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<p class="yiv830926644msonormal">Please forward to anyone that might be interested!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal">Before the Thanksgiving Holiday, I wanted to send a reminder that the Oklahoma
<span style="color:black">Department of Environmental Quality is currently accepting applications for the 2016 Environmental License Tag Grant. You must be an Oklahoma teacher (Preschool-12<sup>th</sup> grade), school environmental club, youth group leader,
and/or organization with a youth component to apply for the grant.</span><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><span style="color:black">Grants are available from $100-$1000. Examples of activities previously funded include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Edible Gardens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Native Gardens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Pollinator Gardens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Outdoor Classroom Revitalization or Enhancement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Environmental Education Projects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Recycling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Composting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Green Schools</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The deadline is
<u><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">December 1, 2016</span></u>. The application is attached, or can be downloaded at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.deq.state.ok.us/pubs/lpd/eegrant2016.pdf">http://www.deq.state.ok.us/pubs/lpd/eegrant2016.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><span style="color:black">For questions or more information, you may contact Sara Ivey at (405) 702-7122 or
<a href="mailto:sara.ivey@deq.ok.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">sara.ivey@deq.ok.gov</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="yiv830926644msonormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Sara Ivey</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Education Programs and Services Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Department of Environmental Quality</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">P.O. Box 1677</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">(405) 702-7122</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><a href="mailto:Sara.Ivey@deq.ok.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Sara.Ivey@deq.ok.gov</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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