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‘Dream It. Do It.’ videos ready for voting

The videos are in, and it is now time to vote in Anderson County’s “Dream It. Do It.” middle school competition.

Dream It. Do It. is sponsored by the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce, Anderson County schools, Oak Ridge schools, and Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS), the managing contractor at Y-12 National Security Complex, and is designed to bring student awareness of job opportunities in advanced manufacturing.

Using GoPro cameras provided by CNS, six teams of eighth graders were paired with area industries to create videos to tell the companies’ stories. These videos are then posted online for public voting. Each winning team member receives a GoPro camera, also provided by CNS.

This year’s participant teams included: Clinton Middle School and Techmer PM, Jefferson Middle School and Clayton Homes, Lake City Middle School and MAGNA, Norris Middle School and

Protomet, Norwood Middle School and AISIN, and Robertsville Middle School and SL Tennessee. To vote, go to the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce’s webpage at www.andersoncountychamber.org. Click on the Dream It. Do It. logo on the page. “East Tennessee Dream It. Do It.” will appear on page with blue “LEARN MORE” or green “VOTE NOW” options. Click on the green “VOTE NOW” icon to get to the “CAST YOUR VOTE” section. View videos from each school. Each video is about two and a half minutes long. Click on the blue “VOTE” icon to select you favorite. Voting ends on May 2, 2017.

Winners will be announced at 6:30 p.m. on May 8, 2018, at an awards ceremony at CNS New Hope Center, 602 Scarboro Road, Oak Ridge. For more information contact the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce at (865) 457-2559, or Kristin Waldschlager at Consolidated Nuclear Security at (865) 574-8934.