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Innisfail Middle School student, Sloane C., has created the winning design in the national Every Child Matters t-shirt logo contest for 2025, hosted by the Orange Shirt Society.
Her design will be printed on t-shirts that will be distributed by the society.
“My librarian at school handed out the information about the contest and I thought it would be fun to do,” says Sloane. “I didn’t think I was going to win because this competition is across Canada and that’s a lot of people.”
“I was at home when I found out. My Mom said I should come listen to a message on our answering machine. They were congratulating me for winning, and I was really happy.”
Sloane said she worked on the design at home. She incorporated multiple elements. “I put a tree with heart shaped branches, twisted around the words ‘Every Child Matters’. The heart shape says to children that they are all loved. The tree is to help them feel rooted to the earth and rooted in knowing they are important,” she says.
“There are two children - a boy and a girl - who have no expression on their faces because they can represent any child,” says Sloane.
When asked what she thinks about many people wearing her design Sloane says, “It’s pretty cool, but also it isn’t about me. It should be about ‘Every Child Matters.’ I feel good that I did something that will help. Donations from the t-shirts will go to help kids in need. That makes me happy.”
**With information provided by Chinook's Edge School Division.
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