To strongly convey the message of "pledging" or "committing," the designer took an open palm, positioned it an upright pledging stance, and put it on center stage. Within it, he composed a graphic essay of the various ways a young person can commit to: love for family, respect for parents and the elderly, love of God, pursuit of an education, caring for the environment, values such as cleanliness, industriousness, and other meaningful suggestions. To show the contest categories, paint brushes were made into trees, a church window became a camera lens, reels of film were stones or bushes, and a strip of film, the street. This illustration was used on all collaterals of the contest, primary of which was the Call for Entries poster. Schools all over the Philippines received the poster two months before the final deadline. To further strengthen the message, three short poems called 5-7-5s (a poetry form using the number of syllables allowed for each line) surrounded the hand. The "hand"illustration was used for various collaterals of the contest.
