Flagstaff Area Residents Made 15,902 Pledges to Win the 30,000 to 99,000 Population Category as part of 6th Annual Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation in partnership with Toyota; Flagstaff, AZ to host national drawing on Tuesday, June 13 at 12:30 p.m., for winner of Grand Prize Toyota Prius Prime
FLAGSTAFF — The City of Flagstaff, Arizona, was named one of five national winners in the 6th Annual Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation by pledgingto reduce their water use by 82.3 million gallons of water over the next year. Flagstaff won the 30,000 to 99,999 population category. The annual month-long public awareness campaign to promote water conservation and resource mindfulness ended on April 30 with mayors from 38 states vying to see whose city could be the nation’s most “water wise.”
Flagstaff Mayor, Coral Evans, and City of Flagstaff Water Conservation Program are hosting the Wyland Foundation for this raffle. We invite all area residents to attend this national event on Tuesday, June 13th at 12:30 p.m. at Flagstaff City Hall, 211 W. Aspen Ave. As an added incentive Wyland Foundation is donating Wyland artwork valued at $1,500, as well as another $500 in prizes, for those in attendance at this event.
Residents from winning cities are entered into a drawing for over $50,000 in water-saving or eco-friendly prizes, including the grand prize, a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime Plug-in Hybrid. Additional prizes include, “Greening Your Home” cleaning kits from Earth Friendly Products (ECOS), home irrigation equipment from The Toro Company, EcoRain and Eco-Flow Showerheads from Waterpik, and more. A $500 home improvement store shopping spree will also be chosen from among the entire pool of U.S. participants.
In addition to Flagstaff, the other four cities with the highest percentage of residents making pledges during the campaign included Laguna Beach, CA, Athens, GA, Aurora, CO, and Dallas, TX. Overall, residents around the nation, from Anchorage to the Florida Keys, made 421,891 pledges to change behaviors ranging from fixing home leaks to reducing harmful runoff into local rivers and streams.
The challenge, presented by the Wyland Foundation and Toyota, with support from the U.S EPA, National League of Cities, The Toro Company, and Earth Friendly Products – maker of ECOS, and Conserva Irrigation, addresses the growing importance of educating consumers about the many ways they use water.
About the Wyland Foundation: Founded in 1993 by environmental artist Wyland (best known for his series of 100 monumental marine life murals), the Wyland Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization, brings communities together to become more solution-oriented stewards of our global marine resources. The foundation reaches hundreds of thousands of people each year through traveling exhibitions, classroom art and science programs, digital media, and community events. Learn more at www.wylandfoundation.org
About Toyota: Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. and North America for 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through their Toyota and Lexus brands. During that time, Toyota has contributed to world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 33 million cars and trucks in North America
Toyota partners with community, civic, academic, and governmental organizations to address society’s most pressing mobility challenges. They share company resources and extensive know-how to support non-profits to help expand their ability to assist more people move more places. For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.