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Virtual NPWW How-To Guide
National Public Works Week (NPWW), We’re excited • Coloring Contests – Post the 2021
held May 16-22, is almost here! Despite to share our Stronger Together coloring page (check
the COVID-19 pandemic, let’s take this “Virtual NPWW the APWA website for this) on social
week to celebrate the amazing work How-To Guide”, media and ask everyone (including
of public works personnel throughout full of ideas children) to print the page out and have
North America. Now more than ever, that you can fun coloring. When they’re finished,
it is critical to energize and educate the use to celebrate they can post the result using the
public about the importance of public remotely #NPWW hashtag.
works—planning, building, managing, with your
and operating at the heart of local communities. • Video Contests – Ask people to film
communities to improve quality of life Don’t forget to themselves answering a question (Ex.
each day. join in the fun – What do you love about your city/
on social media community?) or thanking public works
This year, APWA recognizes that using the hashtag #NPWW and this year’s
there may not be many face-to-face theme, #PWStrongerTogether!
public works events during this week, Community Social Media Contests
but we believe it’s important to remain
connected. We encourage you to still Looking for a fun way to engage with
seek NPWW proclamations from your your community while maintaining social
elected officials that you can then share distancing? Try a social media contest!
on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram with We’ve provided a few ideas below, but
the #NPWWProclamation hashtag to be feel free to use these as a starting point to
added to the APWA NPWW website. We come up with your own contests. Just put
are so proud of the work you do every your ideas out on social media and ask
day, during National Public Works Week, your community to respond and include
and during this time of the pandemic to the #NPWW hashtag.
keep our communities safe.
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