women's National Team, and US Soccer, the governing body of American soccer. The program models the smoke-free lifestyle of the National Team members and encourages adolescent girls to participate in soccer to maintain physical fitness and resist pressures to smoke. Here are the posters that are being distributed as part of the campaign:

     

Poster #1

Poster #2

U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Poster

Keep Your Engine Running Clean Poster

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Example #2: Child Care Now! Posters

Child Care Now! is a campaign from the Children's Defense Fund (http://www.childrensdefense.org/) which seeks to educate the public about the need for all children to have adequate child care. The posters are done pro bono on behalf of the Children's Defense Fund by the Minneapolis -based agency Fallon McElligott. Here are three of the posters being used in this campaign:

Poster #1

Poster #2

Poster #3

 This Kid Needs a Change Poster

 For Millions of Parents Poster

The Good News Is Poster 

Caption:

This child needs a change. Hurry. Call Congress. For many parents who must work, quality child care has become too expensive and too hard to find. Which means many children aren't getting the care that will help them get ready for school and succeed in life. To help make a change, call 1-800-CDF-1200.

Caption:

For millions of parents, preschool is just too hard. Full-day child care now costs about the same as a public college. Which means too many hard-working families can't make the grade. To make sure affordable, quality child care is available to all, call 1-800-CDF-1200.

Caption:

The good news is kids keep learning after school's out. That's also the bad news. Nearly five million children are left home alone after school each week, when they are at greater risk of sexual activity, tobacco, drug and alcohol use. The lesson being, we need improved child care with more after-school programs. To help, call 1-800-CDF-1200.

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Example #3: HEBS Anti-Smoking Posters

The Health Education Board for Scotland (http://www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk/index.htm) is a national health education project in Scotland that distributes information on heart disease, cancer, drug and alcohol abuse, and other issues. These two anti-smoking posters are great examples of how to use a witty graphic image to convey a point:

Poster #1

Poster #2

Health Education Board Poster

Health Education Board Poster

Photograph by Richard Mountney, used with the photographer's permission

Photograph by Nick Price, used with the photographer's permission

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