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    PennDOT Invites Students to Participate in Paint the Plow Program

    August 23, 2024

    ​Montoursville, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is inviting high school students in the northcentral Pennsylvania region to participate in the annual Paint the Plow program. The PennDOT District 3 program challenges youth to create an original rendering that, if chosen as an area winner, will be painted on a PennDOT snowplow blade. The design should incorporate a designated statewide safety theme, to promote winter driving safety and foster appreciation for school art programs and student creativity.  

    The designated 2024 theme, “Use your reason when it's freezin'", was chosen to remind motorists to use caution when driving in the winter months, and always, by practicing safe behavior including avoiding distractions, impairment, and aggressive driving and always wearing a seat belt.

    The Paint the Plow program first started in Pennsylvania in 2015 and has expanded to most counties across the state.

    Students in public and private high schools are welcome to participate and must have their school officials complete and return an application to the regional PennDOT District 3 Coordinator Kim Smith at 715 Jordan Avenue, Montoursville, PA 17754 or by email to kiasmit@pa.gov. The application deadline is Friday, September 13, 2024. The deadline for the original rendering is Monday, September 30, 2024. Plow delivery for the winning teams and pick-up dates vary by county.

    Additional information on the program, including photos of past plows, can be found online at www.penndot.pa.gov/PaintthePlow or obtained from Kim Smith, 570-368-4344 or kiasmit@pa.gov.  

    Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Tioga, Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Union, Snyder, Northumberland, Montour and Columbia counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District3. 

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    MEDIA CONTACT: Kim Smith, kiasmit@pa.gov or 570-368-4344​

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