Microsoft is thrilled to announce 11-year-old Catherine Chen as the winner of the Microsoft Canada Holiday Greeting Card Contest in connection with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada. Her wonderful holiday drawing will be shared with thousands this season, as the face of Microsoft Canada’s official holiday greeting distributed to employees, partners and vendors.

For more than a decade, Microsoft Canada has welcomed Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada children to design images that celebrate the holiday spirit. This year, participants were asked to create a greeting that described one special thing they would like to do this holiday season.  Catherine’s winning holiday greeting was chosen from more than 500 entries, and this marks her second win in the competition.

Although she has been recognized before, Catherine was just as excited this year, and she shared her excitement with Microsoft: “I love to draw in my free time and it’s exciting for me to be able to do something that I enjoy …I was so surprised to hear that I won again, and I’m really happy that I was able to win the contest for the club for the second time.”

In addition to Catherine’s prize and support of her artwork, Microsoft Canada presented her club, the Eastview (Toronto) Boys and Girls Club/Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre, with a $1,000 donation.

To learn more about Microsoft Canada’s partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Canada, please visit www.citizenship.microsoft.ca.

 Gavin Thompson, Director Corporate Citizenship, Microsoft Canada and Catherine Chen, Winner of 2010 Microsoft Canada Holiday Card Competition

(L to R) Pam Jolliffe, CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, Gavin Thompson, Director Corporate Citizenship, Microsoft Canada, Catherine Chen, Winner of 2010 Microsoft Holiday Card Competition and Susan Neal, Executive Director, Eastview (Toronto) Boys and Girls Club

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