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OHIO offices, local businesses invited to 'Paint the Town Green' for Homecoming 2019

91视频鈥檚 Homecoming Week is just around the corner, and it鈥檚 time for members of the OHIO and Athens communities to start thinking about how they intend to 鈥減aint the town green鈥 to kick off the most Bobcat spirited event of the year.

Homecoming Week 2019 will include the 17th annual Paint the Town Green decorating contest that challenges local businesses and organizations as well as OHIO offices to showcase their Bobcat pride. Businesses and Offices are also encouraged to collect donated non-perishable food items in contribution to the Student Alumni Board and Fraternity & Sorority Life鈥檚 Pack the Pantry event. All items will be donated to OHIO鈥檚 Cats鈥 Cupboard and the Athens County Food Pantry.

A Homecoming tradition, Paint the Town Green is sponsored by OHIO鈥檚 Alumni Association, which oversees the competition among campus offices, and the Student Alumni Board, which oversees the competition among uptown businesses and organizations.

鈥淧aint the Town Green is a time for the campus and community to unite in celebration of all who call or have called Athens home,鈥 said Brianna Agner, graduate assistant of the OHIO Alumni Association and Student Alumni Board advisor. 鈥淣ot only is this event a fun competition, it is a reminder of the strong ties that Athens has to all Bobcats and is a nice 鈥榳elcome back鈥 to the community for alumni.鈥

In addition to boosting Bobcat enthusiasm within the community, the contest serves as a means of welcoming home the many Bobcats who return to the Athens Campus each fall for OHIO鈥檚 Homecoming festivities.

Paint the Town Green participants are encouraged to be creative and incorporate this year鈥檚 Homecoming theme, 鈥溾 into their decorating. To register for Paint the Town Green, .

Contest judging will take place on Monday, Oct. 7, and the winners will be announced on Thursday, Oct. 10 at the Yell Like Hell Pep Rally, which takes place 6 to 8 p.m. on College Green. Prizes will be awarded to the OHIO offices and the local businesses/organizations with the most spirited d茅cor.

Homecoming Week 2019 runs Oct. 7 through Oct. 12. For a detailed schedule of events, click here and follow #OHIOHC2019 on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Published
September 27, 2019
Author
Staff reports