<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin-bottom:0in">Dear friends---I hope you are super duper. </p><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin-bottom:0in">We have good news—those of us who attempted to save the 175 Canada geese in our park in June—and failed to do so—are turning that experience into a new organization: a community non profit we're calling F.O.G. (Friends of Geese!) Its mission is to support and protect the Grand Canada Geese by educating and involving people in the community to learn how—in a hands-on- way—to do so. </p><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin-bottom:0in">We invite you to celebrate with us, in our ribbon-cutting event, on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2-3pm. Can you attend? It will be both a Zoom event, as well as 'come-in-person-to a safe-and-fun-outdoor-commemoration' at my house at 122 Franklin Street. There will be speeches (here here!) and geese music (hear hear!),and  the unveiling of a commemorative plaque (huh?) / </p><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin-bottom:0in">Please save the date!  Let us know if you can attend. </p><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div><img src="cid:ii_kfn2eqeu0" alt="image.png" width="463" height="137"><br></div><br class="gmail-"><br class="gmail-"></div><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin-bottom:0in"><i class="gmail-">In another email we will invite you to sign up for our 'Geese-Herders 101' educational classes in October and November, which will be free and in both hands-on and virtual form. </i></p><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin-bottom:0in">The wild geese call to us! Glad tidings! Please spread the word. </p><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br class="gmail-"></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;display:inline;float:none">Susan Parenti 217-344-1439 </span><br class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><i class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Educational Coordinator</i><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b>Susan Parenti</b><br><i>Educational Coordinator </i><br><br></div><b>The School for Designing a Society </b><a href="http://www.designingasociety.net" target="_blank">www.designingasociety.net</a><br><br></div><i>Like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/designasociety" target="_blank">Facebook</a>!</i><br></div></div></div>