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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Applications are now being accepted </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>through the beginning of March </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>for Keep America Beautiful and Coca Cola’s Bin Grant program: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://bingrant.org/">http://bingrant.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>New </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>this year: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Separate, dedicated grants for colleges and universities <a href="http://bingrant.org/collegiate-grant/">http://bingrant.org/collegiate-grant/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>in addition to the traditional “public space” grants offered to local govt., NGO’s, k-12 and other community groups <a href="http://bingrant.org/public-space-grant-overview">http://bingrant.org/public-space-grant-overview</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>See attached press release for more information. If you have questions about either of the grants feel free to contact Alec or Kelley (see contact info below).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Alec Cooley – College Grants<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:acooley@kab.org">acooley@kab.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tel: 202.278.7686<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kelley Dennings – Public Space Grants<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:kdennings@kab.org">kdennings@kab.org</a><br>Tel: 202.688.0605<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>