TVPD Celebrates Winners of Holiday Card Contest

It’s still Christmas for the two winners of the Taylorsville Police Department’s holiday card contest. Fifth-grade students Maya and Dayana were recognized this past month for their artwork that claimed top prize among hundreds of drawings.

Each year, TVPD requests help from Taylorsville fifthgraders in designing the department’s official holiday card. And every year, the police department receives hundreds of fantastic drawings from each school. This year was no exception.

You may have seen the samplings of drawings posted to TVPD social media outlets throughout December. Picking the winning drawings as the o cial holiday card is never easy but two drawings stood out as particularly outstanding.

“It was such a wonderful event meeting with this year’s card winners,” said Mayor Kristie Overson. “They are two outstanding and bright school kids. It was my pleasure to be there with them.”

Maya’s drawing of the “City of Taylorsville” and Dayana’s drawing of “Police Navidad” both captured the holiday spirit and showcased City Hall and the Police Department in a delightful way. City and TVPD leaders, including Mayor Overson and Police Chief Brady Cottam, formally congratulated Maya and Dayana this past month with a lunch outing joined by Detectives Christensen and Andrew.

“We learned about Maya’s interest in softball, traveling and art, along with her dislike of pizza and love of steak and potatoes,” Det. Christensen noted. “Dayana talked to us about her love of art, cooking, soccer, Italian food, her one sister, and two brothers including ‘Thor the Labradoodle.’

“Dayana and Maya also had a lot of words of wisdom to share with us,” he said. “They talked about how we need to have a good balance in our life, taught us calming techniques that we could use to relax after a stressful day, discussed the importance of goal-setting, being grateful, and making sure you have time for family and fun.

“All of us adults looked in amazement as these two future leaders gave some very important life tips,” Det. Christensen added. “Thank you, Dayana and Maya, for the fun lunch outing and especially for the words of wisdom!”