Over 300 young adults from across Northwest Ohio will have the opportunity to showcase their creative
thinking, problem solving and teamwork skills as they compete in the annual Ohio Kids for Creativity
Destination ImagiNation Region 10 Tournament at Owens Community College today.
The Ohio Kids for Creativity Region 10 competition will occur from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the
Audio/Visual Classroom Center, the Math/Science Center and the Student Health and Activities Center on
the Toledo-area Campus in Perrysburg Township.
Destination ImagiNation Inc. was founded in 1999 with the overall mission of providing enriching
educational opportunities for learners of all ages to explore and discover unlimited creative potential
through teamwork, cooperation and mutual respect. The international organization’s main focus is an
after-school activity in which students work in teams to solve "mind-bending" Team Challenges
and present their solutions at regional, state and global tournaments. Teams are tested to think on
their feet, work together and devise original solutions that satisfy the requirements of the Challenges.

Destination ImagiNation provides educational programming to more than 100,000 students across the United
States and in more than 30 countries.
Ohio Kids for Creativity serves as the Ohio affiliate of Destination ImagiNation and consists for 11
separate regions. Region 10 represents Northwest Ohio and comprises Williams, Defiance, Paulding, Van
Wert, Fulton, Henry, Putnam, Allen, Lucas, Wood, Hancock, Hardin, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot and
Crawford counties.
Beginning at 8 a.m., participating teams, consisting of up to seven students, will present their
solutions to one of five pre-selected Team Challenges to a panel of judges for the right to advance to
the Ohio Tournament at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Team Challenges focus on a combination of Technical/Mechanical Design, Scientific Exploration and Theater
Arts, Improvisation, Structural/Architectural Design, and Theater, Literature and Fine Arts.
Teams also incorporate a Side Trip into their competitive Team Challenges, which highlights their special
skills and talents.
In addition to the Team Challenges, individuals will compete in an Instant Challenge, which requires
teams to engage in quick critical thinking with the goal of producing a solution in a period 10 minutes.

The top teams will receive awards with the first place winner in each designated challenge category
advancing to the state championship.
The Destination ImagiNation Global Finals will occur in Knoxville, Tenn. at the University of Tennessee
in late May.