<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><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;">amber smith <<a href="mailto:amber.in.ithaca@gmail.com">amber.in.ithaca@gmail.com</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>[parents-l] Announcing the Finger Lakes Toy Library!</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;">December 8, 2016 3:23:06 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:parents-l@cornell.edu">parents-l@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;">amber smith <<a href="mailto:amber.in.ithaca@gmail.com">amber.in.ithaca@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; ">Announcing the Finger Lakes Toy Library, Inc.!</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; ">The Finger Lakes Toy Library, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit organization recently founded right here in Ithaca. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; ">Our mission: The Finger Lakes Toy Library exists to improve quality of life: by increasing access to toys, supporting play, and encouraging a culture of reuse and sharing.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; ">We are currently focused on fundraising in order to make this dream a reality; to secure a location in Ithaca, obtain toys for the collection, and to gain community interest and support-which we will need when approaching foundations for grant funding.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; ">Please consider casting your vote in favor of a toy library in Ithaca by donating to our current GiveGab campaign before December 31st by visiting: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.givegab.com/nonprofits/finger-lakes-toy-library-inc/campaigns/help-the-finger-lakes-toy-library-open-their-doors"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.givegab.com/nonprofits/finger-lakes-toy-library-inc/campaigns/help-the-finger-lakes-toy-library-open-their-doors</span></a></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; ">We are also excited to announce that we are now able to accept tax-deductible donations of newly purchased toys and/or used toys in excellent condition to add to our (soon-to-be) shelves! We will be holding a public drop-off event on December 17th from 9am-1pm at Acting Out New York on the Upper Atrium Level of Center Ithaca on the Commons. More information about the event is available here: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/135718020246499/"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.facebook.com/events/135718020246499/</span></a></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><br></div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; ">We would love to hear from you! You can find out more at: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.fingerlakestoylibrary.org/"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://www.fingerlakestoylibrary.org</span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><br></p></blockquote></div><br></body></html>