<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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">Karen Jewett <<a href="mailto:Karen@sustainabletompkins.org">Karen@sustainabletompkins.org</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">August 9, 2012 10:25:33 AM EDT</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>, Sustainability in Tompkins County <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.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>Cc: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Natalie Bartone <<a href="mailto:zeedith@hotmail.com">zeedith@hotmail.com</a>>, Gay Nicholson <<a href="mailto:gaynicholson@gmail.com">gaynicholson@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>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[sustainable_tompkins-l] Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-grants: Applications Due September 1</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">"Sustainability in Tompkins County" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.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><font size="4">Friends and Listmates,<br><br>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. <br> <br>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.<br><br>For an application, to make a gift to the Mini-grant program, and for more information email or call me, <br> <br>Karen Jewett, Sustainable Tompkins Director of Operations<br><a href="mailto:karen@sustainabletompkins.org">karen@sustainabletompkins.org</a><br>607-216-1552</font><br><br><br>*****************************<br><a href="http://sustainabletompkins.org/programs/mini-grants/mini-grant-details/">http://sustainabletompkins.org/programs/mini-grants/mini-grant-details/</a><br> <br><strong>NEIGHBORHOOD MINI-GRANTS</strong> are available through Sustainable Tompkins, a citizen-based nonprofit working to create a more just and sustainable community in our area. <p>Goals of the grants<br> • To support and stimulate resident-based, “bottom-up” initiatives that improve the quality of life and long-term health of residents in neighborhoods.<br> • To build neighborhood capacity, opportunity, and leadership, and generate more collaboration between residents, organizations, and leaders.</p><p><em>Who is eligible?</em></p><p>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.</p><p><em>What are the grants?</em></p><p>Grants are for small, relatively simple projects that in some way support, or “seed”, greater<br> • Equity<br> • Self-sufficiency, and<br> • Long term health: social, economic or environmental.</p><p>Grant funds may be used for ongoing or one-time projects, as long as they meet the stated criteria.<br> Grants range from $150 – $750 each.</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Karen Jewett<br>Director of Operations<br>Sustainable Tompkins<br>109 S. Albany St.<br>Ithaca, NY 14850<br><a href="tel:607-216-1552" value="+16072161552" target="_blank">607-216-1552</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>