<div dir="auto">Please make a note of this request for Sept.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lorraine</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">dina Abbaoui</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:donaabb19@gmail.com">donaabb19@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jul 9, 2024, 5:56 AM<br>Subject: Re: Welcome to CCGA<br>To: Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com">lxkells@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div><br></div><div dir="auto">Hello</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you so much for your email, I would love the link to attend the next meeting! </div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 6:03 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_-8792643150890902539m_-2630101070160267117gmail-:v7" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="direction:ltr;min-height:231px" aria-controls=":1q7" aria-expanded="false"><div id="m_-8792643150890902539m_-2630101070160267117m_2678555768470069653m_-7041447253230217469gmail-:1pa"><div id="m_-8792643150890902539m_-2630101070160267117m_2678555768470069653m_-7041447253230217469gmail-:16u" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="direction:ltr;min-height:231px" aria-controls=":2gg" aria-expanded="false"><div>Hello Dina,<div style="border-left-style:none;padding:0px;display:flex;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="m_-8792643150890902539m_-2630101070160267117m_2678555768470069653m_-7041447253230217469gmail-:w4" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="m_-8792643150890902539m_-2630101070160267117m_2678555768470069653m_-7041447253230217469gmail-:w3" style="direction:initial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:auto hidden"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">We're reaching out to new subscribers in 2024 to say we're glad you joined CCGA. We are meeting often on zoom and occasionally in person as the weather softens, and you are welcome to join in any meeting. Our meetings are scheduled for the third Tuesday of each month 6 - 7:30 pm</span>, so just email us if you would like the link to attend. Our next meeting will be in September. We are on summer break.</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Now that you're one of us, perhaps you'd consider </font>joining one of our working groups. CCGA is an all volunteer organization helping community gardeners all over the city of Chicago. You can find the five working groups listed on our website under "Who We Are".<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please check out our website for the other events or gatherings as well. We count on your participation; it's critically important to us, even necessary as we help gardeners find connection, find seeds, find soil and other resources. We announced the launch of the CCGA Community Gardening Forum well over a year ago, so, if you haven't already joined or have questions about how to start seeds, where to find a plot in a garden or a brilliant idea to share, that is what the forum is all about<font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:13.91px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,116,181)"><a href="http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/2020/04/21/new-community-gardening-" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/2020/04/21/new-community-gardening-</a></span><span style="line-height:13.91px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,116,181)">forum/</span></b></font> It's interesting to see what perplexes gardeners. What's nibbling on my plants? Does anyone want liriope? It's open to all gardeners in and around Chicago and was created by CCGA as a safe space to share questions, knowledge, ideas and have discussions. You can see our guidelines and sign up. </div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">As a CCGA subscriber you will be receiving our Newsletters. We know that you'll be welcome by the entire CCGA community of gardeners and not just the Communications Team. Meanwhile let us know if you need anything else from CCGA. Although we haven't put out a Newsletter recently, we hope to have a summer one.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div>Best<br>Communications Te</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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