[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-Grants Deadline approaches

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Karen Jewett <Karen at sustainabletompkins.org>
> Date: August 24, 2011 2:53:40 PM EDT
> To: <tc-hsc-l at cornell.edu>
> Subject: Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-Grants Deadline  
> approaches
> Reply-To: Karen Jewett <Karen at sustainabletompkins.org>
>
> Listmates,
>
> Please help us spread the word. Neighborhood Mini-Grants of $150-700  
> are available for community building, leadership and neighborhood  
> sustainability efforts.
>
> Call or email for applications and details.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Karen Jewett
>
>
>
> News Release
>
>
> For Immediate  
> Release 
> :                                                                                    For 
>  More Information:
>
> August 14,  
> 2011 
>                                                                                                 Karen 
>  Jewett (607-216-1552)
>
>
> Grow community sustainability: Apply for a Sustainable Tompkins  
> Neighborhood Mini-Grant
>
>
> ITHACA:  Do you have an idea for a small change that could add up to  
> big ideas in sustainability? Apply for a Sustainable Tompkins  
> Neighborhood Mini-Grant.
>
> ·      This year teachers at Beverly J Martin were awarded a mini- 
> grant to plant a vegetable garden with their first graders.
>
> ·      Transportation Liaisons received a mini-grant to match  
> families in need with transportation to local ICSD events.
>
> ·      West Village Gone Green used their mini-grant to keep the  
> deer out of their community garden.
>
> ·      Danby Land Grant purchased predator protection for their  
> roaster-chicken raising project. Five Danby families raised their  
> own meat and donated some roasters to a local food bank.
>
> Sustainable Tompkins is eager to support more projects like these  
> and is calling on local citizens and grassroots groups to submit  
> applications by September 1, 2011.
>
>
> Since 2008, Sustainable Tompkins has awarded $24,000, for 59  
> neighborhood-based projects that continue to shape area communities,  
> encouraging local self-reliance, strengthening neighborhood  
> connections, and promoting long-term community well being. Suzanne  
> Aigen of Aigen Financial Group makes this round of Neighborhood Mini  
> Grants possible. She stepped forward to support the Neighborhood  
> Mini-Grants program in its mission to provide “seed monies” to  
> community groups who have a good idea to promote sustainability in  
> their community.
>
>
> Applications for the next round of grants are due on September 1,  
> 2011 and all residents, citizen groups and non-profit organizations  
> of Tompkins County are eligible to apply. Proposals must demonstrate  
> a community benefit. Awards range from $150 to $750. To obtain an  
> application form, make a donation in support of the program, or get  
> more information, contact Karen Jewett:  
> Karen at sustainabletompkins.org or call (607) 216-1552.
>
>
> Sustainable Tompkins is a citizen-based organization whose mission  
> is to promote the long-term well being 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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> The Danby Land Grant Chicks in their new digs.
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> -- 
> Karen Jewett
> Director of Operations
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 109 S. Albany St.
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> 607-216-1552
>

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