Sunday, December 30, 2012
The Felix family from Dallas, GA received thousands of votes to win Patch's Deck the House contest and $100,000 for their local school district.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
In this year's Deck the House contest, the second time was the charm. Joseph Felix's home in Dallas, GA, outshined the other 24 finalists to win the 2012 Deck the House contest and $100,000 for the Paulding County, GA school district. After placing second in the nationwide voting in the 2011 contest, the Felix home received nearly 11,000 votes this year to finally win Deck the House. The home, with 100,000 computer animated holiday lights choreographed to Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," received about 300 more votes than a home in Coventry, RI, which finished in second place. Congratulations to all the national finalists, including West Deptford residents Len and Norma Covolesky. Judging by the 80 comments on the Felixes…
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Len and Norma Covolesky want to see their home win for the children of the West Deptford school district.
With 30,000 lights and 32 blow-up characters, one family in West Deptford has the vision of a winter wonderland fully realized, and it’s right outside their door. One of the 25 national finalists in Patch’s Deck the House contest, Len and Norma Covolesky have been residents of West Deptford for 35 years—though this year is the first they can win $100,000 for township schools. Len Covolesky says the decorations started with two strings of lights and just grew over the years. “You put up some one year,” says Len Covolesky, “and then you put up a little more.” Len Covolesky attributes the grand Christmas display to his children and neighborhood children, who always wanted him to put up more decorations every year. The entire outdoor …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
This West Deptford house is one of the 24 finalists in Patch’s Deck the House contest. Vote now to help your neighbors win $100,000 for West Deptford schools.
Could this be the best “decked” house in the country? And, even more exciting, could it win a whopping $100,000 for West Deptford schools? Only with your help! Congrats to Norma and Len Covolesky for being chosen as one of the 24 finalists in our Deck the House contest. The Covoleskys are one step closer to winning a huge windfall for West Deptford schools, plus $500 to help them offset their December electricity bill. We're not going to sugarcoat it—Patch received great entries nationwide and the competition is fierce. So let's band together around the Covoleskys and help them take home the big prize. Here's what to do: Voting is open until Dec. 28 at noon and you can vote once a day. We'll announce the big nationwide winner on Dec. 29…
Monday, December 17, 2012
You voted and this house was the top local vote-getter in our Deck the House contest.
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Who has the best “decked” house in West Deptford? According to users who voted in our annual Deck the House contest, this home, entered by Norma B., has the best holiday lights in West Deptford. We had tons of national entries in this year’s Deck the House contest and in our quest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in the country, we’ve seen everything from a life-size Santa to holiday lights so bright they could blind the neighbors. We loved showcasing everyone’s holiday spirit, but Deck the House isn’t over yet. We’re still looking for the one home so spectacularly decorated that it could be the national grand prize winner of our contest. We will choose 24 finalists from all our entries across the country. From Dec. 18- …
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Capturing Christmas lights on your camera can be a challenge. Get some tips. Photograph your lights. You could win $100,000.
We put up holiday lights to see how pretty they look when it gets dark. You want to capture those lights on your camera, but getting them to look right in your pictures can be more of a challenge than you bargained for. Professional photographers have lot of experience and cameras with all sorts of settings that most of us wouldn’t know what to do with. Here are three tips for the amateur photographers out there. Use these tips to take a picture of your holiday lights. Post the picture to West Deptford Patch’s Deck the House contest page and you could win $100,000 for the school district. Want to get more technical than that? Here are some other resources for taking holiday photographs. For more information about the Deck the House …
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for West Deptford schools 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 by clicking here. 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 district. Our contest is now live, so now’s the time to get …
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Get out the lights and holly–your decorating could net $100,000 to our schools. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to win a big gift to West Deptford Public Schools.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Patch.com is launching a nationwide contest to find the best dressed home in its Patch communities, and the winner’s school district will receive $100,000–no strings attached. Here’s how the contest works. Beginning on Dec. 8 and continuing through Dec. 26, you can nominate your home by uploading a photo to the contest entry form on the site. During that same time period you and your neighbors will also be able to vote for your favorite festive home. The winning entry will be forwarded to a national Patch judge that will select 24 finalists. Each finalist will receive $500 that they can apply to their December electric bill. From Dec. 30 through Jan. 8 you will be able to vote for the Best Decked House in all of Patch. The grand prize …
Monday, December 5, 2011
Our big holiday decoration contest will also enable 24 finalists to win $500 each toward their electric bills.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
‘Tis the season to Deck the House—and Patch wants to reward those with the best decorated houses in Patchland. Between Dec. 8 and Dec. 26, residents of Patch towns around the country–this means you, West Deptford–are encouraged to post photos and videos of their “decked out” houses to our site as part of a national contest that could net the West Deptford school district $100,000. There will be more than 800 local winners, who will represent their Patch communities in the national contest. Judges will then choose 24 finalists who will get up to $500 toward their December electric bills. A grand-prize winner will be selected from the finalists and a $100,000 contribution will be made to the local public school district in which the winner …
Lucretia Agostarola
1:53 pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
What an incredible and joyous photo. I'd like to vote for this home for the best decorated house of the year. Thank you for sharing. more ›