Sample press release

(Cut and paste, edit, and re-type this advisory on your organization's stationery. Send it to local newspaper editors, metro editors, assignment editors, and public service announcement directors at local radio and TV stations.)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: [name of media coordinator & phone number]

[TITLE OF PRESS RELEASE]

(Your city, date) -- Citizens in [your city, state] will join thousands of individuals around the country as part of a nationwide celebration of National Preservation Month, May 2006. “Sustain America: Vision, Economics, and Preservation" is the theme of the month-long celebration, which is sponsored annually by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

“Historic preservation has made great strides in recent years, but our job is by no means complete,” said National Trust President Richard Moe. “Older business districts and residential neighborhoods are still marred by disinvestment and deterioration. Landmarks of the recent past don’t always receive the attention that they deserve. Sprawl continues to devour precious open space and destroy the character that makes each community unique, and laws that protect historic places are under attack. Preservation Month 2006 calls on us to get involved and tackle the new and ongoing challenges we face, and to redouble our efforts to ensure that our movement accurately reflects the vision, energy and diversity of America.”

As part of the month-long celebration, citizens nationwide will celebrate with alumni reunions, career days, pageants, workshops, clean-up days, rallies, re-enactments, and home and garden tours. Here in [your city] National Preservation Month 2006 will be observed by [list local events with dates and locations].

[Insert several descriptive sentences about your organization.]

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing America's communities. Recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Trust was founded in 1949 and provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to protect the irreplaceable places that tell America’s story. Staff at the Washington, D.C. headquarters, six regional offices and 28 historic sites work with the Trust’s 270,000 members and thousands of preservation groups in all 50 states. For more information, visit the Trust’s web site at www.nationaltrust.org.

[Source: National Trust for Historic Preservation.]