An 11th grade student at Lexington Christian Academy won this year’s Google Doodle challenge. Milo Golding’s Google illustration was selected out of tens of thousands of submissions. His artwork will be featured on Google’s home page on Tuesday, June 15th.
Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear congratulated Golding. Beshear presented him with an Acclamation.
Golding explained how his doodle represents the Google contest prompt, “I am strong because.”
“The balloon is the embodiment of hope, as yellow is the color of hope. And the little child in the center symbolizes me in a time of isolation, with little sense of belonging,” Golding said. “But the scarf and the mittens surrounding me are the last gift my father gave me on our last Christmas together.”
When Golding was 13, his father died suddenly of a heart attack. Golding plans to become a cardiologist. He also founded a charity that works with local schools and hospice centers to give school supplies, Christmas gifts and care packages to children in need.
Google will award Golding with a $30,000 dollar scholarship. Lexington Christian Academy school will receive a technology package from Google worth $50,000.
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