ALCOAST 162/09
COMDTNOTE 5700
SUBJ: FOUNDATION FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY ANNUAL AWARDS
1. THE FOUNDATION FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY (FCGH) WAS FORMED ON 4
AUGUST 1999 AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.  ITS OBJECTIVES ARE:
 A. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE COAST GUARD HISTORIANS OFFICE
 B. TO ENCOURAGE STUDIES RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF OUR SERVICE
 C. TO ACCORD RECOGNITION TO INDIVIDUALS, UNITS, AND PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS FOR BOTH SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT AND FOR
RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE CHALLENGES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND
CHARACTER OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROUD
HERITAGE OF THE COAST GUARD.
2. EACH YEAR THE FOUNDATION HAS RECOGNIZED BOTH A LARGE (MAJOR
CUTTER, AIR STATION AND SECTOR) AND SMALL (PATROL BOAT, SHORE
STATION) COAST GUARD UNIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN PRESERVING THE
HISTORY OF THE SERVICE. THE LARGE UNIT WINNER RECEIVES FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS, AND THE SMALL UNIT TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THEIR MORALE
FUND. THE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE UNIT AWARD ARE:
 A. UNITS CAN BE ACTIVE DUTY OR RESERVE, AUXILIARY FLOTILLA, OR
SPOUSES CLUB.
 B. UNITS MUST BE ENGAGED IN A SPECIFIC UNDERTAKING AIMED AT
FURTHERING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CURRENT ACTIVITIES OR THE HISTORY
AND HERITAGE OF THE COAST GUARD.
 C. UNITS THAT RECEIVE THE AWARD MAY NOT RESUBMIT FOR A PERIOD OF
FIVE YEARS.
3. THE WINNER IN THE 2008 LARGE UNITS CATEGORY WAS CGC CAMPBELL
(WMEC 909). THE CREW COMPLETED AND DEDICATED THE CAMPBELL
HERITAGE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDED 44 ARTIFACTS DISPLAYED IN AN ON
BOARD MUSEUM, INCLUDING MEDALS AWARDED TO FORMER CREWMEN, FOUR
PERIOD MEDALS, FIVE UNIFORMS RANGING FROM WORLD WAR TWO TO VIETNAM,
AND PAINTINGS. IN THE VIEW OF THE JUDGES, "THIS SIMPLY IS WHAT THIS
COMPETITION IS ALL ABOUT."
4. IN THE 2008 SMALL UNITS CATEGORY, THE WINNER WAS COAST GUARD
AUXILIARY FLOTILLA 3-5 IN SAN PEDRO, CA. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME AN
AUXILIARY UNIT WON THIS AWARD.  THE MEMBERS WORKED ALONGSIDE
AIDS TO NAVIGATION TEAM LA/LB TO RENOVATE POINT VICENTE LIGHTHOUSE,
INCORPORATING AN INTERPRETIVE MUSEUM COVERING COAST GUARD AND
AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES AND DISPLAYING HISTORIC ARTIFACTS.  THIS
MUSEUM HAS BEEN VIEWED BY MORE THAN 350,000 VISITORS SINCE 1992.
WHILE MAINTAINING THAT PRESENCE, THE TEAM TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO
POINT HUENEME LIGHTHOUSE IN 2002, CREATING EXHIBITS AND DISPLAYS
TELLING THE STORIES OF THE COAST GUARD, RESERVE, AND AUXILIARY
TEAM.
5. UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT A CONCISE
WRITTEN DESCRIPTION, IN TRIPLICATE, OF THEIR EFFORTS. THESE MAY BE
A SINGLE SPECIFIC COMPLETED PROJECT OR AN ONGOING, CONTINUING
UNDERTAKING. PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTED MATERIAL RELATED TO THE
PROJECT ARE USEFUL BUT NOT NECESSARY. SUCH MATERIAL WILL NOT BE
RETURNED.
6. UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FURTHERING OF COAST
GUARD HISTORY. DOCUMENTATION SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A LETTER, IN
TRIPLICATE, DETAILING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
7. DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS 15 MAY 2009.
8. MAIL ENTRIES TO: COAST GUARD UNIT AWARD COMMITTEE, FOUNDATION
FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY, C/O JOHN GALLUZZO, PO BOX 181, HULL, MA
02045.
9. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FCGH WEB SITE AT
WWW.FCGH.ORG.
10. RDML MARY E. LANDRY, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, SENDS.
11. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.