Stow Makes 'Deck the House' Finals, Earns Chance to Win $100,000

If Stow receives the most votes in Patch's "Deck the House" contest, the Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools will receive $100,000!

The chance to enter our Deck the House Contest has ended and the winners across Northeast Ohio have all been crowned! Click here, browse the town winners, and come back on December 18th to vote for your favorite Finalist. Your votes will decide the National Grand Prize Winner and the schools in that town receive $100,000!

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Win $100,000 in Patch's "Deck the House" Holiday Contest

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

No Entries in Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest — Be the First for a Chance to Win Big!

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district 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 your local school district 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 town 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. 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. So, what are you waiting for? Now’s the time to get your holiday …

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Our Town Didn't Win, But One School Did

California residents won Deck the House contest.

The Powell family, of Davis, California, took Patch's national Deck the House contest seriously. And thanks to Patch, some children will have more learning tools at their school to become well-rounded, knowledgeable adults.  Some of the Powell's children and family friends handed out flyers around the area promoting the family's decked out house.  This effort is part of what got the Powells the lead after making it in the 24 finalists group. The final goal was to climb to the top to win the $100,000 for local schools.  With the help of media company Davis Enterprise, local and online support and the kids, the family reached their goal.  "We all won," Kristy Powell said, who works at Birch Lane Elementary. A little girl approached Powell …

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Deck the House Contest: Help Another District Win $100,000

Even though Stow didn't make the cut to the finalist round, you can vote and help one of these 24 finalists win $100,000 for their school district!