Each year, Google invites students to redesign the company logo based on a provided theme. For 2013, the Doodle 4 Google directions were simple: Illustrate your best day ever. Out of 130,000 submissions, a panel of nine guest judges\u2014including TV host Katie Couric and the Roots drummer Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson \u2014 chose a poignant six-part design by Sabrina Brady, 18, a high school senior in Sparta, Wisconsin depicting a Veterans homecoming to his daughter.<\/p>\n
In it, a little girl carrying a small American flag runs toward a soldier. In the last panel, the soldier kneels down to envelop the girl in a hug. Brady\u2019s caption reads, \u201cWhen I was 10 years old, my dad came home from war. This was my best day ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
For her winning design, which graced the Google home page, Brady received a $30,000 college scholarship (she\u2019s attending Minneapolis College of Art and Design), a Google Chromebook computer, and other prizes. Sparta High School, from which Brady graduated, received a $50,000 technology grant.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a tough competition to judge,\u201d says Google technologist Daniel Sieberg, part of a team that oversaw the competition, \u201cbut as soon as you see [Brady\u2019s Veterans design], you can feel it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Veterans returning home and the heartwarming stories of their families and the shared experience and connection they have, clearly won the day and the hearts of the judges. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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