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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=279 height=181 style='width:2.9062in;height:1.8854in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3FDA9.6F003020" alt="Image result for season of giving"><img width=279 height=181 style='width:2.9062in;height:1.8854in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3FDA9.6F003020" alt="Image result for season of giving"><img width=279 height=181 style='width:2.9062in;height:1.8854in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3FDA9.6F003020" alt="Image result for season of giving"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Each June in Gotham we begin to pass around an envelope at each Gotham group meeting into which you can place your cash donation and write the name of the nonprofit you wish to receive a grant on the back of your business card. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We also open the online donation page to collect our credit card donations, open 24x7x365.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At the December holiday party, we award grants to nonprofit from the organization we nominated each time we gave.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In 2017 four $5000.00 donations were awarded to worthy nonprofits to help them make an even bigger difference. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In 2018, let’s make it five!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I made the first online donation to the Foundation for 2018 today.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Join me: go to <u><span style='color:#0563C1'><a href="http://www.gothamfoundation.org/">http://www.gothamfoundation.org/</a></span></u>. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Click the “Donate Now” button to arrive at the online payment page that I set up. Please be generous and nominate your favorite nonprofit. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=600 height=248 style='width:6.25in;height:2.5833in' id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3FDA9.6F003020" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D19651.BFB14C00"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=141 height=51 style='width:1.4687in;height:.5312in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D3FDA9.6F003020"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>