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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Spend a Minute This Christmas Helping Paulding County Schools Win $100,000

You'll find countless Christmas lights around the Felix family's Dallas home. If it receives the most votes in Patch's Deck the House contest, Paulding County Schools will receive $100,000.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Give the Gift of $100K for Paulding Schools

As of early Monday, the Felix family's Dallas house led the voting in Patch’s Deck the House contest. Your votes each day through Thursday at noon can help the local contest entry bring in $100,000 for Paulding County Schools.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Help Win $100,000 for Paulding Schools

The house with the most votes in Patch's Deck the House contest will win the money for its local school system.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Vote for Paulding's Best Decked House

The winning house will win $100,000 for its local school system.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Help Paulding Schools Win $100K

Vote for Paulding County's entry in Patch's Deck the House contest to help the local school system win $100,000.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Print These, Help Paulding Schools Win $100K

We’ve got flyers you can print to help spread the word that Paulding County Schools can win $100,000 in Patch’s “Deck the House” contest—but only if the Felix family home in Dallas can garner the most online votes.

It’s been said that it takes a village to raise a child. But it’s bound to take an entire community working together to help bring in $100,000 for the children in Paulding County Schools. Voting is underway in Patch’s Deck the House contest. There are 25 finalists in the contest but only one winner will earn the grand prize—$100,000 for their community’s school system. The Felix family’s Dallas home was one of the 25 chosen for having spectacular holiday lights and decorations. Their home was named a finalist last year and came so close to bringing Paulding County Schools the contest's $100,000 grand prize—it placed second in the nationwide voting. This is where you come in. Until Dec. 28, you can visit this page to browse a gallery of the…

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Help Paulding County Schools Win $100,000

The Felix family home in Dallas is one of the 25 finalists in Patch’s Deck the House contest. Vote now to help this entry win $100,000 for Paulding County Schools.

Could this be the best “decked” house in the country? Possibly. Congrats to the Felix family for being chosen as one of the 25 finalists in our Deck the House contest. Their home was named a finalist last year and was almost popular enough to win Paulding County Schools the contest's $100,000 grand prize—it placed second in the nationwide voting. How far the Felix home goes this year is up to you. We’re still looking for the one home so spectacularly decorated that it could be the national grand prize winner of our contest—and it could the Felix house. Until noon on Friday, Dec. 28, vote in our contest to help this entry win $100,000 for the Paulding County School System. All you have to do is visit this page to browse a gallery of the …

Monday, December 17, 2012

Check Out the Best 'Decked' House in Dallas-Hiram

You voted and this house was the top local vote-getter in our Deck the House contest.

Who has the best “decked” house in Dallas and Hiram? According to users who voted in our annual Deck the House contest, the Felix home had the best holiday lights in Dallas-Hiram Patch. Their display boasts an estimated 100,000 lights and 244 animated computer channels. If the family's name sounds familiar, it's likely because their home was selected last year as Dallas-Hiram's Deck the House winner. It then was selected as one of the 24 finalists from across the Patch nation. The home was almost popular enough to win Paulding County Schools the contest's $100,000 grand prize—it placed second in the nationwide voting. It remains to be seen how far the Felix home will go this year—we had tons of national entries in this year’s contest, and …

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

We're No. 2!

The Felix family didn't win the national Patch house-decorating contest, but Dallas-Hiram Patch users made it exciting.

So close, and yet so far. We begged and pleaded for your votes for the Felix house in Patch's Deck the House contest, and the results were fantastic. With a possible $100,000 donation for the Paulding County School District on the line, the fabulous Felix house received 8,320 votes from Dallas-Hiram Patch users and others who wanted to see that money come to Georgia. Unfortunately, a house in Davis, CA, entered by the Powell family received 12,156 votes, so the Davis Joint Unified School District will receive the donation. But your support for the Felix family and the Paulding schools deserves a standing, light-flashing ovation. Out of more than 860 Patches in the country, only 24 had a house recognized as a finalist. Out of those 24 …

Friday, January 6, 2012

90,000-plus Lights, $100,000 for Local Schools?

More than three weeks of preparation and effort from family and friends went into the Christmas display at the Felix family’s home. The Dallas residence is one of 24 finalists in Patch’s Deck the House contest.

Joey Felix may trace the origins of his family’s annual Christmas light display to his childhood, but luckily for him, he doesn’t have to work on it alone. “I have been decorating for Christmas since I was a child. I think I developed a love for the holidays from my grandmother and mother,” Felix said. “As a little boy I would help them decorate and every Christmas Eve we would outline my grandmother’s entire driveway and sidewalk with luminaries. “When my wife and I met, I started decorating her house—[this was] about 11 years ago. We did not make the jump to computer animation until 2006, [and] we get bigger every year.” Fast-forward to Christmas 2011 and the decorations Felix installed have moved far beyond the luminaries along the …

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