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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:16px;outline:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;outline:0px">We are pleased to present the National and Regional Winners of the</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;outline:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://fairchildgarden.org/science-and-education/learn/the-fairchild-challenge/-national-challenge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(102, 102, 102);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">American
Icons art challenge</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;outline:0px">to honor native plants that represent
the uniqueness of America’s landscapes and culture! </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:16px;outline:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;outline:0px">The original pieces of art were selected from among 100 entries submitted by K-12 students, and were automatically
entered into a national runoff to select a single artwork to emblazon a commemorative coin celebrating 25 years of the Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA). </span></span></p>
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<font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">Thank you to our PCA federal<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.6667px">liaisons</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"> who voted for the regional
winners and thank you to our PCA cooperators who voted in the national runoff!</span></font></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">*See all the winning entries here: </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/</span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">*Learn more about the Fairchild Challenge here: </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">https://fairchildgarden.org/science-and-education/learn/the-fairchild-challenge/</span></p>
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