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Doodle for Google 2020 winner finds kindness in friendships based on personality, not appearance

Who you are inside is more important than what you look like, says fourth-grader Sharon Sara.

CNET.com         September 23, 2020

Every year, Google gives K-12 students a chance to draw a new “Doodle” to be featured on the company’s homepage and net some other prizes. All day today, the Doodle for Google 2020 winner is being showcased on Google.com.

This year’s Doodle for Google competition, which kicked off back in January, asked students to submit artwork based on the theme “I show kindness by…” From there, Google selected their favorite 54 Doodles — one from every state, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The 54 were slimmed down to five through a voting process, and Google’s panel of judges has now selected a winner.

The winning Doodle, which will appear on the Google.com homepage for the entirety of September 23, 2020, comes from Sharon Sara, a 4th grader from Frisco, TX. Entitled “Together as One", Sharon’s Doodle shows a group of girls with different hair styles, body types, skin colors, and clothing styles holding hands as friends.

As for the “Google” portion of this Doodle, not only do each of the girls have a letter of “Google” on their clothing, the letters are also included in each girl’s hairdo in a fun way.

When asked what inspired her to create this Doodle, Sharon shared a story that is truly heart-melting.

When asked what inspired her to create this Doodle, Sharon shared a story that is truly heart-melting.

"People have not wanted to be my friend because of how I look, so I decided to draw what I do! No matter what people look like, you look on the inside and then decide if you want to be their friend."

Suffice it to say that the world could use more people who think like Sharon.

For her winning artwork, Sharon Sara will receive a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology package for her school, as well as some Google hardware and swag. The other four finalista will each receive a $3,000 scholarship along with the Google hardware and swag.

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[cotton4me]

Wow, her artwork is amazing.  She’s so talented and only in the 4th grade!  What a great start for her.  Wishing her all the best.

[Still Raining]

An older, single women adopted a baby from Africa, who has been in GS class for years.  

Last year it occurred to me that he needs to know that, when I was his age, my class was all white and they would not have gone swimming together.

Lets educate the younger ones!

[SunValley]

Such a darling girl. Great artwork. Barefoot—I love it! ♥️♥️♥️

[Deree]

That really is beautiful art work and so meaningful.  The detail and the expressions are lovely.  I bet if some famous artist painted something like this it would be worth a lot.  Someone should make a mural of this work perhaps on a school.