Hello again, <div><font size="3" face="Arial">  In light of the on-going necessity of precautions to prevent the spread of Bird Flu, AUA has set up a fund to support costs associated with purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE).  Up to $100 of PPE support is available for <span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">growers, farmed animal keepers, and members of organized wild bird stewardship organizations in the following counties: </span><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">Cook, Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Will, and Kankakee.</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"> Funds are available through Friday, 2/28/25 or until funds are exhausted.  If you are interested and eligible, please fill out and submit <a href="https://forms.gle/iZ2mcNmbbtCw6YjU8">this form</a>. For recommendations on PPE to use, please check out <a href="https://www.auachicago.org/news/avian-influenzanbsph5n1-bird-flu-resources-for-chicago-chicagoland-and-illinois-growers">our webpage</a>.   Please feel free to share this offering with eligible members of your network. </span></font><br /><br /></div><div>Thank you and take care, </div><div>Viviana</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto" class="gmail_attr">On Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 6:59:37 PM UTC-6 Viviana wrote:<br/></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Greetings, </div><div> Our team has put together a few resources to support Chicagoland growers and animal keepers navigating Bird Flu.  Please find the full article here: <a href="https://www.auachicago.org/news/avian-influenzanbsph5n1-bird-flu-resources-for-chicago-chicagoland-and-illinois-growers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.auachicago.org/news/avian-influenzanbsph5n1-bird-flu-resources-for-chicago-chicagoland-and-illinois-growers&source=gmail&ust=1739568868128000&usg=AOvVaw16GhVmXVOoq_yxFZZD79zh">https://www.auachicago.org/news/avian-influenzanbsph5n1-bird-flu-resources-for-chicago-chicagoland-and-illinois-growers </a></div><div>Thank you and take care, </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)" dir="ltr"><div><div><img src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/x7Az90uC0FlqG1NQNJvbQl7YtYRlnWzoqu2O_ZLb9xIKhYpJarh3aZrZ_qlU6_VKMQpRwI5_nDi9FsJOqf0XSQHw_6yv1VK7rhIBScGS2g=s0-d-e1-ft#https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div></div><font color="#666666">Viviana Okakpu<br>Co-Operations Steward</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666">Advocates for Urban Agriculture</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><div><a href="http://auachicago.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://auachicago.org/&source=gmail&ust=1739568868128000&usg=AOvVaw1dkzWO6oAoYVX77p38fQSg">auachicago.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><img width="200" height="21" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yKBBZ75OK8y1-H4nK4D4sAv-gCp0xiLNGSWRKQjpLEpJ7d2EORtm3Hg2K2UHBVET0rXD8zqQB2DTMs"><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><i>Support the vibrancy of Chicago's 77 neighborhoods by <a href="https://auachicago.networkforgood.com/projects/161673-main-donation-page" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://auachicago.networkforgood.com/projects/161673-main-donation-page&source=gmail&ust=1739568868128000&usg=AOvVaw2Ye5egaMRuoiE8DfzN1Vog">donating</a> </i><i>today!</i></div></div></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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