<div dir="ltr"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font-size:12px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:30px 0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="640"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><div><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/vvkwpm/zueyv9cb/ja8im1b" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="41.4141414141" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20231018/1b/9d/02/c5/fb93dd5cdd8033260fbb039f_180x82.jpeg" width="90" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="display: block; border: 0px;"></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:20px 0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top:1px solid rgb(244,244,244);border-bottom:3px solid rgb(244,244,244);padding-top:3px;padding-bottom:3px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-top:3px solid rgb(244,244,244);border-bottom:1px solid rgb(244,244,244);padding:10px;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:31px"><div style="color:rgb(155,158,162);font-size:inherit"><span style="font-size:48px">Vote For Your Favorite </span></div><div style="color:rgb(155,158,162);text-align:left;font-size:inherit"><img src="cid:ii_lnw4wxeo0" alt="image.png" width="196" height="75" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:inherit"><font color="#6aa84f"><b>How can you support students who are learning about reuse and recycling?  Look at their art projects and vote!  A little encouragement can go a long way toward forming life long positive behaviors on waste reduction and recycling. Check it out below.</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(155,158,162);text-align:left;font-size:inherit"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(155,158,162);font-size:inherit"><span style="font-size:48px"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(155,158,162);font-size:inherit"><span style="font-size:48px">UnCapped & UpCycled Projects Today!</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="m_-589935612879244525m_2774115451211496942block_nhdretcp" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.5"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:20px 40px;background-color:transparent"><div><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:26px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(122,122,122);text-decoration-line:underline"><strong>VOTE NOW!</strong></span></h1><div style="margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.5;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(114,118,125)"><span style="font-size:14px">Have you voted for your favorite UnCapped and UpCycled projects yet? Now is the time! <strong>Voting will close on Friday, October 20, 2023, at 5pm. Until then, you can vote once per day for your favorite projects!</strong> The top three vote-getters in each division will continue to the next round of judging and be considered finalists. Finalists will be announced on October 23, 2023. Judges from our sponsoring agency will pick the winners from the top three finalists for both contests based on project essays. Winners will be announced at our Environmental Excellence Celebration on November 17, 2023. </span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="m_-589935612879244525m_2774115451211496942block_aiglvlgu" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:5px"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-right:5px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="padding:0px;background-color:transparent"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table style="border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#63C4EE" style="border-radius:6px;box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/vvkwpm/zueyv9cb/z28im1b" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:12px 18px;font-size:16px;text-align:center;text-decoration-line:none;border-radius:6px;display:block;border:1px solid rgb(99,196,238);line-height:17.6px">Vote Now!</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="m_-589935612879244525m_2774115451211496942block_ljsmzdja" width=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