Coming Up Taller Awards to Honor Arts and Humanities

Posted by on December 1, 2006

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At a previous Coming Up Taller awards ceremony, Mrs. Laura Bush remarked that "the arts and humanities are critical building blocks for a child’s development, and they provide a strong foundation for a lifetime of learning. The study of the arts and humanities gives children the chance to be extraordinary — the power to be themselves."

The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) is inviting nominations for the 2007 Coming Up Taller Awards. In partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), we are embarking on the tenth year of the Coming Up Taller Awards, which recognizes the accomplishments of exceptional arts and humanities after-school and out-of-school programs. Coming Up Taller finalists receive $10,000, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference.

Included with this announcement is a PDF of the 2007 nomination application. We encourage you to share this PDF or link to the Coming Up Taller website, <a href="http://www.cominguptaller.org">http://www.cominguptaller.org</a>, with your members. Please feel free to post this announcement on websites, in newsletters and in other forms of communication. The postmark deadline for nominations is Wednesday, January 31, 2007.

If you have questions, please visit our website or contact the President’s Committee at (202) 682-5409.