[ShareTompkins] Fwd: thaca Alternative Gift Fair - planning meeting

[Shira Evergreen]

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> From: IAGF Information <info at ithacaaltgiftfair.org <mailto:info at ithacaaltgiftfair.org>>
> Subject: Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair - planning meeting
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> Dear community members,
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> Several local community members are working to revive the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair in 2018. Would you like to help? Please email <info at ithacaaltgiftfair.org <mailto:info at ithacaaltgiftfair.org>>. 
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> The first planning meeting will be on Tuesday 10/30 at 6pm in the Just Be Cause Center conference room. Please let us know if you plan to attend. If you can't make that meeting, but would like to be involved in the IAGF this year, please us know and we'll include you on future emails.
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> Please do not contact us with questions about the event or how to participate. We don't have any of that information at this time. 
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> Volunteers organized the IAGF from 2004–2015, raising more than $550,000 for local non-profits. The Community Matchup was a timely event in 2016, helping to fill the gap left from the IAGF. We have received an overwhelmingly positive response from the community about the benefits of the IAGF and the desire to see it come back. Even as other opportunities have become available for organizations to fundraise online, the personal connections that are made possible at this event are truly valuable. 
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> The IAGF does not have a fiscal sponsor at this time, so the 2018 event will be more like the Community Matchup, in that organizations will accept donations directly, rather than the IAGF accepting donations and dispersing them. The volunteer team organizing the 2018 IAGF will create the space for organizations and community members to come together and have the opportunity to support local efforts to improve our community for everyone. 
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> For more information about the history of the IAGF, read this Signs of Sustainability article <https://sustainabletompkins.org/signs-of-sustainability/tompkins-weekly-column/alternative-gifts-dont-need-to-be-the-alternative/> published in the Tompkins Weekly in 2016:  https://sustainabletompkins.org/signs-of-sustainability/tompkins-weekly-column/alternative-gifts-dont-need-to-be-the-alternative/ <https://sustainabletompkins.org/signs-of-sustainability/tompkins-weekly-column/alternative-gifts-dont-need-to-be-the-alternative/>
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> Warmly, 
> The IAGF Team
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> Visit us online at:
> ithacaaltgiftfair.org <http://ithacaaltgiftfair.org/>
> www.facebook.com/IthacaAltGiftFair/ <http://www.facebook.com/IthacaAltGiftFair/>
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