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November 17th, 2011

SAVE THE DATE!

Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair

Saturday, December 3, 2011

First Presbyterian and First Baptist Churches

(Side by side on Dewitt Park, 309 / 315 N. Cayuga St.)

The Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair offers holiday shoppers a choice of gifts to honor family and friends while supporting charities and non-profit organizations in a festive atmosphere. Holiday shoppers browse displays and tables from over sixty local non-profit and social service agencies.

The Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair is a fun way to bypass the annual stress of holiday shopping and “stuff” accumulation while honoring friends and relatives with donations in their name. What’s more, the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair provides critical support for a diverse collection of community organizations whose work has local, national, and international reach.

How Does It Work?

Each participating organization offers variously priced gifts that have a specific purpose. Past gift examples include:

·        $5 for a compact fluorescent light bulb given to a local, rural household

·        $10 for a week of school, clothing and two meals a day for an orphan in Zambia

·        $100 for the “Golden Opportunity” scholarship fund to help students remain successful in area schools.

This year there will be over 300 gift options to choose from. For each donation, the giver receives a holiday card with a description of the organization and gift.  The organization to which your contribution is made receives 100% of your donation.

The Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair is sponsored by the Center for Transformative Action with generous support from Tompkins Community Action, Alternatives Federal Credit Union, Lightlink, Tompkins County Public Library, and Acorn Designs.  For more information, please contact CTA:  607-255-9985  /  ithacaalternativegiftfair@gmail.com.

This year’s participating organizations:

Advocacy Center of Tompkins County; Akwesasne Freedom School (LACS); Ashraya Initiative for Children; Biosecience Resource Project; BJM Enrichment Program; Bob Fund, Brooktondale Community Center; Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes; Catholic Charities, Cayuga Dog Rescue; Cayuga Lake Watershed Network; Cayuga Nature Center; Community Dispute Resolution Center; Child Development Council; Clean and Healthy New York; Coddington Road Community Center; Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA); DAP of Family & Children’s Services; Dorothy Cotton Institute; Dream Factory of CNY; Durland Alternatives Library; Educate The Children; Finger Lakes Independence Center; Finger Lakes Reuse; Foodnet Meals on Wheels; Friends of the Ithaca Youth Bureau; Friendship Donations Network; Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC); Golden Opportunity; Green Resource Hub; Growing Hope Together; Habitat for Humanity; Hangar Theatre; Heart’s Cry; Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI); Ithaca Children’s Garden; Ithaca Health Alliance; Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard; Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Health Center; Learning Web; Loaves and Fishes; Love Knows No Bounds; Mental Health Association in Tompkins County; Mira’s Movement; Multicultural Resource Center; NAMI of the Finger Lakes; Opportunities, Alternatives and Resources (OAR); An Open Window; Partnership for African and Lansing Schools (PALS); Pet the Pet Program; Shared Journeys; Southside Community Center; SPCA of Tompkins County; Sustainable Tompkins; Tompkins Learning Partners; Village at Ithaca; Wild Things Sanctuary; and the Women’s Opportunity Center.