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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Ohio Archivists,<span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>National History Day in Ohio was accepted to compete for a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Project Grant. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>To win, we need to have as many people as possible vote for our project during the month of December. The grant will go <span style='color:black'>for scholarships to low-income students, program materials, field trips to historic sites and teacher training to help increase National History Day participation in urban and rural schools.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Vote Daily</span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Please go to Pepsi Refresh online <a href="http://www.refresheverything.com/ohiohistoryday">http://www.refresheverything.com/ohiohistoryday</a> and vote for National History Day in Ohio. Once you register, you can vote once-a-day, every day in December. It’s simple and easy to do!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>In addition to voting, you can ask your friends and family to vote for National History Day in Ohio, too! Just forward this e-mail to your mailing list. The more people to vote for us, the better our chances to win $50,000!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#333333'>About National History Day<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#333333'>National History Day in Ohio is a year-long educational program where students in grades 4-12 do explore topics that interest them related to a specific theme. In the 2010-2011, it’s <i>Debate and Diplomacy in History: Successes, Consequences, Failures</i>. Students do research and present their work through exhibits, performances, documentaries, research papers or websites at regional and state and national competitions. Learn how National History Day in Ohio helps students excel by watching our Pepsi Refresh video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40a5j3PiSh8"><span style='color:#333333'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40a5j3PiSh8</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#333333'>About Pepsi Refresh Project<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.1in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#333333'>In 2010, the Pepsi Refresh Project will give away more than $20 million to refresh the world, one idea at a time. Each month, Pepsi will award up to $1.3 million in grants to the ideas with the most votes. Pepsi will accept up to 1,000 new ideas every month and the public decides who wins. Vote for your favorite ideas now at <a href="http://www.refresheverything.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#333333'>www.refresheverything.com</span></a>. The Pepsi Refresh Project can be found at <a href="http://www.refresheverything.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#333333'>www.refresheverything.com</span></a>, on Facebook at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/refresheverything" target="_blank"><span style='color:#333333'>http://www.facebook.com/refresheverything</span></a> or on Twitter, @Pepsi or #pepsirefresh.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><em><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style","serif"'>Mary Bezbatchenko</span></em><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style","serif";color:blue'><br></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'>State Coordinator, National History Day in </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns0:State w:insAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:insDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:endInsDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z"><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'>Ohio</span><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Mary%20Bezbatchenko" datetime="2010-12-01T09:13"></ns0:State></ins></span></span><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:blue'><br></span><b><br></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns0:State w:insAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:insDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:endInsDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z"><ns0:place w:insAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:insDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:endInsDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:red'>OHIO</span></b><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Mary%20Bezbatchenko" datetime="2010-12-01T09:13"></ns0:place></ins></span></ns0:State></span><b><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:red'> HISTORICAL SOCIETY</span></b><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns0:address w:insAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:insDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:endInsDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z"><ns0:Street w:insAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:insDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:endInsDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z"><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'>1982 Velma Ave.</span><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Mary%20Bezbatchenko" datetime="2010-12-01T09:13"></ns0:Street></ins></span><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'> <br></span><ns0:City w:insAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:insDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:endInsDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z"><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'>Columbus</span><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Mary%20Bezbatchenko" datetime="2010-12-01T09:13"></ns0:City></ins></span><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'>, </span><ns0:State w:insAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:insDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:endInsDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z"><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'>Ohio</span><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Mary%20Bezbatchenko" datetime="2010-12-01T09:13"></ns0:State></ins></span><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'> </span><ns0:PostalCode w:insAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:insDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Mary Bezbatchenko" w:endInsDate="2010-12-01T09:13:00Z"><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'>43211-2497</span><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Mary%20Bezbatchenko" datetime="2010-12-01T09:13"></ns0:PostalCode></ins></span></ns0:address></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'> <br>(614) 297-2528</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'>mbezbatchenko@ohiohistory.org<br></span><a href="http://www.ohiohistory.org/" title="http://www.ohiohistory.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>http://www.ohiohistory.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>