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Nominate Your Favorite Tucson Preschool for a 2019 Gold Daisy Award!

By East Tucson Macaroni Kid September 12, 2019


Nominations for the 3rd Annual 
Gold Daisy Preschool contest are OPEN!

Nominate your favorite preschool HERE

 ANNOUNCING the 3rd Annual East Tucson Macaroni Kid Gold Daisy Preschool contest! East Tucson Macaroni Kid has once again partnered with Chick-Fil-A Tanque Verde to provide a catered meal for the staff of one deserving preschool! The winning school will also get a $200 cash donation from Wild Katz Tucson and a free year-long listing in East Tucson Macaroni Kid's Preschool Guide! The top two runners-up will also get a free listing in the Preschool Guide for 2020. 

Which local preschool will we honor with these wonderful prizes? That's where YOU come in!

NOMINATE your favorite preschool now!

The top 10 nominated preschools will be eligible to win the grand prize in our first annual Gold Daisy Preschool contest. Nominations are open until September 22 at 9:00 PM, so nominate your school DAILY, and share this contest on Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, text, and word of mouth. The more buzz you can generate about your favorite preschool, the better! The top 10 schools will be announced in the September 26th edition of East Tucson Macaroni Kid, and voting will open at that time.

Last year's winning preschool was Tucson Country Day School's Early Childhood Program. Click HERE to learn more about this wonderful east-side preschool! Tucson Country Day School Early Childhood Program is not eligible for this year's Gold Daisy Preschool Award, but they will be in the running again next year!

Let's get started! CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE YOUR SCHOOL to help them be eligible to win a meal for staff and money for school supplies.

You must be an East Tucson Macaroni Kid subscriber to nominate; click HERE to subscribe prior to voting, or let us know that you need to be subscribed, and we'll do it for you!  Eligible preschools must serve students ages 2-6 and be located in midtown Tucson or east Tucson.

Thank you to our sponsors: Chick-Fil-A Tanque Verde and Wild Katz!



Contest rules: You can nominate ONE PRESCHOOL PER DAY per e-mail address throughout the nomination period (September 12, 2019 to September 22, 2019 at 9 PM). Valid email address required. Ballots more than one vote per day or with invalid or fake email addresses will be discarded. Daycares and stand-alone elementary, middle or high schools are not being considered in this contest. The 10 schools with the most nominations will be eligible to win the 2019 GOLD DAISY PRESCHOOL award. The top 10 schools will be announced on September 26, 2019 in the East Tucson Macaroni Kid newsletter. Voting for those 10 schools will be open starting September 26, 2019.