
<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="">Hi Libby!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I volunteer with the CCGA communications team and would love to share this on our Facebook page with Chicago’s community gardeners. We have over 2,800 followers: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoCommunityGardenersAssociation" class="">https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoCommunityGardenersAssociation</a>. Could we link to your Facebook page?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class="">Amy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">on behalf of the CCGA Communications Team</div><div class=""><a href="http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/" class="">http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 17, 2021, at 11:18 AM, Libby Shafer via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" class="">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><span id="cid:ii_knkiia6f1"><EHPI Logo.png></span><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span id="gmail-m_-861128456423626218gmail-m_5179023919616937337m_-867102266448517867m_-8168724901896643868gmail-m_-1910713866752801098gmail-m_-2448287787685832280gmail-m_9116923894048422633gmail-m_8658963039995665625gmail-m_5029930943686816474gmail-m_1622732149723334092gmail-m_3412887078662142326m_2425684638389135331m_-4692885686647208544gmail-m_1791134479974704530m_-6213659885060758375m_1531781120091927047m_-2484031313373345169gmail-docs-internal-guid-0d9cb8c0-7fff-7069-691a-7a91e62c4c2e" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Hello,</span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Arial;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">I'm excited to share the new <a href="http://evanstonhostplants.org/" target="_blank" class=""><b class="">Evanston Host Plant Initiative</b></a></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">and</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(180,95,6);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">invite you to help conserve the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">This native bee's population has declined over 87% in the last twenty years, and we want to make sure that it continues to exist here. Bumble bees are important pollinators for native flowers and the crops that we eat, and they provide many benefits for people and the ecosystem. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee relies on <a href="https://www.fws.gov/midwest/Chicago/endangered/rpbb/pdf/RPBBMidwestPlantGuide.pdf" target="_blank" class=""><b class="">at least 38 host plants native to Illinois</b></a>, which are also beneficial for other pollinators. </span><font class=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">I</span><font style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">n partnership</font></font><font style="color:rgb(80,0,80);background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </font><font style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)" class=""><a href="http://naturalhabitatevanston.org/" target="_blank" class="">Natural Habitat Evanston</a>, </b><font class="">we are looking for people to grow host plants and upload photos of host plants and bees to iNaturalist. </font></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font class=""><br class=""></font></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font color="#b45f06" style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><b class="">Two steps you can take to join our efforts:</b></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font class="">1.</font><font style="color:rgb(80,0,80)" class=""> <a href="https://evanstonhostplants.org/" target="_blank" class=""><b class="">Sign up on our website</b></a></font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font style="color:rgb(80,0,80)" class="">2. <b class=""><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/host-plants-for-the-rusty-patched-bumble-bee" target="_blank" class="">Join our iNaturalist project</a>:</b> </font><font class="">"Host Plants for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee"</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)" class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Thank you for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with anyone who might be interested, and contact me with any questions. I look forward to this growing season with you!</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">All my best,</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Libby Shafer</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Evanston Host Plant Initiative</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font class="">DePaul Environmental Sciences Master's Student</font></span></div></span></div></span></div></div>

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