Deck Your House and Win $100,000 for Mendota Heights Area Public Schools

Hark! Patch.com is launching a nationwide contest to find the best dressed home in its Patch communities, and the winner’s school district will receive $100,000, no tinsel attached. That's right, if a winner is chosen from the Mendota Heights area, District 197 could receive $100,000. 

Here’s how the contest works. Beginning at 8 a.m. Dec. 8 and continuing through Dec. 26, you can nominate your home by uploading a photo to the contest entry form on the site. During that same time period you and your neighbors will also be able to vote for your favorite festive home.

The winning entry will be forwarded to a national Patch judge that will select 24 finalists. Each finalist will receive $500 that they can apply to their December electric bill. In a Minnesota winter, that's nothing to turn up a carrot nose at.

From Dec. 30 through Jan. 8 you will be able to vote for the Best Decked House in all of Patch. The grand prize winner’s school district will receive a $100,000 check from Patch.

So, get out your lights and ladders (and your competitive spirit)! Whether your style is sophisticated or silly, we want you to dress up your house in the name of good cheer. At the very least, Mendota Heights will be decked out like it’s never been before. And if we win, what better gift could we give to Mendota Heights-area kids?

The contest begins 8 a.m., Thursday Dec. 8:

deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/mendotaheights

If you’ve got any questions, post them below and we’ll share the answers with everyone in town. Click here for full.