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Deck The House Contest

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Enter Patch's “Deck the House” Contest For a Chance to Win $100,000

Have you decorated your house for the holidays yet? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!

We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16 (Check back here Monday for a direct link to our contest page so you can enter). Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school …

Monday, January 16, 2012

Deck The House Winners: 'We All Won'

A California family wins the Patch Deck the House contest, and $100,000 goes to the Davis school system.

  The Powell family was technically the winner of the Deck the House contest. But since the prize is $100,000 to Davis, CA., schools, Kristy Powell doesn't quite see it that way. “We all won,” she said. “There are a lot of needs at the schools. This is not going to fix it all, but it will help. This is a blessing.” Powell entered her home in Patch's national Deck the House contest during the holidays and was selected as one of the top 24 finalists in late December. Davis jumped out to a massive lead the moment voting opened up, thanks to support and constant effort by the community, both online and on the streets. Powell even had her kids and some of their friends hand out hundreds of flyers downtown. The divided up in two teams swept …

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