<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Karen Jewett <<a href="mailto:Karen@sustainabletompkins.org">Karen@sustainabletompkins.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-grant Deadline Approaches</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">February 6, 2014 2:12:52 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@list.cornell.edu">tc-hsc-l@list.cornell.edu</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Karen Jewett <<a href="mailto:Karen@sustainabletompkins.org">Karen@sustainabletompkins.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr"><h3>Listmates,<br></h3><h3><strong></strong></h3><h3><strong>Applications are always available! Next round March 1.<br>
</strong></h3><p>Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-Grants support initiatives of
Tompkins County residents and small organizations with “seed money” to
make their neighborhoods more sustainable. As of December 2013, we have
awarded 114 grants totaling $46,262 to local grassroots projects.
Applications are accepted quarterly. Deadlines are December 1, March 1,
June 1 and September 1.</p><p>If you have an idea for a Mini-Grant project, email
<a href="mailto:Karen@sustainabletompkins.org">Karen@sustainabletompkins.org</a> or call us at 607-216-1552. We’ll send
along an application form and answer any questions you might have.
Applications are reviewed quarterly by the Mini-Grant Council, comprised
of local citizens and members of Sustainable Tompkins board and staff.
Awards range from $150 to $750. For more details, and to apply, <a href="http://sustainabletompkins.org/programs/programs/mini-grants/mini-grant-details/">click here</a>.</p><p>In the most recent round, December 2103 Sustainable Tompkins awarded grants to the
Ithaca Children’s Garden for improvements to the edible garden, to Art
and Found to launch the Common Threads project where local needle craft
enthusiasts will create winter hats for the community to promote unity
through sustainable fashion, and seed monies were provided to the
Ithaca-area Walk/Bike Steering Committee to produce a video for their
crowd-funding project.</p><p>In September we were excited to award five grants: two Coddington
Road neighbors will use their grant to build community through a
neighborhood drop-off spot for recycling batteries and plastic bags; the
Cancer Resource Center is using their neighborhood mini-grant to bring
the new Healing Garden to fruition; the Sciencenter will put their
mini-grant to work building their new renewable energy exhibit; the
Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair’s grant is for increased promotion: to help
sixty plus local non-profits build funds and awareness at the annual
event; and a Lansing resident will use his grant to complete his own DIY
Solar Installation and then offer workshops to teach community members
how they can do the same.</p><p>Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-grants are made possible by gifts from Suzanne Aigen/Aigen Financial and her matching gift partner Prudential, the Park Foundation, gifts from local residents, and gifts purchased in honor of friends and family members at the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair. <br>
</p><p>Looking forward to hearing from you,</p><p>-Karen<br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Karen Jewett-Bennett<br>Director of Operations<br>Sustainable Tompkins<br>109 S. Albany St.<br>Ithaca, NY 14850<br>
607-216-1552<br></div>
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