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If you find these white messages on a rainy day, you might win some prizes

askHRgreen.org is giving away prizes to anyone who finds their eco-friendly stencils (HNNDaily Photo/ Courtesy of the city of Newport News)
askHRgreen.org is giving away prizes to anyone who finds their eco-friendly stencils (HNNDaily Photo/ Courtesy of the city of Newport News)

The organization, askHRgreen.org, has hidden messages on sidewalks throughout Hampton Roads as part of their annual Write as Rain campaign.

The eco-friendly white stencils will “magically appear” on rainy days at schools, libraries and other public spaces across Hampton Roads, to “inspire” people to think about the environment in “ways they haven’t before”, according to the nonprofit’s website.

The hidden stencils includes messages like “Purge the Plastic, I Choose Tap Water,”  “#ASKHRGREEN” and more, according to a news release from the city.

There’s a financial incentive, too.

According to the event page, anyone who finds a message can enter to win prizes such as tickets to local attractions, restaurant gift cards and more.

Just follow the nonprofit on one of their social media pages and post a photo of the message (and yourself) with the hashtag, #askHRgreen. See the interactive map below, courtesy of askHRgreen.org.

Drawings will be awarded weekly through Oct. 26.

For information, visit askHRgreen.org or follow the non-profit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Julia Marsigliano
Julia Marsiglianohttp://wydaily.com
Julia Marsigliano is a multimedia reporter for WYDaily. She covers everything on the Peninsula from local government and law enforcement agencies to family-run businesses and weather updates. Before WYDaily, she covered Hampton and Newport News for WYDaily’s sister publication, HNNDaily before both publications merged in December 2018. Julia was born in Tokyo, Japan and moved to Long Island, New York in 2001. A true New Yorker, she loves pizza, bagels and good Chinese food. Send comments, tips and other tidbits to julia@localvoicemedia.com. You can follow her on Twitter at @jmarsigliano

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