MS SC664

Reed Lindsey, a third-grader at Booneville-Anderson Elementary School, won the White House Easter Egg Roll Art Contest as one of two national winners in 2012.

Lindsey's poster featuring a map of the United States with people exercising (playing baseball, basketball, surfing, using a hula hoop, and swinging a tennis racket) was selected by First Lady Michelle Obama for the contest theme "Let's Go, Let's Play, Let's Move."

His artwork was featured on the official Easter Egg Roll poster with 30,000 copies distributed; Lindsey attended the April 9, 2012 event at the White House, met President Obama and First Lady Obama, and received a hug from Michelle Obama.

Lindsey has previous artistic accomplishments including artwork featured on Le Bonheur Children's Hospital's Christmas card, two consecutive first-place finishes in the Mississippi Public Broadcasting Writing Contest, and poetry published in a national book of children's works.

The Legislature commends Lindsey for bringing honor to his school, community, and the State of Mississippi.