<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="">Hello Sharon,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">I hope you’re doing well and enjoying the beautiful weather these days. Our annual conference is on Saturday, March 20 and I’m reaching out to see if you wouldn’t mind sharing the conference info with your network. Please see the attached flyers. We’ve posted a lot about the event on Facebook (<span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">@ChicagoCommunityGardenersAssociation) </span>please feel free to share our posts! I’ve also included the general info and website below.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Join us for the 8th Annual Gardeners Conference on Saturday, March 20, an exciting and informative virtual gathering of Chicago’s amazing community gardeners! This year’s theme, “<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Connections through Gardening: Plants, People and the Environment</span>,” aims to explore and celebrate the interconnectedness of our shared garden work and to foster relationships and conversations that shape and support best practices for sustainable living and growing in Chicago.</p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Our first virtual conference features <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">18 live presentations</span>, <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">interactive breakout sessions</span> and <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">activities</span>, <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">special announcements</span>, <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">gardener-to-gardener networking, </span>and a<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"> live exhibitor hall</span>. There’s something for both new and experienced gardeners! Plus, recordings of <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">all</span> presentations will be available for attendees to view on-demand after the conference.</p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The registration fee is $25 for adults and $15 for students, with scholarships available.</span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/conference" class="">chicagocommunitygardens.org/conference</a></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would also like to extend an invitation to host a virtual exhibitor booth. Attendees could learn about your upcoming native plant sale, classes, and many other programs! As an expression of gratitude for spreading the word about the conference, we’d like to offer you a complimentary booth.</div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Here are the specifics:</span></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Location: </span>Our virtual event platform is Hopin.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Time:</span> The conference will run from 9:00am – 4:00pm with three sessions of concurrent workshops. The virtual Expo Area will be open for the duration of the conference. The attendees have free time to network and interact with the exhibitors from 11:00-11:30am and from 12:30-2:00pm. You could be ‘live' in your booth and attendees will be able to view your pre-recorded content, slides, and website links while you are not ‘live’.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Reach: </span>In addition to the attendees, we have 1,700 active email subscribers, and will include your company name and website in our communication. We have over 2,800 subscribers to our social media channels and reach beyond this core group on a regular basis.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">As an exhibitor, you can also include special offers to attendees, who can register interest with your company, allowing your representative to contact them via chat during the conference, or email after the conference.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><font face="Lato, sans-serif" class="">If you’re interested in becoming an exhibitor, please complete this form: </font><a href="https://forms.gle/TMQunTevNNaqTWcS7" class="">https://forms.gle/TMQunTevNNaqTWcS7</a></p><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many thanks and happy Spring!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Amy Olson</div><div class="">Communications Team</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" class="">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a></div><div class="">Chicago Community Gardeners Association</div><div class=""><a href="http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/" class="">chicagocommunitygardens.org</a></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="9F623C16-FA36-4850-871A-1270F0322E09" src="cid:3ECDCE84-8046-4C1D-8B58-9911722FB9F7@attlocal.net" class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="96248BC9-F283-4EDF-AD63-6B0F84EE29DD" src="cid:C711933B-B641-4C61-B5A7-3EA1F6F7FADD@attlocal.net" class=""></div></body></html>