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Student Reader Party

Amber Holmes, a sophomore from Lovejoy High School, won the Atlanta Hawks Poetry Slam Contest on January 5, 2010.  As the grand prize winner, Ms. Holmes won a laptop from Wal-Mart, a Hard Rock Café jacket, a signed Hawks jersey from Marvin Williams, a signed game ball from Joe Johnson, and a $20 Wal-Mart gift card. Ms. Holmes will perform the winning poem during halftime at the Atlanta Hawks MLK day game January 18, 2010. Ms. Holmes will also present her poem during the Ryan Cameron show on V-103.

The theme of the Hawks contest was “What does live united mean to you?” The theme was inspired by the United Way brand, LIVE UNITED, which encourages people to think about how they can work together to create a better world.