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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#0F5C1A">Dear Environmental Resilience Advocates,</span></b><span style="color:#0F5C1A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">I hope this message finds you well! My name is Paulina Soto, and I am the Judging Chair for the
<b>Southern Arizona Research, Science, and Engineering Foundation (SARSEF) 70th Annual Fair.</b> I’m reaching out to invite you and your colleagues to consider participating as
<b><u>Grand Award Judges</u></b> for this year’s fair, particularly in the </span>
<b><span style="color:#763E9B">Energy and Change </span></b><span style="color:black">and/or</span><b><span style="color:#763E9B"> Sustainability and Renewable Energy</span></b><span style="color:black"> categories.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">We are specially seeking passionate judges</span></b><span style="color:black"> to evaluate
</span><b><span style="color:#0C64C0">elementary and/or middle school projects in the Energy and Change category</span></b><span style="color:black">, which will take place
<b><i>virtually</i> on March 5th and 6th.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">We are also seeking professionals to help
<u>judge high school projects</u> in the <b>Sustainability and Renewable Energy</b> category, which will be take place
<b><i>in-person</i> on March 4th at the University of Arizona.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">If you know of any colleagues/students who may also be interested in participating,
</span><b><span style="color:#DE6A19">we’d be grateful if you could help spread the word</span></b><b><span style="color:#0F5C1A">.</span></b><span style="color:#0F5C1A"> </span><span style="color:black">We are still actively recruiting judges, and your involvement
would have a lasting impact on these students’ journeys in science!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">You can find more information and register to volunteer at
<a href="https://sarsef.org/volunteers/judges/" target="_blank" title="https://sarsef.org/volunteers/judges/">
https://sarsef.org/volunteers/judges/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#666666">Judges Grand awards judges. Judge for SARSEF and make students proud of their science! If you want to help us select the best projects in a specific category
while encouraging the rest, please sign up to be a “grand award” judge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#A6A6A6">sarsef.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Thank you for considering this opportunity, and I look forward to the possibility of collaborating with you to inspire the next generation of scientists!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Please reach out if you have any questions!</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Paulina Soto Robles, BSc</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Judging Chair, SARSEF Regional Science and Engineering Fair</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">(+52) 6141299856 | judging@sarsef.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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