[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-grants: Applications Due September 1

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Karen Jewett <Karen at sustainabletompkins.org>
> Date: August 9, 2012 10:25:33 AM EDT
> To: tc-hsc-l at cornell.edu, Sustainability in Tompkins County <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu 
> >
> Cc: Natalie Bartone <zeedith at hotmail.com>, Gay Nicholson <gaynicholson at gmail.com 
> >
> Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood  
> Mini-grants: Applications Due September 1
> Reply-To: "Sustainability in Tompkins County" <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu 
> >
>
> Friends and Listmates,
>
> Do you (or does your friend) have a great idea that would promote  
> sustainability in or build community among your Tompkins Co  
> neighbors? Are you looking for seed money to start a new project? If  
> so, you should apply for a Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini- 
> grant.
>
> The grants are funded through the generosity of the Park Foundation,  
> Aigen Financial Services (and Suzanne Aigen's matching gift partner  
> Prudential), and people like you.
>
> For an application, to make a gift to the Mini-grant program, and  
> for more information email or call me,
>
> Karen Jewett, Sustainable Tompkins Director of Operations
> karen at sustainabletompkins.org
> 607-216-1552
>
>
> *****************************
> http://sustainabletompkins.org/programs/mini-grants/mini-grant- 
> details/
>
> NEIGHBORHOOD MINI-GRANTS are available through Sustainable Tompkins,  
> a citizen-based nonprofit working to create a more just and  
> sustainable community in our area.
> Goals of the grants
> • To support and stimulate resident-based, “bottom-up” initiatives  
> that improve the quality of life and long-term health of residents  
> in neighborhoods.
> • To build neighborhood capacity, opportunity, and leadership, and  
> generate more collaboration between residents, organizations, and  
> leaders.
>
> Who is eligible?
>
> Residents of Tompkins County, including neighborhood or community  
> organizations, newly formed groups of neighbors with a specific  
> project in mind, or civic-minded individuals who can show community  
> support for their project.
>
> What are the grants?
>
> Grants are for small, relatively simple projects that in some way  
> support, or “seed”, greater
> • Equity
> • Self-sufficiency, and
> • Long term health: social, economic or environmental.
>
> Grant funds may be used for ongoing or one-time projects, as long as  
> they meet the stated criteria.
> Grants range from $150 – $750 each.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Karen Jewett
> Director of Operations
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 109 S. Albany St.
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> 607-216-1552
>

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