General | 8/31/2015 2:19:00 PM

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STATESBORO, Ga. - Paint the Town Blue starts tomorrow, Sept. 1 with the True Blue Spirit Competition and runs through the first home football game on Saturday, Sept. 12. The week-long event is designed to get all of Statesboro involved in the celebration of the beginning of the 2015 football season and for businesses and campus departments and members of the community to show their support of Georgia Southern University.
 
This year's competition will be categorized into local businesses and campus departments. Prizes will be given out to the top 3 from each category. Businesses and campus departments should focus on exhibiting True Blue spirit to meet the criteria for judging.
 
The business and campus department whose décor shows the most True Blue spirit will take first place.
 
The first-place winners will be recognized at the first home football game and receive four free tickets on the 50 yard line to the game.
 
Second- and third-place entries will receive two free tickets each to the first home football game.
 
Businesses and campus departments are encouraged to decorate as much as possible which may or may not include store fronts, windows, yards, office space, countertops, etc. Remember, judging is based on True Blue spirit so no work area is too small to decorate.
 
Although having a Paint the Town Blue sign is not required, they may help your chances of winning first place. Signs can be purchased from the Georgia Southern Athletic Marketing Department office, or online at GSeagles.com for $15 each.
 
Make sure to sign up here to ensure your place of business or campus department is judged for the competition. You can register here.