<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>a great opportunity to get funding!</div><div><br></div><div>- shira :)</div><div><br></div><div><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">Edyta Grzelka <<a href="mailto:edytagrzelka@gmail.com">edytagrzelka@gmail.com</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 22, 2011 1:30:39 PM 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"><<a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu">tc-hsc-l@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>Sustainable Tompkins Mini-Grant Application Deadline Approaches</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">Edyta Grzelka <<a href="mailto:edytagrzelka@gmail.com">edytagrzelka@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><font color="#000000"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><div style="font-size: 10pt; ">Hello Listmates,</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "> I am coordinating Mini Grant program at Sustainable Tompkins and would like to see some application from you! </div><div style="font-size: 10pt; ">This is a great opportunity for everyone who is looking for money for community projects which promote, raise awareness, or educate about sustainability!</div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; ">Below I included some information about the Mini Grant Program and the approaching deadline!</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; ">Hope to hear from you soon!</span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><div style="font-size: 10pt; "> <br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; ">Edyta Grzelka</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; ">Mini Grant Program Coordinator</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; "><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></span></font></font></font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; "><br></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><b>Get Things Going in Your Community: Apply for a Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-Grant</b></font><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 13.8pt; "> <span style="font-family: Times; "><b> </b></span></div><span style="font-family: Times; "><b>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.</b></span><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 13.8pt; "> <span style="font-family: Times; "><b> </b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: Times; ">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.</span><span style="font-family: Times; "> </span><span style="font-family: Times; ">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.</span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 13.8pt; "> </p><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Times; "><b> </b></span></div><span style="font-family: Times; "><b>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.<br> <br><br></b></span><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0.05pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.05pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Times; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span">If you are interested in applying, getting more information, having any questions, or to contribute</font><span style="color: black; "> contact Karen Jewett at </span><a href="mailto:Info@sustainabletompkins.org" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); " target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Karen@sustainabletompkins.org</span></a><span style="color: purple; "> </span><font class="Apple-style-span">or call </font><span style="color: black; "><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); "><span style="color:blue">(607) 216-1552</span></a>.</span></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0.05pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.05pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Times"> </span></p></span></font></font><font size="2"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#888888"><font color="#222222">Edyta Grzelka</font><br clear="all"> Mini Grant Program Coordinator<br><font color="#222222">-- </font><br><br><font color="#222222">Sustainable Tompkins</font><br><font color="#222222">109 S. Albany St.</font><br> <font color="#222222">Ithaca, NY 14850</font><br><a href="tel:607-216-1552" value="+16072161552" target="_blank">607-216-1552</a></font></span></font></font><div><div></div><div><font size="2"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" color="#222222"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br> </span></font></font></div></div><div><font size="2"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif" color="#222222"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></font></font></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>