We need your video-making talents!!! With a generous grant from The Russell Family Foundation, the University of Washington Tacoma will host the first ever film festival focused on our own Puyallup River Watershed. We invite all individuals, schools (middle schools, high schools, and colleges/universities), government agencies and non-profit organizations located in or working in the watershed to submit 2- to 3-minute videos related to issues affecting the Puyallup River and its tributaries. Any digital format will be accepted, and the more inventive and original the better!!! Entries must be delivered on DVD by November 15, 2013, to: Jim Gawel University of Washington Tacoma 1900 Commerce St. Campus Box 358436 Tacoma, WA 98402 Categories include: Middle schools High schools Colleges/universities) Non-profit organizations Government organizations Individuals (Open) If you need, we have video cameras you can borrow, and editing software is free on the internet. We will even visit you onsite to provide technical assistance or to discuss your ideas! For more information, please email Jim Gawel (waterundone@gmail.com). We will screen all entries in an evening film festival open to the public on December 5, 6:30-9:00pm. Winners in each category will be selected by the audience and prizes will be awarded. All entries will be made available to the public to view on the new Puyallup River Outreach Project website developed to showcase educational materials and outreach efforts in the Puyallup River Watershed. http://puyallupriver.org/be-a-proper/film-festival/ You’ll be famous!!! Please show off your watershed!!! Cheers, Jim Gawel