<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div apple-content-edited="true">support nonprofits this holiday season! </div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Anke Wessels <<a href="mailto:akw7@cornell.edu">akw7@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">November 17, 2010 8:53:38 AM EST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Anke Wessels <<a href="mailto:akw7@cornell.edu">akw7@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair on December 4th!</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Anke Wessels <<a href="mailto:akw7@cornell.edu">akw7@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair Supports 60 Local Not-for-Profits</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"> For the seventh year in a row, the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair will offer holiday shoppers a chance to buy gifts that support local charitable organizations. The Fair will be held from 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday, December 4, in two locations-- at the First Presbyterian Church, 315 North Cayuga Street and at the First Baptist Church, 309 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca. Sixty organizations will participate. Over its history, the Fair has earned more than $200,000 and has reduced the impact on the environment of conventional gift-giving.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"> The gifts, which range in price from $5 to an unlimited donation, include items such as healthy meals for school children who may otherwise go without, support for community discussions on racism, shelter for abandoned pets, and many gifts that support at-risk youth and families in our communities. All of the money earned at the Fair goes to the participating organizations.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"> This year’s Gift Fair organizations are: Advocacy Center of Tompkins County, Hearts’ Cry, AguaClara, Historic Ithaca, Akwesasne Freedom School, Institute for Circlework, Ashraya Initiative for Children, IPEI, Better Housing for Tompkins County, Ithaca Children’s Garden, BJM Enrichment Program, Ithaca Health Alliance, Brooktondale & Caroline Community Centers, Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard, Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes, Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Health Center, Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga Counties, Learning Web, Cayuga Dog Rescue, Loaves & Fishes of Tompkins County,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, Mental Health Association in Tompkins County, Community Dispute and Resolution Center, Mira’s Movement, Child Development Council, Multicultural Resource Center, Children of Rural Africa, NAMI of the Finger Lakes (National Alliance on Mental Illness), Clean and Healthy New York, Natural Leaders Initiative, CNY SNAP (Spay Neuter Assistance Program), OAR (Opportunities, Alternatives and Resources), Community Faith Partners, OURS (Opportunity Understanding Respect Success), CUSLAR, PALS (Partnership for African and Lansing Schools), DAP of Family and Children’s Services, Pet the Pet Program, Inc., Dream Factory of CNY, Positive News, Educate the Children, S.T.A.M.P. (Southern Tier Advocacy & Mitigation Project), Energy in Common, Sew Green, Family Reading Partnership, Shared Journeys, Finger Lakes Independence Center, SPCA, Tompkins County Finger Lakes Reuse, Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services, FoodNet, Meals on Wheels, Sustainable Tompkins, Friendship Donations Network, TCPL Foundation, GIAC, Tompkins Learning Partners, Green Resource Hub of the Finger Lakes, Village at Ithaca, Growing Hope Together, Wild Things Sanctuary, Habitat for Humanity Tompkins County, Women’s Opportunity Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> For two weeks following the event, shoppers who cannot attend the Fair can still purchase gifts online. For descriptions of the gifts and organizations, visit <a href="http://www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org/">www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">The Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair is sponsored by the Center for Transformative Action with support from the Tompkins Public Library, Alternatives Federal Credit Union and LightLink</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"> <o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> <div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Anke Wessels PhD</div><div>Executive Director</div><div>Center for Transformative Action</div><div>117 Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University</div><div>Ithaca, NY 14850</div><div>607-255-5027</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>