2007 Big Idea Winners
The 5th annual BIG IdeaCompetition was a BIG success with 169 entries involving 201 high school students from 21 schools! The BIG Idea Committee and Absolutely! Aberdeen would like to congratulate this year’s winners who received over $5,000 in cash and scholarships:

winning entries
first place Denae’s Dog Walking
Denae Melland of Leola High School
first place Lickety Split
Hudson Shillingstad of Mobridge-Pollock High School
first place Kallas Crop Dusting
Lukas Kallas of Leola High School

other finalists
Mak’s Movie Theatre – Makayla Dietrich of Flandreau Public High School

The Big Bad Buffet – Zach Andera and Dalton Cox of Aberdeen Roncalli

KC’s Kids – Kendra Cersosimo of Mitchell High School

Urban Pastures – Hayden Namken of Madison High School

Team Cleanup – Frank Maldonado of Ipswich High School

See the 2011 Finalist Concept Overviews Click Here

Winner of the Marketing Design competition, sponsored by McQuillen Creative Group, was:
I'll Be Your Honey Bee Logo
first place I’ll Be Your Honey Bee
Jenna Lewis and Olivia Lundquist of West Central High School
winner photo 2009
BIG IDEA 2011 WINNERS and SPONSORS:
SEATED: Makayla Dietrich, Denae Melland, Jenna Lewis, Olivia Lundquist, and Kendra Cersosimo. STANDING: Dalton Cox, Zach Andera, Hayden Namken, Lukas Kallas, Hudson Shillingstad, and Frank Maldonado.
Photo by: Dawn Sahli Photography
watch the Big Idea 2011 Presentation
A Special Thanks to the teachers who encouraged their students’ participation.

Thanks to the committee members and community leaders who participated as judges, panelists and supporters.

Next year’s competition will open again on September 1, 2012.
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