Get ready to use the power of your vote CKPers!
 
Below is an email I received from our good friend Kate to encourage showing support for two of our biggest partners -- the Burlington Food Council and the Intervale. Please take a moment to follow the directions you see below and cast your vote of support. They could win $5000!
 
Have a great long weekend,
Liz

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From: Kate Turcotte <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Subject: Fwd: Cast your vote for an important Burlington Initiative!
To: Marla Victoria Gilman <[log in to unmask]>, Elizabeth Schindler <[log in to unmask]>, Michael Cavanaugh <[log in to unmask]>


Hello-

Can you forward this to the CKP listerv? The Burlington Food Council/ Intervale are two big partners of CKP and they are in third place!!

-ktkt

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From: Kate Elmer Westdijk <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Subject: Cast your vote for an important Burlington Initiative!
To: [log in to unmask]


The BURLINGTON FOOD COUNCIL NEEDS YOUR VOTES to win a $5000 grant from Brighter Planet. The process is extremely quick and simple:
1. Register to vote at: http://brighterplanet.com/sign-up
2. Enter an email address, a username and password.
3. You will be directed to the homepage. Then navigate through the "Project Fund" tab to the Burlington Food Council Project Page: brighterplanet.com/project_fund_projects/13
4. Click on the GREEN TAB "Vote For This Project" tab. YOU CAN VOTE FOR US THREE TIMES!!!
5. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO YOUR NETWORK (mailing list, facebook friends, twitterites, etc).

This grant is awarded entirely on voter participation. The Burlington Food Council is a city-recognized, open community group exploring ways to ensure that Burlington creates and nurtures a healthy, equitable and sustainable food system for all members of the community. The Burlington Food Council is dedicated to advocating, supporting and educating community members on the importance and accessibility of local food production and consumption.

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Kate Elmer Westdijk
Program Coordinator
Office of Community-University Partnerships and
Service-Learning (CUPS)
409 Billings (Mezzanine above North Lounge)
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont 05405

Phone: (802)656-0095
Fax:  (802) 656-3855

www.uvm.edu/partnerships
www.uvm.edu/~cpar
www.uvm.edu/envnr/partnerships

P Please consider the impact to the environment and your responsibility before printing this e-mail.




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Kate E. Turcotte
Undergraduate
University of Vermont
(802) 233-5297