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2007 Rural Community Outreach Awards

Seventeen community-based agencies participated in the 2007 Flex Your Power rural outreach campaign. The campaign, managed by Runyon Saltzman & Einhorn Inc., was very successful, reaching over 3 million people. The three 2007 Community Outreach Award winners were selected for their exemplary work on creative, effective events that reached large numbers, with campaign messages aimed at saving energy, money and the environment.

Energy Expo - Climate Protection Campaign
Graton, California

The Climate Protection Campaign has been honored with an Outreach Award in recognition of the agency's outstanding work on the Energy Expo held in August 2007 at Santa Rosa's Downtown Market.

The event drew 5,000 people and promoted energy efficiency and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at home, at work and in the community. The Expo featured a light-bulb exchange, a live performance by teen jazz band "In Black," a Flex Your Power pledge signing ceremony featuring 10 elected officials and a free showing of the film "An Inconvenient Truth."

Essay and Poetry Contest - Kings Community Action Organization
Hanford, California

Kings Community Action Organization received the Outreach Award in recognition of the essay and poetry contest it sponsored for youth at John F. Kennedy and Woodrow Wilson junior high schools, in Hanford. The goal of the contest was to encourage youth to enter submissions that promote Flex Your Power campaign messages aimed at saving energy and protecting the environment.

The three winners received a gift certificate to the Hanford Mall and their teachers were provided a stipend for educational enhancements. Additionally, a full-page ad was placed in the Hanford Sentinel that featured the winning entries. 

Golden Umbrella Retired & Senior Volunteer Program - Pledge Card Drive
Redding, California

Golden Umbrella's Retired & Senior Volunteer Program received the Outreach Award in recognition of their Summer Pledge Card Drive held in August 2007 at Mt. Shasta Mall. The event helped increase community awareness of energy efficiency practices by demonstrating measures that can be taken to reduce the amount of energy used in the home. Over 3,000 people attended the event that included a "Summer Pledge Card Drive" launch featuring local dignitaries and utility representatives who signed an oversized replica of the "Flex Your Power! Take the Pledge" card and made comments about the importance of reducing energy consumption.