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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Last week to apply for the Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards recognize individuals, businesses, and organizations for outstanding efforts on behalf of Oregon heritage, drawing public attention to these efforts, and raising the quality of heritage-oriented activities.
The Sally Donovan Award for Historic Cemetery Preservation is a special category that may be awarded to one individual, organization, or project demonstration excellence in preservation of historic cemeteries.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nominations are encouraged for organizations and projects of all sizes and heritage purposes and for volunteers and professionals from all heritage sectors.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Criteria and application process can be found <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Awards.aspx#one">
here</a> or by contacting Oregon Heritage Coordinator Katie Henry at <a href="mailto:katie.henry@oregon.gov">
katie.henry@oregon.gov</a> or (503) 877-8834. The deadline for submitting nominations is
<b>January 14, 2021.</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 2021 awards will be presented at the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/conferences-%26-workshops.aspx#two">
Oregon Heritage Virtual Summit, April 29-30</a>, by Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The announcement for 2021 awardees will be made in February 2021. Tickets for the awards presentation will be made available this
coming spring. For more information visit <a href="http://www.oregonheritage.org">
www.oregonheritage.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Awards.aspx#one">Learn more and apply now!</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228">Kuri Gill </span>
</b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4F6228">(she, her, hers) </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">| Oregon Heritage Grants & Outreach Coordinator</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:3.0pt;color:#A6A6A6">___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Desk: (503)986-0685 cell: (503)383-6787<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">725 Summer St NE, Ste C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Salem, Oregon 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Visit our <a href="http://www.oregonheritage.org/">
<span style="color:blue">website</span></a>, Like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OregonHeritage">
<span style="color:blue">Facebook</span></a>, Visit our <a href="http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/">
<span style="color:blue">Blog</span></a>, Join the Oregon Heritage News <a href="https://omls.oregon.gov/mailman/listinfo/Heritage">
<span style="color:#0563C1">e-news</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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