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<br /> Dell Recycling Grant Program <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> O'Hora-Weir, Eileen <br /> <br /> From: Caroline_Dietz@Dell.com <br /> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 7:55 AM <br /> To: O'Hora-Weir, Eileen <br /> Subject: Dell Recycling Grant Program <br /> <br /> Dear Eileen O'Hora-Weir: <br /> <br /> As I mentioned in my email last week, here is your "official" letter from Dell! <br /> <br /> Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that the Department of Environmental Management of the County <br /> of Hawaii has been selected as a recipient of one of twenty $10,000 Dell Recycling Grant awards to be used to <br /> conduct a computer collection event in the fall of 2004. The County of Hawaii was selected from a competitive <br /> group of almost 175 applicants including state and local governments and municipalities, higher education <br /> institutions and non-profit organizations. <br /> <br /> The 10-member grant review board, consisting of individuals from a variety of Dell business units and experts <br /> from environmental and recycling groups and the federal government, based its selections on considerations of <br /> the quality of the collaborative effort; prospects for successful outcomes; geographic diversity; sustainability of the <br /> program beyond the grant period; and the ability to leverage the local community's existing recycling <br /> infrastructure. <br /> The Dell Recycling Grant Program is intended to raise awareness of responsible end-of-life options for computers <br /> and empower communities with a model and means for successful collection events. The County of Hawaii will be <br /> expected to use the award to organize, promote, stage and recycle computer equipment in an effective, free "No <br /> Computer Should Go To Waste" collection event in your community. <br /> In the next few days, Dell will mail you a packet of additional information and required forms, as well as the <br /> schedule for the technical assistance and guidance program offered to your organization by the National <br /> Recycling Coalition. The NRC's collection experts will conduct a series of grantee workshops this fall to share <br /> best practices, create a supportive team atmosphere, encourage dialogue and interaction among grantee <br /> organizations, and educate grantees on strategies for collecting and responsibly recycling computer equipment, <br /> fundraising, and conducting media and grassroots outreach. <br /> Dell will publicly announce the twenty grant recipients on Monday, August 30 at the National Recycling Coalition's <br /> Annual Congress and Expo in San Francisco, Calif. We are planning a media roundtable on that morning, where <br /> the winners will be announced and reporters will have the opportunity to ask questions of both Dell and NRC. You <br /> or someone from your organization are welcome to attend and participate in the media roundtable. <br /> Dell will email the draft press release to each grant winner later this week for your review. Dell will also work with <br /> your organization to develop an individual press release to be jointly distributed in your region. We request that <br /> you exercise discretion in who you inform of your grant award, as we hope to be able to leverage the maximum <br /> impact of the press announcement on the 30th, and we want to respect those organizations that did not receive <br /> grants. <br /> <br /> Dell believes that the most effective solutions to building our nation's electronics recycling and reuse infrastructure <br /> are those that incorporate shared responsibility and public-private partnerships - so thank you for being part of the <br /> solution. We look forward to working with the County of Hawaii to educate consumers about the importance of <br /> electronics recycling and develop innovative solutions to address the a-waste challenge. <br /> Please let me know if you need any additional information. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 8/31/2004 <br />