<div dir="auto">That's beautiful Ester. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We all need to hear that as Thanksgiving approaches and then our Holiday party arrives when we get to award our gifts to deserving charities.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A Gotham mantra has never been more meaningful than- "It is better to give than to receive."</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Giving blesses our 💕 💞 💖</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 9:30 AM Ester Horowitz <<a href="mailto:witsowitz@outlook.com">witsowitz@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Back when it all started, Fred came to a group that I was apart of involving healthcare professionals. He stated that Gotham had a 501 3( C ) that we may want to consider using. The question that kept pounding in my head, to my two co-captains
selected to lead the way, was how do you choose a charity among many worthy? It brought about a brainstorm that perhaps we needed to think bigger. We needed to come up with a way to have all charities benefit. In that same conversation, the idea of choosing
charities out of a hat was born. It included a method to keep it very simple. Armed with the plan, it was brought to the powers to be and about 6 months later adopted.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In 2009 The Gotham Giving campaign was launched. Since that time, if I have calculated right, approximately $220,000 has been raised to benefit approximately 45-50 charities with an average of 3k-5k per charity. Morphing the Giving Campaign
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<p class="MsoNormal">From my perspective, when a legacy gets created that has the power to lift not only the life of someone today, but the people associated to them from one generation to the next, that is a powerful legacy with a definition equated to being
heroic. Thank you Gotham for keeping it alive and showing the “Hero” spirit that Gotham is known for.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#181818;background:white">Warmest regards,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#181818;background:white">“Impossible is a word thrown around by others who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a
fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
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<span style="background:white">― </span></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#333333">Muhammad Ali</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Fredslist <<a href="mailto:fredslist-bounces@gothamnetworking.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">fredslist-bounces@gothamnetworking.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hans Hanson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 15, 2023 8:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Fred Klein <<a href="mailto:FKlein@legal.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">FKlein@legal.org</a>>; Freds List <<a href="mailto:Fredslist@gothamnetworking.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Fredslist@gothamnetworking.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fredslist] November Season of Giving Matchers<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings to all!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm on with Fred right now. He confirmed that if we hit $25,000, then we will reward 8 organizations with a $3,000 + gift! <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This will be an all-time high. What started as one or two recipients years ago could hit 8 recipients in 2023... GO GOTHAM!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#741b47"><a href="https://homesforthebrave.networkforgood.com/projects/181296-gold-dust-2023-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><i><span style="background:yellow">Support our <b>Veterans here!</b></span></i></a></span> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">From my Cars show on 3/13/23- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g23k-VOt0YM" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><b>Just What I Needed</b></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> It has become Tradition that Ben Geizhals and I team up to be the November Season of Giving Matchers.
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It is our pleasure to help the Gotham Foundation Grant initiative come across the goal line.
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When I say goal, I mean Hans Hanson's vision of our exceeding last year's total, ie, $23,333 (7 grants of $3,333). As of the moment, we are at the $18,000 mark with more than a ways to go before our 12/6 Holiday Party when we announce this year's grants.
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Please make a tax deductible donation at <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/J9nrC1w9P8t62W6vIGqYnl?domain=gothamfoundation.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
www.Gothamfoundation.org</a> to help us reach our goal and don't forget to designate a worthy 501 c 3 charity which could be picked out of the hat by Gotham accountant Michael Garibaldi (under the careful scrutiny of Lisa Waterman) as a grant recipient<br>
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Thank you all! This is one of the best things we do :)<br>
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PS: You have to be in it to win it!<br>
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