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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a great opportunity to get signage to mark your town’s legends and lore. See below!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Riki<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Rachelle H Saltzman, PhD, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Oregon Folklife Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">242 Knight Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">6204 University of Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Eugene OR 97403<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">541-346-3820<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:riki@uoregon.edu">riki@uoregon.edu</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://ofn.uoregon.edu/">https://ofn.uoregon.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The OFN is administered by the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History and is supported in part by grants from the Oregon Cultural Trust,
Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Historical Society, and the National Endowment for the Arts. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#222222">OREGON FOLKLIFE NETWORK JOINS WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION(R) NATIONAL FOLKLORE ROADSIDE MARKER PROGRAM FOR LEGENDS & LORE(R)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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News Release from <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Folklife Network</span></strong><br>
<i>Posted on FlashAlert: April 10th, 2019 4:04 PM</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Eugene, Ore. – Intriguing stories from Oregon’s rich heritage of folklore will be featured on roadside markers at sites across the state thanks to a partnership between the Oregon Folklife Network (OFN) and the
<a href="https://www.wgpfoundation.org/">William G. Pomeroy Foundation</a>. Click
<a href="https://www.wgpfoundation.org/history/legends-lore/">here</a> to apply for a grant. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>OFN will serve as a grant evaluator for the Pomeroy Foundation’s expanding national
<a href="https://www.wgpfoundation.org/history/legends-lore/">Legends & Lore Marker Grant Program</a>, helping to put Oregon folklore in the spotlight. Established by the Pomeroy Foundation in 2015, Legends & Lore is designed to promote cultural tourism and
commemorate legends and folklore as part of cultural heritage.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“The Pomeroy Foundation is thrilled to partner with the Oregon Folklife Network on our expanding Legends & Lore program,” says Bill Pomeroy, founder and trustee of the Pomeroy Foundation. “We feel this is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the folklore
near and dear to Oregon. We’re proud to work with your communities in celebrating and preserving your folklore and legends.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Pomeroy Foundation is a private, grant-making foundation based in Syracuse, N.Y., that helps people celebrate their community’s history through a variety of historic signage grant programs, including Legends & Lore. The Foundation’s grants cover the
entire cost of a marker, pole and shipping. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As a Legends & Lore grant evaluator, OFN will be responsible for reviewing applications, as well as confirming the legitimacy and accuracy of folklore and legends that applicants in Oregon intend to commemorate on a marker. Legends & Lore marker grants are
available to 501(c)(3) organizations, nonprofit academic institutions and municipalities in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Working with its first partner organization, New York Folklore, the Pomeroy Foundation’s Legends & Lore program has already helped more than 35 communities in New York State to commemorate their own fascinating local stories. One of those Legends & Lore
markers celebrates Ichabod Crane and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” It’s said that this famous Washington Irving character was based on a real schoolteacher named Jesse Merwin in Kinderhook, New York.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About the Pomeroy Foundation</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The William G. Pomeroy Foundation is a private, grant-making foundation established in 2005. The Foundation is committed to supporting the celebration and preservation of community history; and to raising awareness, supporting research and improving the
quality of care for patients and their families who are facing a blood cancer diagnosis. To date, the Foundation has awarded more nearly 800 grants for historic signage in New York State and beyond. Visit:
<a href="http://www.wgpfoundation.org">www.wgpfoundation.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About Oregon Folklife Network</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Oregon Folklife Network is administered by the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon and is the state’s designated Folk and Traditional Arts Program. OFN conducts statewide research to document Oregon’s wide variety of living
cultural heritages and partners to create public programs to share these diverse traditions. From Native basket weavers to hip hop emcees, from fisher poets to buckaroo gear makers, Norwegian foods, Mexican ballet
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">folklorico</span></em>, and more, there is a world of culture in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>OFN is funded in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Cultural Trust, and Oregon Historical Society. For more about OFN, visit
<a href="https://ofn.uoregon.edu">https://ofn.uoregon.edu</a>. Contact Riki Saltzman at
<a href="mailto:riki@uoregon.edu">riki@uoregon.edu</a> if you’d like to be added to a contact list for this program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sources and Media Contact:
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<p>Riki Saltzman, Oregon Folklife Network, <a href="mailto:riki@uoregon.edu">riki@uoregon.edu</a>, 541-346-3820<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Emily West Hartlerode, Oregon Folklife Network, <a href="mailto:eafanado@uoregon.edu">
eafanado@uoregon.edu</a>, 541-346-3820<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Links: </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Oregon Folklife Network: <a href="https://ofn.uoregon.edu/">https://ofn.uoregon.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Follow us:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OregonFolklifeNetwork/">https://www.facebook.com/OregonFolklifeNetwork/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Twitter: @oregonfolklife <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Newsletter: <a href="https://ofn.uoregon.edu/about/newsletter.php">https://ofn.uoregon.edu/about/newsletter.php</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Contact Info, for media use only:</span></strong><br>
Riki Saltzman, <a href="mailto:riki@uoregon.edu">riki@uoregon.edu</a> <br>
Emily Hartlerode, <a href="mailto:eafanado@uoregon.edu">eafanado@uoregon.edu</a> <br>
541-346-3820<o:p></o:p></p>
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