<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class="">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">IAGF Information</b> <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:info@ithacaaltgiftfair.org" class="">info@ithacaaltgiftfair.org</a>></span><br class="">Subject: Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair - planning meeting<br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Dear community members,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Several local community members are working to revive the Ithaca
Alternative Gift Fair in 2018. Would you like to help? Please email <<a href="mailto:info@ithacaaltgiftfair.org" target="_blank" class="">info@ithacaaltgiftfair.org</a>>. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The first planning meeting will be on Tuesday 10/30 at 6pm in the Just Be Cause Center conference room.
Please let us know if you plan to attend. If you can't make that
meeting, but would like to be involved in the IAGF this year, please us know and we'll include you on future emails. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class="">Please
do not contact us with questions about the event or how to participate.
We don't have any of that information at this time. </i><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Volunteers
organized the IAGF from 2004–2015, raising more than $550,000 for local
non-profits. The Community Matchup was a timely event in 2016, helping
to fill the gap left from the IAGF. We have received an overwhelmingly
positive response from the community about the benefits of the IAGF and
the desire to see it come back. Even as other opportunities have become
available for organizations to fundraise online, the personal connections
that are made possible at this event are truly valuable. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The
IAGF does not have a fiscal sponsor at this time, so the 2018 event
will be more like the Community Matchup, in that organizations will
accept donations directly, rather than the IAGF accepting donations and
dispersing them. The volunteer team organizing the 2018 IAGF will create
the space for organizations and community members to come together and
have the opportunity to support local efforts to improve our community
for everyone. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For more information about the history of the IAGF, read this Signs of Sustainability <a href="https://sustainabletompkins.org/signs-of-sustainability/tompkins-weekly-column/alternative-gifts-dont-need-to-be-the-alternative/" target="_blank" class="">article</a>
published in the Tompkins Weekly in 2016:
<a href="https://sustainabletompkins.org/signs-of-sustainability/tompkins-weekly-column/alternative-gifts-dont-need-to-be-the-alternative/" target="_blank" class="">https://sustainabletompkins.org/signs-of-sustainability/tompkins-weekly-column/alternative-gifts-dont-need-to-be-the-alternative/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Warmly, <br class=""></div><div class="">The IAGF Team<br class=""></div></div><br clear="all" class=""><br class="">-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="m_-1802580193749447516gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Visit us online at:<br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://ithacaaltgiftfair.org/" target="_blank" class="">ithacaaltgiftfair.org</a></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/IthacaAltGiftFair/" target="_blank" class="">www.facebook.com/IthacaAltGiftFair/</a><br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div>
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