<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good Evening Lorraine,<div>I wanted to touch base on the below. We look forward to providing some pictures and anecdotes from our board and gardeners. </div><div>Blake<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jun 24, 2019, at 2:21 PM, Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thank you so much! I'll get back to you as soon as possible with that information but it make take a day or so to get the rest of the team together with what they have.<br><div><br></div><div>Lorraine</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 2:11 PM Blake Bowen <<a href="mailto:doubleb243@yahoo.com">doubleb243@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydpae7bc885yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
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On Monday, June 24, 2019, 2:06:28 PM CDT, Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755"><div><div dir="ltr">Blake,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>We'd like to depend on you to stay in touch with your co presidents and Carly to make sure each can find the time to send us the story and photos. You can send stories and photos to <a shape="rect" href="mailto:photos@chicagocommunitygardens.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photos@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Best,</div><div>Lorraine</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755yqt6820179514" id="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755yqt32857"><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail_quote"><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 1:55 PM Blake Bowen <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:doubleb243@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">doubleb243@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpaa9891b4yahoo-style-wrap"><div></div>
<div>We'd love that! We've worked really hard on getting our shed and new beds built, and we've got so many new excited gardeners! I have cc'd our Co-Presidents as well as Carly who worked tirelessly on securing the NEEF Grant which was integral in funding our new build. I'll of course be here for whatever you need. Thank you so much for your quick response and willingness to help me champion paper free products!</div><div>Blake, and The Maxwell Street Garden!!</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Monday, June 24, 2019, 1:41:46 PM CDT, Lorraine Kells <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458"><div><div dir="ltr">Thanks Blake,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>We'll look into this and possibly use this infomation in an upcoming newsletter. I understand Maxwell Street Community Garden has relocated. Any chance we could feature that in our upcoming newsletter as well? We'd love photos of the garden.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Best,</div><div>Lorraine Kells</div><div>Co-Chair CCGA Education Committee </div></div><br clear="none"><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail_quote"><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458yqt2297137112" id="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458yqt34477"><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 11:20 AM Blake Bowen via Education <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:education@chicagocommunitygardens.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">education@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpef41b25ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-size:16px"><div id="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpef41b25ayiv3731218020"><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpef41b25ayiv3731218020ydp30627a4byahoo-style-wrap"><div></div>
<div><p class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpef41b25ayiv3731218020ydpd3d50030MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42)">Good Morning,</p><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)">I was recently struck by something I learned in regards to the amount of trees cut down in Canada's boreal forest to make toilet paper. I am a financial analyst at the Tribune in Chicago, as well as a board member for Maxwell Street Community Garden. As a gardener it is a passion of mine to treat the earth with kindness and gratitude, as well as to do my part to keep it around for a while. I am reaching out to you so that we may become partners in educating our gardeners and our surrounding communities.</div><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">America alone clears 28M Acres of Canada's boreal forest a year to make toilet paper.</span><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Canada's </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">boreal forest</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">(270 million hectares) stores carbon, purifies the air and water, and regulates the climate.</span></span><br clear="none"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpef41b25ayiv3731218020ydpdea7f2fbyahoo_quoted" id="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpef41b25ayiv3731218020ydpdea7f2fbyahoo_quoted_1964496658"><div style="font-size:13px"><div id="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpef41b25ayiv3731218020ydpdea7f2fbyiv1405650468"><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpef41b25ayiv3731218020ydpdea7f2fbyiv1405650468yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-size:16px"><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><span><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">Bamboo toilet paper is the same price as regular tp but is better for the environment because bamboo grows so much faster than trees. (Quilted Northern has an Eco Smart toilet paper that is produced with 100% renewable energy and plants 3 trees for every 1 used if you're not ready to take the plunge). If people are gardening I feel like they're already a little more earth conscious and would like to take this as an opportunity for us all to reduce our carbon footprint. I have reached out Aria, Caboo, and Seventh Generation all Sustainable paper product companies, in hopes they will also partner with us by providing samples for our communities to try.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">Thank you for your time and I look forward to your feedback!</span></div><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">Blake</span><br clear="none"></div><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42)"><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">773-710-1586</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpd87d78byiv3731218020yqt7869711922" id="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpd87d78byiv3731218020yqtfd86202"><div><span><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div><span></span><p class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpd87d78byiv3731218020ydpd3d50030MsoNormal"><br clear="none"></p></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpd87d78byiv3731218020yqt7869711922" id="gmail-m_-4814853214642768906ydp2edc9aecyiv8598473755gmail-m_2915747224838585950gmail-m_-1005968972992542343gmail-m_2121100732830678906ydpfd2fc27byiv2743661458gmail-m_4648823501883733554ydpd87d78byiv3731218020yqtfd55376">
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