EnviroFlash Challenge - April 8 - May 31, 2013

It's time for the EnviroFlash Challenge! Over an eight week period you have a chance to compete with other EnviroFlash partner agencies to see who can get the biggest increase in subscribers beginning April 8 - May 31, 2013.

Partner Agency	Beginning Total	Week 1 Increase	Week 2 Increase	Week 3 Increase	Week 4 Increase	Week 5 Increase	Total Increase	Total % Increase
Air Quality Partnership of Delaware	55	1	2	3	-2	0	4	7.3%
Bay Area Air Quality Management District	97507	-13	1	-39	-2370	11	-2410	-2.5%
Broward County Air Quality Program	857	4	1	2	1	3	11	1.3%
Butte County Air Quality Management District	250	0	1	1	-7	0	-5	-2%
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's APCD	679	62	6	0	-37	0	31	4.6%
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission	590	3	1	3	-6	10	11	1.9%
Feather River Air Quality Management District	115	0	1	-1	18	5	23	20%
Florida Department of Health-Palm Beach County-Air Pollution Program	96	47	0	3	0	2	52	54.2%
Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection	2570	16	9	2	90	427	544	21.2%
Illinois EPA, Bureau of Air	5403	-2	1	4	-52	60	11	0.2%
Jefferson County Department of Health	420	-1	4	3	1	4	11	2.6%
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality	1665	2	0	1	-12	2	-7	-0.4%
Mid-America Regional Council	1119	0	3	0	-8	0	-5	-0.4%
NC Division of Air Quality	3724	18	23	21	-29	3	36	1%
- Mecklenburg County Air Quality Agency	1925	9	19	14	-15	0	27	1.4%
- NCDAQ + Sustainable Sandhills	177	1	3	0	-5	0	-1	-0.6%
- Research Triangle Regional Partnership	1040	4	0	6	0	5	15	1.4%
- Western Piedmont Council of Governments	155	1	0	1	-3	0	-1	-0.6%
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection	2187	4	2	11	-22	22	17	0.8%
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA)	165	2	1	0	-8	1	-4	-2.4%
Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection	949	8	3	1	-43	10	-21	-2.2%
- Lehigh Valley / Berks Area	209	0	1	0	-11	0	-10	-4.8%
- Liberty-Clairton Area	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
- Pittsburgh Area	381	2	0	0	-18	2	-14	-3.7%
- Susquehanna Valley	290	6	1	0	-18	0	-11	-3.8%
- Eastern PA	14	0	1	0	3	3	7	50%
- Western PA	18	0	0	1	1	5	7	38.9%
Pinal County Air Quality	744	2	0	2	-3	0	1	0.1%
San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District	261	-5	1	2	-11	3	-10	-3.8%
Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency	305	18	0	0	-13	6	11	3.6%

How it works: EPA will record the beginning totals for each participating agency beginning at 8 a.m. on April 8, with final numbers recorded at 5 p.m. on May 31. EPA will recognize first, second and third place agencies with the highest percentage increase in new subscribers and to the agencies that signed the most subscribers.

What you get if you win: Bragging rights, a plaque, and recognition on the AirNow website, Facebook and Twitter accounts, and the knowledge that you're helping people take steps to protect their health from air pollution.

New subscribers are around every corner: Be sure to have family and friends sign up, as well as community groups, businesses, doctors and nurses, health organizations, teachers and coaches, athletic associations, college and university students, and members of environmental organizations at www.airnow.gov/enviroflash.

You can also attract new subscribers by promoting the School Flag Program (www.airnow.gov/schoolflag) to schools in your area. Schools will subscribe to EnviroFlash to know the daily air quality forecast and know the AQI flag color to fly each day.

Sign up by April 5^th: Contact Donna Rogers at rogers.donna@epa.gov to participate in this year's Challenge.