[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Sustainable Tompkins Mini-Grant Application Deadline Approaches

[Shira Golding]

a great opportunity to get funding!

- shira :)

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Edyta Grzelka <edytagrzelka at gmail.com>
> Date: November 22, 2011 1:30:39 PM EST
> To: <tc-hsc-l at cornell.edu>
> Subject: Sustainable Tompkins Mini-Grant Application Deadline  
> Approaches
> Reply-To: Edyta Grzelka <edytagrzelka at gmail.com>
>
> Hello Listmates,
>
> I am coordinating Mini Grant program at Sustainable Tompkins and  
> would like to see some application from you!
> This is a great opportunity for everyone who is looking for money  
> for community projects which promote, raise awareness, or educate  
> about sustainability!
>
> Below I included some information about the Mini Grant Program and  
> the approaching deadline!
>
> Hope to hear from you soon!
>
> Edyta Grzelka
> Mini Grant Program Coordinator
>
> Get Things Going in Your Community: Apply for a Sustainable Tompkins  
> Neighborhood Mini-Grant
>
> Are you looking for seed money for a project that will promote or  
> increase sustainability in your community? Do you know someone with  
> a great idea that needs a small grant to kick it off? The deadline  
> for the next round of Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-Grants  
> is December 1.
>
> Fourteen projects already have been funded this year including a  
> market stand for the Ithaca Children's Garden, new deer fences at  
> the West Village Gone Green community garden, stipends for people to  
> attend food preservation and canning workshops, chicken tractors to  
> protect the Caroline Food Bank's hens and chicks from predators, and  
> partial scholarships for women to attend Healing Hearts retreat.  
> Since 2008, Sustainable Tompkins has awarded more than $24,000, for  
> 60 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 stepped forward and  
> provided "seed monies" making this round of Neighborhood Mini Grants  
> possible.
>
> Applications for the next round of grants are due on December 1,  
> 2011. 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 for non-staff  
> project expenses.
>
>
> If you are interested in applying, getting more information, having  
> any questions, or to contribute contact Karen Jewett at Karen at sustainabletompkins.org 
>  or call (607) 216-1552.
>
> Edyta Grzelka
> Mini Grant Program Coordinator
> -- 
>
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 109 S. Albany St.
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> 607-216-1552
>
>

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