MAPS Media lnstitute Finalist for National Award

MAPS http://www.mapsmediainstitute.com/ has been selected for recognition as a 2014 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award Finalist by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. 360 nominations were submitted from 47 states and MAPS is one of the final 50. The top 10 receive a $10,000 prize and an invitation to come to the White House celebration.

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Mr Peter Rosten

MAPS Media Institute

Irwin and Florence Rosten Foundation

103 S Ninth Sheet

Hamilton, MT 59E40

Dear Mr. Rosten:

Congratulations! Your program’s work has been chosen for recognition as a 2014 National Arts and
Humanities Youth Program Award (NAHYP) Finalist by the President’s Committee on the Arts and &e
Humanities and its partner agencies, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National
Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. We are highly impressed
with the successful work your organization and the other Finalists have accomplished in youth afterschool
and out-of-school arts and humanities learning.

We reviewed 360 nominations from 47 states, including the District of Columbia, and your program’s
selection as one of the 50 Finalists distinguishes it as one of the top arts- and humanities-based programs
in the country.