Your Holiday Lights Display Could Win You Cash

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for Pinellas County Schools and $500 to pay your electric bills.

Got Christmas Lights? Enter Photo to Win $500

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $500 to pay your electric bills and $100,000 for Pinellas County Schools!

Patch's Holiday Decor Contest Could Win You $500 Toward Electric Bills

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for Pinellas County Schools and $500 to pay your electric bills!

Enter Patch's “Deck the House” Contest For a Chance to Win $100,000

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for Pinellas County Schools and $500 to pay your electric bills!

We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in Dunedin jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16 to deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/dunedin. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is right …

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How Could $100,000 Help Pinellas Schools?

Pinellas County Schools is one of 24 school districts across the country that are finalists in an online contest from Patch. The district with the most votes will win a $100,000 donation.

Pinellas County Schools is in the running to win a $100,000 donation from Patch.com. No doubt, $100,000 is a big chunk of change for regular people like you and me. But it's not that much money for a school district with a budget of nearly $1.4 billion.  Even so, every little bit helps, right? We took a look at some things the nation's 24th-largest school district could do with a donation of $100,000: How can I help Pinellas County Schools win $100,000 from Patch?  Cast one vote each day in our online contest. It's easy and does not cost anything to vote. Voting ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8. Here's the link to vote. What is the contest? A Palm Harbor home is one of 24 finalists in Patch's nationwide holiday lights contest, called Deck…

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Help Us Win $100,000 for Pinellas Schools!

If we get the highest number of votes in a free online contest, Pinellas County Schools will receive a $100,000 donation.

We have a chance to win a $100,000 donation to Pinellas County Schools. As you may know, the school district could really use the money. Our bad economy in Florida has led to a huge drop in property values, which means less tax dollars go to our schools. Here's how you can help us win $100,000 for Pinellas County Schools: Click on this link and vote ONCE A DAY through Jan. 8.  It's very easy and does not cost anything to vote! What is the contest? A Palm Harbor home is one of 24 finalists in Patch's nationwide holiday lights contest, called Deck the House. The home with the highest number of online votes will become the contest's grand prize winner. The public school district where the grand prize winner lives will receive a $100,000 …

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Photos: The Best Holiday Lights in Tampa Bay

The votes are in, and seven Florida homes were named town winners in Patch's Deck The House contest.

We asked, and Patch readers answered: Seven Florida homes have been honored as town winners in Patch's Deck The House holiday lights contest. The winning entries came from Patch readers in Bradenton, Carrollwood, Dunedin, Gulfport, Palm Harbor, Seminole Heights and Temple Terrace. (See photos of the winning homes above.) Of those seven homes, John Banacki's home in Palm Harbor has been chosen as one of 24 national finalists in the contest. The Banackis have won $500 toward their December electric bill, and they're in the running for the national grand prize, a $100,000 donation from Patch to the public school district where the winner lives. You can vote for the Banackis and Pinellas County Schools, and see the other 23 winning light …

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