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Angkor Wat © Sam Garza, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

ONE SMALL VOTE FOR BIG CHANGE

Help us save the world's most treasured places by voting for World Monuments Fund in the Members Project, an innovative initiative from American Express and Take Part.

We’re one of 49 nonprofits competing for a $200,000 grant in an online public voting campaign that, at the end of a three-month cycle, will award the grant to the nonprofit that gets the most votes in its category (we're in the Arts & Culture category).

Medieval Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria, Italy, which was badly damaged in the April 2009 earthquake.

Since 1965, the World Monuments Fund has helped saved sites in more than 90 countries, on all seven continents. With your support, we can continue to protect the world’s most treasured places. There are several ways you can help:

• Donate online
• Donate by mail
• Give stock
• Name the World Monuments Fund in your estate plans
• Matching Gift Programs
• Combined Federal Campaign

Read about ways you can give

West side of Peristyle colonade: Diocletian's Palace, Croatia

If you would like to request assistance for a site, there are several documents that you will need to submit, which can be downloaded here. If you would like to receive an RFA by mail, please call (646) 424-9594 or write wmf@wmf.org.

The RFA may be used to request assistance for all types of sites. Requests for Assistance are accepted on a rolling basis. All requests are evaluated for compatibility with WMF's mission and priorities as well as available funding sources.

Sustainable Tourism Pledge

Before you travel, read up on the history and culture of your destination. Use the internet to get leads on local specialties and off-the-beaten-path sites from locals and other travelers. Learn a few basic phrases in your destination’s local language.

Despite an outcry from local and international preservation groups, the Spanish bank CajaSol has broken ground on a 180-meter-high office tower in Sevilla. If built, the building, designed by Cesar Pelli, will overshadow Sevilla Cathedral's tower, which for 800 years has been the tallest structure in the city. The construction of the tower has also been denounced by the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), as it will forever alter Sevilla's urban landscape.

Learn more and voice your opinion by sending an email to the president of the regional government of Andalucia.

Atlanta-Fulton Central Public Library

The Young Architects Forum and Atlanta AIA have announced their first annual Amateur Architectural Photography Competition, YAF10 - Envisioning Breuer. This competition aims to challenge photographers to creatively capture images of 2010 Watch-listed Atlanta Central Library designed by Marcel Breuer. The winning photos will be displayed at the 2010 YAF Photography Exhibit in October as part of the Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) events and at select library locations through January 2011.

The competition is open to both amateurs and professionals. For full details, please visit http://www.photography.yafatlanta.org/

John W. Chorley Elementary School

Help save a masterpiece of Modern architecture

Voters in Middletown, NY, recently passed a referendum to acquire property to build a new elementary school. At the last minute, a provision was added to demolish John W. Chorley Elementary School, designed by modernist architect Paul Rudolph, and replace it with a parking lot.

Unless action is taken, the Chorley school could be demolished shortly. The property has been deemed State- and National Register-eligible by the State of New York.

WMF endorses the efforts of the Paul Rudolph Foundation to bring attention to the school. WMF and the Paul Rudolph Foundation collaborated previously on behalf of Riverview High School, in Sarasota, Florida.

Please read and sign the petition to save Paul Rudolph's John W. Chorley Elementary School. For more information, please visit the Paul Rudolph Foundation site.

Adopt a Garuda

72 imposing sandstone garudas protect the perimeter wall of the monastic complex of Preah Khan in Cambodia’s ancient city of Angkor.

Though the power of garudas is legendary, the sculptures at Preah Khan have struggled to withstand the formidable advance of both time and nature.

Exposed to the elements and “lost” in the jungle for more than 500 years, the garudas fell into disrepair.

Since the Adopt-a-Garuda project began over a decade ago, 30 of the garudas have been sponsored, providing the resources necessary to address the biggest threats to their survival.

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St. Pauls, UK

The World Monuments Fund sends preservation experts to endangered sites all over the world, but there are things you can do closer to home to help to save the world's most treasured places. Learn more about:

• Adaptive reuse
• Uncontrolled tourism
• Traditional building methods
• Insensitive urban development
• Advocacy