EnviroFlash Challenge - April 30 - May 31, 2012

It's time for the EnviroFlash Challenge! Compete with other EnviroFlash partner agencies to see who can get the biggest increase in subscribers April 30-May 31, 2012.

Weekly totals will be posted on this page so check back to see how your area is doing.

Partner Agency	Beginning Total	Week 1 Increase	Week 2 Increase	Week 3 Increase	Week 4 Increase	Total % Increase
Broward County Air Quality Division	600	56	147	-	-	33.83%
Butte County Air Quality Management District	212	3	0	-	-	1.42%
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission	678	10	2	-	-	1.77%
Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection	2427	211	8	-	-	9.02%
Illinois EPA	4385	361	43	-	-	9.21%
Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management	137	1	2	-	-	2.19%
Jefferson County Department of Health	1652	0	84	-	-	5.08%
Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District	224	1	0	-	-	0.45%
Mid-America Regional Council	1165	2	-1	-	-	0.09%
North Carolina DENR - Division of Air Quality	4578	85	10	-	-	2.08%
- Mecklenburg County Air Quality Agency	2109	80	-2	-	-	3.70%
- Fayetteville Area MPO	345	1	1	-	-	0.58%
- Research Triangle Regional Partnership	0	0	0	-	-	0%
- Western Piedmont Council of Governments	196	1	0	-	-	0.51%
San Francisco Bay Area AQMD	109318	-102	27	-	-	-0.07%
San Luis Obispo County APCD	327	4	1	-	-	1.53%
South Coast AQMD	4845	15	-7	-	-	0.17%
Vermont Air Pollution Control Division	152	0	0	-	-	0%
Yolo-Solano AQMD	1235	2	0	-	-	0.16%

How it works: EPA will record the beginning totals for each participating agency beginning at 8 a.m. on April 30 (the beginning of Air Quality Awareness Week), with final numbers recorded at 8 p.m. on May 31. EPA will award first, second and third place to the 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, recognition on the AIRNow website, Facebook and Twitter accounts, and the knowledge that you're helping more 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. Teachers will subscribe to EnviroFlash in order to know the air quality forecast and fly the correct AQI flag color each day.

Sign up by April 25^th: Contact Donna Rogers at rogers.donna@epa.gov to participate in this year's Challenge.