Representatives from Google navigated their way to the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World to recognize Plant City homeschool student Kristyn Ardrey as the search engine’s Florida winner in the 2014 Doodle 4 Google art contest.
Dozens of friends and family members celebrated with Ardrey during the party, held April 29, at Wishing Well Barn.
Google will determine the winner of each of the contest’s five categories by popular vote. You can vote for Ardrey’s piece online through 8 p.m. May 9, at google.com/doodle4google/vote.html. Her piece can be found in to 10-12 category.
Each voter can vote once per device.
The five National Finalists will be announced at an awards ceremony May 21, at Google Headquarters, in California. The winner will receive a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 Google for Education grant, and his or her drawing will be featured on the U.S. Google homepage on June 9.