<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=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">IAGF Information <<a href="mailto:info@ithacaaltgiftfair.org" class="">info@ithacaaltgiftfair.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair returns on December 1 at GIAC</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">November 15, 2018 at 12:26:04 PM GMT-5<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu" class="">tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L@list.cornell.edu" class="">SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L@list.cornell.edu</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">IAGF Information <<a href="mailto:info@ithacaaltgiftfair.org" class="">info@ithacaaltgiftfair.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">Dear community members, <br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">We are excited to announce that the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair is back! Please help us spread the word. <span class=""></span>
</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">The Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair will
be held on December 1, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., in the gymnasium at Greater
Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), 301 W Court St, Ithaca, NY. This year’s fair
hosts local not-for-profit organizations and features many of gifts of
charitable donations. <span class=""></span></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span class=""> </span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">Alternative Gift
Fairs are a way to promote the gift-giving tradition of the holiday season
without the wastefulness and commercialization that conventional shopping can
promote.<span class=""></span> Alternative gifts prioritize
meaning over materials. There are other options for thoughtful holiday gifts,
like homemade or handmade gifts, or a gift of time or experience, like a meal
or an outing. These alternative gifts exist as a compliment to the excellent
locally owned shops that offer fine options to purchase meaningful physical
gifts, and supporting our local businesses is a critical part of our local
economic sustainability.<span class=""></span></font></span>
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span class=""> </span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">The fair offers holiday
shoppers an easy way to buy gifts of charitable donations and to support their
favorite causes. Each participating organization offers a variety of meaningful
“gifts of help”. Shoppers receive inserts from the organizations that identify
their donations, and Acorn Designs cards to go along with the inserts (while
supplies last). <span class=""></span></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""> <span class=""></span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">Since its start in 2004, the
Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair has brought in over $600,000 for local
organizations. To be eligible, organizations must have a 501(c)(3) designation,
an active local presence, and an annual budget of no more than $2 million. <span class=""></span></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span class=""> </span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">The 2018 IAGF will be
different from previous years in that we no longer have a fiscal sponsor. We
are exploring options for how to continue the event either without a fiscal
sponsor, or with a new one. At the IAGF on December 1, community members,
“shoppers,” will have the opportunity to make donations directly to
participating organizations, rather than making one payment for all of their
donations, as was the case at previous gift fairs. Most non-profit organization
now have the ability to accept donations directly from individuals via swiping
a card to a reader on a mobile device, on the organization’s website, or via
cash or check. Direct donations were far more difficult for non-profit
organizations when we first started the IAGF, and thus the one payment solution
was necessary, but also brought a substantial workload on the volunteer organizers
and fiscal sponsor.<span class=""></span></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span class=""></span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span class=""></span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">Online applications are be
available at <a href="http://www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" class="">www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org</a>. For more information, contact the IAGF Organizing
Committee at <a href="mailto:info@ithacaaltgiftfair.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" class="">info@ithacaaltgiftfair.org</a>.<span class=""></span></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span class=""> </span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span class=""></span>This is a 100% volunteer effort. Contact us if you would like to get involved. <br clear="all" class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family:Times" class=""><br class=""></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family:Times" class="">Share the 2018 IAGF <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/305903676921158/" target="_blank" class="">Facebook event page. <br class=""></a></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">-- <br class=""></font></span><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">Visit us online at:<br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><a href="http://ithacaaltgiftfair.org/" target="_blank" class="">ithacaaltgiftfair.org</a></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:georgia,serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/IthacaAltGiftFair/" target="_blank" class="">www.facebook.com/IthacaAltGiftFair/</a><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>