Project Description
1999 Diamond Winners
7th Annual Diamond Day – April 11, 1999
Orange County,
California
Grade 1-6 Category
Blair Perkins
- Her touch like breezes on warm summer days. Her laugh like one million tears being dried away. Mom is her name for which there is no other. Mom- mine forever.
- Grade: 5
- School: Taft Elementary
- School City: Orange, CA
- Diamond Mom: Wendi
Orange County,
California
Grade 7-12 Category
Paula Kim
- A rose, pure and true. Movements of a rainbow. Voice like silk, and laughter like the drumming of raindrops. Diamond of life. Sparkling and glittering with unimaginable beauty. My mother.
- Grade: 7
- School: Los Alisos Intermediate
- School City: Mission Viejo, CA
- Diamond Mom: Michelle
TEXAS
National Winner
Brice Tomlinson
- My mother has a heart of gold. Her love is the most precious thing I hold. And when I look at her I see, an angel sent to protect me.
- Grade: 6
- School: Trinity Christian Academy
- School City: Addison, Texas
- Diamond Mom: Jackie
Los Angeles.
CALIFORNIA
National Winner
Roberto Ruiz
- The salt of my life is my mom, which gives taste in all the recipes of life. She is the ingredient that gives inspiration in my journey to my goals.
- Grade: 5
- School: St. Malachy
- School City: Los Angeles, CA
- Diamond Mom: Margarite
INDIANA
National Winner
Chris Olsen Phillips
- Gem of my heart, fair as can be. A star from heaven brought to earth. A precious jewel beyond compare. Deserving this diamond is my angel, my mother.
- Grade: 6
- School: Binford Elementary
- School City: Bloomington, IN
- Diamond Mom: Deb