[ShareTompkins] Fwd: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-Grants - applications requested!

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Nicole Pion <nicole.pion at gmail.com>
> Date: November 4, 2010 1:04:02 PM EDT
> To: TC-HSC-L at cornell.edu, sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu, cayugasustain-l at list.cornell.edu
> Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood  
> Mini-Grants - applications requested!
> Reply-To: "Sustainability in Tompkins County" <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu 
> >
>
> Please forward widely!  Note that the deadline for this round is  
> December 1, 2010.  Feel free to contact me with any questions or to  
> request application forms.  I look forward to lots of innovative  
> proposals!
>
> -- 
> Nicole Pion
> Director of Operations
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 109 S. Albany Street
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> 607-216-1552
> www.SustainableTompkins.org
>
>
> News Release
>
>
> For Immediate  
> Release 
> :                                                                                    For 
>  More Information:
>
> November 4,  
> 2010 
>                                                                                                 Nicole 
>  Pion (607-216-1552)
>
>
>
> Grow community sustainability with support from   Sustainable  
> Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-Grants
>
>
> ITHACA:  When it comes to living in more sustainable communities, do  
> small changes really add up?  According to recent Neighborhood Mini- 
> Grant recipients, the answer is yes!  For only $4 per person, the  
> Youth Farm Project was able to provide healthy ingredients for  
> lunches, helping participants learn about nutrition from field to  
> fork. Students at Trumansburg Middle School had the space,  
> vegetables, and technical know-how to build a root cellar; a Mini- 
> Grant allowed them to purchase the materials to do so.  Through  
> another Neighborhood Mini-Grant, the Green Resource Hub helps local  
> businesses and homeowners pinpoint areas of energy usage that can  
> easily be reduced.
>
>
> Do you have an idea for a small change that could add up to big  
> ideas in sustainability? If so, apply for a Neighborhood Mini-Grant  
> from Sustainable Tompkins.  Sustainable Tompkins is eager to support  
> more projects like these and is calling on local citizens and  
> grassroots groups to submit applications by December 1, 2010. Since  
> 2008, Sustainable Tompkins has awarded over $17,000 in Neighborhood  
> Mini-Grants that are shaping Tompkins County communities,  
> encouraging local self-reliance, strengthening neighborhood  
> connections, and promoting long-term community wellbeing.
>
>
> Neighborhood Mini-Grants awarded in the latest round included:
>
>
> ·      $400 to support the Watt Meter Lending Program organized  
> through the Green Resource Hub.  Finger Lakes home and business  
> owners borrow Watt Meters, which measure the amount of electricity  
> appliances and equipment use. Program participants can then conduct  
> an electricity use inventory, and apply the results to achieve  
> maximum savings.
>
> ·      $600 to the Newfield Central School District to provide  
> seeds, soil and materials for a new Food Development Lab and  
> Composting Project.  Students engage in growing food through indoor  
> hydroponic garden grow carts with a complementary composting system.
>
> ·      $600 to Ithaca Biodiesel Cooperative to support their  
> campaign to increase public awareness of biodiesel and straight  
> vegetable oil as fuel alternatives.  Mini-Grant Funds will allow  
> Ithaca Biodiesel to reach more potential customers and volunteers  
> through traditional advertising venues.
>
> ·      $600 to DIY Movie Making, The Eco-Musical, for the creation  
> of a locally-produced film that will raise awareness about global  
> and local issues of sustainability.
>
> ·      $500 to Shared Grassroots Outreach Center to engage in a  
> resource-sharing project with local non-profits and organizations,  
> such as the Ithaca Freeskool.
>
> ·      $400 to Dryden Elementary School Composting Project to reduce  
> school and household waste and to create compost for family gardens.
>
>
> Sustainable Tompkins wishes to thank Danielle Klock and Wishing Well  
> Magazine for their generous support, which has helped the  
> Neighborhood Mini-Grants program continue to increase in scope and  
> impact.  Awards range from $150 to $750, and are made on a quarterly  
> basis.  Applications for the next round of grants are due on  
> December 1, 2010 and all residents, citizen groups and non-profit  
> organizations of Tompkins County are eligible to apply.  To obtain  
> an application form, make a donation in support of the program, or  
> get more information, contact Nicole Pion: Nicole at sustainabletompkins.org 
>  or call (607) 216-1552.
>
>
> Sustainable Tompkins is a citizen-based organization whose mission  
> is to promote the long-term wellbeing of our communities and region  
> by integrating social equity, economic vitality, ecological  
> stewardship, and personal and civic responsibility.  Their office is  
> located at 109 South Albany St. in Ithaca.  Visit www.sustainabletompkins.org 
>  for more details.
>
>

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