[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair on December 4th!

[Shira Golding]

support nonprofits this holiday season!

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> From: Anke Wessels <akw7 at cornell.edu>
> Date: November 17, 2010 8:53:38 AM EST
> To: Anke Wessels <akw7 at cornell.edu>
> Subject: Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair on December 4th!
> Reply-To: Anke Wessels <akw7 at cornell.edu>
>
> Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair Supports 60 Local Not-for-Profits
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>  For the seventh year in a row, the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair  
> will offer holiday shoppers a chance to buy gifts that support local  
> charitable organizations. The Fair will be held from 10 am to 6 pm,  
> Saturday, December 4, in two locations-- at the First Presbyterian  
> Church, 315 North Cayuga Street and at the First Baptist Church, 309  
> North Cayuga Street, Ithaca. Sixty organizations will participate.   
> Over its history, the Fair has earned more than $200,000 and has  
> reduced the impact on the environment of conventional gift-giving.
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>  The gifts, which range in price from $5 to an unlimited donation,  
> include items such as healthy meals for school children who may  
> otherwise go without, support for community discussions on racism,  
> shelter for abandoned pets, and many gifts that support at-risk  
> youth and families in our communities. All of the money earned at  
> the Fair goes to the participating organizations.
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>  This year’s Gift Fair organizations are: Advocacy Center of  
> Tompkins County, Hearts’ Cry, AguaClara, Historic Ithaca, Akwesasne  
> Freedom School, Institute for Circlework, Ashraya Initiative for  
> Children, IPEI, Better Housing for Tompkins County, Ithaca  
> Children’s Garden, BJM Enrichment Program, Ithaca Health Alliance,  
> Brooktondale & Caroline Community Centers, Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard,  
> Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes, Janet L. Swanson  
> Wildlife Health Center, Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga  
> Counties, Learning Web, Cayuga Dog Rescue, Loaves & Fishes of  
> Tompkins County,  Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, Mental Health  
> Association in Tompkins County, Community Dispute and Resolution  
> Center, Mira’s Movement, Child Development Council, Multicultural  
> Resource Center, Children of Rural Africa, NAMI of the Finger Lakes  
> (National Alliance on Mental Illness), Clean and Healthy New York,  
> Natural Leaders Initiative, CNY SNAP (Spay Neuter Assistance  
> Program), OAR (Opportunities, Alternatives and Resources), Community  
> Faith Partners, OURS (Opportunity Understanding Respect Success),  
> CUSLAR, PALS (Partnership for African and Lansing Schools), DAP of  
> Family and Children’s Services, Pet the Pet Program, Inc., Dream  
> Factory of CNY, Positive News, Educate the Children, S.T.A.M.P.  
> (Southern Tier Advocacy & Mitigation Project), Energy in Common, Sew  
> Green, Family Reading Partnership, Shared Journeys, Finger Lakes  
> Independence Center, SPCA, Tompkins County Finger Lakes Reuse,  
> Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services, FoodNet, Meals on Wheels,  
> Sustainable Tompkins, Friendship Donations Network, TCPL Foundation,  
> GIAC, Tompkins Learning Partners, Green Resource Hub of the Finger  
> Lakes, Village at Ithaca, Growing Hope Together, Wild Things  
> Sanctuary, Habitat for Humanity Tompkins County, Women’s Opportunity  
> Center
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>  For two weeks following the event, shoppers who cannot attend the  
> Fair can still purchase gifts online. For descriptions of the gifts  
> and organizations, visit www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org.
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> The Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair is sponsored by the Center for  
> Transformative Action with support from the Tompkins Public Library,  
> Alternatives Federal Credit Union and LightLink
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> Anke Wessels PhD
> Executive Director
> Center for Transformative Action
> 117 Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> 607-255-5027
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