<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div dir="ltr"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"></span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Please help spread the word about this wonderful community event!</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Eleventh Annual
Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair to be held on December 6<sup>th</sup>.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>The 11th Ithaca
Alternative Gift Fair will be open on December 6, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., at
the First Baptist and First Presbyterian churches bordering Dewitt Park, near
the corner of North Cayuga and Court Streets. This year’s fair hosts 55 local
not-for-profit organizations and features 275 gifts of charitable donations.</span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair unites the community
around a common goal of a more meaningful, less commercialized holiday. It
helps people bypass the annual stress of holiday shopping and accumulation of “stuff”
while honoring friends and relatives with donations to causes that fit their
values. </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Gifts start at $5, and each gift comes with a
greeting card and an insert about the organization you are supporting.</span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Over <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">$480,000
has been donated through the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair since 2004. </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><span></span>A complete
list of participating organizations and a preview of the gifts will soon be available online at: </span></strong><a href="http://www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org/" target="_blank">www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org. </a><span>All of the gifts can
be purchased online from December 7 through 31 on the fair’s website.</span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The event is sponsored by the <span><span>Center for Transformative Action,</span></span> with
generous support from: Acorn Designs, First Baptist Church, First Presbyterian
Church, Just Be Cause Foundation, Tompkins Community Action, and Tompkins
County Public Library.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left"><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Visit us online at <a href="http://www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org/">www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org/</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/IthacaAltGiftFair">www.facebook.com/IthacaAltGiftFair</a>.<br></span></font></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Join us for the 11th Annual Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair on Saturday, December 6, 2014. Visit <a href="http://www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org" target="_blank">www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org</a> for details. </span><br></div></div></div>
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