Online Voting Underway for 2011 Interlux Waterfront Challenge Grants
"Like" your favorite community project on Facebook and help them win $50,000

Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2011

 


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UNION, NEW JERSEY (USA) September 20, 2011 – Now through September 30, 2011, the boating community can help the judges choose the regional winners of 2011 Interlux® Waterfront Challenge grants from among the qualifying projects submitted by organizations from across the U.S. The company will award $50,000 in grants in October 2011 to organizations that have created sustainable waterfront environmental improvements in their communities.

Visit the Interlux Waterfront Challenge page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/interluxwaterfrontchallenge. “Like” your favorite projects posted on the wall. The project receiving the most Likes in each region will receive one vote, which will be counted with the votes of the five-member Waterfront Challenge judging panel to determine the regional winners. The judging panel will also select one national winner, to be announced in a ceremony at the Interlux booth at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show on Friday, October 28.

The judges for the 2011 Interlux Waterfront Challenge are: Thom Dammrich, President of the National Marine Manufacturers Association; Fred Daoust, General Manager, Interlux North America; John Kelly, Chairman of the American Coatings Association Antifouling Working Group and a member of the California State Lands Commission Fouling Technical Advisory Group; Dan Pingaro, CEO of Sailors for the Sea; and Susan Shingledecker, Director of Environmental Programs for the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety & Clean Water.