KIRO 7, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land (TPL), today launched Western Washington’s fourth annual Cox Conserves Heroes program. Nominations are being accepted at kirotv.com/heroes for volunteers who are helping to create, preserve or enhance our shared outdoor spaces. A total of $15,000 will be donated to local environmental nonprofits on behalf of the finalists.

A judging panel comprised of local civic and environmental leaders will select three finalists who will then compete to be named Western Washington’s 2012 Cox Conserves Hero. The winner, chosen through an online public vote, will receive $10,000 to donate to his or her selected nonprofit beneficiary. The runners-up will each receive $2,500 for their nonprofits of choice.

Nominee activities must be done on a volunteer basis and may not be part of one’s paid job. By improving our shared environment, these unsung heroes make Western Washington a better place to live, work and play.

Nominations will be accepted through 5 p.m. PT on April 27 at kirotv.com/heroes.

Western Washington ‘s Cox Conserves Heroes Timeline:

• Nominations: April 2 – 27
• Voting: Mid June
• Winner Announcement: Late July

This is the fourth year the Cox Conserves Heroes program has run in Western Washington. Jan Holmes, Gary Colley and Mike Town are previous recipients of Western Washington’s Cox Conserves Heroes award.

The Cox Conserves Heroes program was created through a partnership between TPL and Cox Enterprises, the parent company of KIRO 7, to honor everyday conservationists. The program also runs in Arizona, Atlanta, San Francisco, Southern California and Virginia. Nearly $200,000 has been donated to local nonprofits through the Cox Conserves Heroes program.

KIRO 7 Eyewitness News is a Cox Media Group station and CBS affiliate serving Western Washington.

Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of Cox Reps. Additionally, CMG owns and operates Valpak, one of North America’s leading direct marketing companies.

With $1.7 billion in revenue, the company operations include 15 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 86 radio stations, eight daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services.

CMG operates in more than 30 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million Americans weekly, including 30 million TV viewers, more than 4 million print and online newspaper readers, and 18 million radio listeners.

For more information, visit CoxConservesHeroes.com or find them on Facebook.

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