[ShareTompkins] Fwd: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-grant--Call for Proposals

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Karen Jewett <Karen at sustainabletompkins.org>
> Date: May 15, 2012 12:14:47 PM EDT
> To: Sustainability in Tompkins County <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu 
> >
> Cc: Jake Fitzpatrick <sustainability.jake at gmail.com>
> Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood  
> Mini-grant--Call for Proposals
> Reply-To: "Sustainability in Tompkins County" <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu 
> >
>
> Proposals are due June 1 for Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini- 
> grants.
>
>     The March round of Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-grants  
> are already at work in our community supporting:
>
>           A small scale biochar kiln for production and educational  
> purposes in Freeville.
>           Tools, materials and plants for New Roots Charter School's  
> Farm to School Farm Plot
>           Village at Ithaca's Family Advocacy Project
>           Historic Ithaca/Significant Elements Southside  
> Beautification Project for a bike rack, fencing and plants
>           Ithaca Freeskool Calendars and other printed materials
>           A new food scale for Caroline Food Pantry's Plant a Row  
> for the Hungry Project
>           A deer resistant ornamental garden at Dewitt Middle School
>           An expansion of the Volunteer Stream Monitoring in the  
> Cayuga-Catatonk watershed
>           The Tompkins Co Public Library's Ithaca Festival Mural
>
> We're looking forward to providing seed monies for more projects  
> like these and we're calling on local citizens and grassroots groups  
> to submit applications by June 1, 2012.
>
> The Neighborhood Mini-grant Program is now in its fifth year and has  
> provided seed funding to 71 projects in nearly every corner of  
> Tompkins County. Applications for the next round of grants are due  
> on June 1 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. Projects funded in the last 12 months (since June 2011) are  
> not eligible. To obtain an application form, make a donation in  
> support of the program, or get more information, contact Karen  
> Jewett email 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.
>
> Suzanne Aigen of Aigen Financial Group and gifts from community  
> members make this round of Neighborhood Mini-grants possible. She  
> stepped forward to support the program in its mission to provide  
> “seed monies” to community groups who have a good idea to promote  
> sustainability in their community.
>
>
> -- 
> Karen Jewett
> Director of Operations
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 109 S. Albany St.
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> 607-216-1552
>

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