<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">Hello,</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">In light of the on-going necessity of precautions to prevent the spread</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">of </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">Bird</span><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">Flu</span><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">, AUA has set up a fund to support costs associated with</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) and equipping your coop or other outdoor farm animal enclosures to prevent wild bird access. Up to $100 of support</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">is available for growers, farmed animal keepers, and members of organized</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">wild </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">bird</span><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"> stewardship organizations in the following counties: Cook, Lake,</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">McHenry, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Will, and Kankakee. Funds are</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">available through Friday, 2/28/25 or until funds are exhausted. If you are</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">interested and eligible, please fill out and submit this form</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><</span><a href="https://forms.gle/iZ2mcNmbbtCw6YjU8" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial">https://forms.gle/iZ2mcNmbbtCw6YjU8</a><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">>. For recommendations on PPE to use,</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">please check out our webpage</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><</span><a href="https://www.auachicago.org/news/avian-influenzanbsph5n1-bird-flu-resources-for-chicago-chicagoland-and-illinois-growers" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial">https://www.auachicago.org/news/<span class="gmail-il">avian</span>-influenzanbsph5n1-<span class="gmail-il">bird</span>-<span class="gmail-il">flu</span>-resources-for-chicago-chicagoland-and-illinois-growers</a><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">>.</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">Please feel free to share this offering with eligible members of your</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">network.</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"> </span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">Thank you and take care,</span><br style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:arial">Viviana</span></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://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div></div><font color="#666666">Viviana Okakpu<br>Co-Operations Steward<br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666">They/them/theirs<br></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>(708) 629-1425<br></div><div><a href="http://auachicago.org/" target="_blank">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">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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