<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3">As you may have heard, the fires are still raging on in California! </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">\U0001f44f With your support, <u>The Gotham City Networking Foundation has collected <b>$2,062</b> so far!</u></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="3"><br></font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3">We are extremely <b>GRATEFUL </b>for all your contributions and <b>HELP</b> in spreading the word.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><b>If you would like to contribute please visit here: <a href="https://gothamfoundation.org/">https://gothamfoundation.org/</a> </b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><b>Any amount is appreciated!</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><font size="3">(All donations through 2/28 will will be sent to Direct Relief and are 100% pass-through to those affected by the Wildfires)</font></i></div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: start;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: start;">Regards, </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">Rosalia Ruberto<br>Administrative Director<br>Gotham Networking<br><a href="mailto:rosalia@gothamnetworking.com">rosalia@gothamnetworking.com</a><br></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosalia-ruberto-5978438a/" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; 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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rosalia <rosalia@gothamnetworking.com><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>[Fredslist] Fwd: Let's Help Victims of the LA Wildfires!</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January 22, 2025 at 8:37:55\u202fAM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gotham's Fredslist <fredslist@gothamnetworking.com><br></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Gotham, <div><br></div><div><b>We NEED you all to do that thing you do so well!</b><div><br></div><div>You may have seen the post sent out Monday by Nancy Schess (original email posted below). </div><div><br></div><div>We will be collecting donations through the Gotham City Networking Foundation for an organization called Direct Relief. They will be providing disaster relief and medical assistance to those affected by the LA area wildfires. </div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><div><font color="#ff2600" size="4"><b>Please use this link if you would like to donate: <a href="https://gothamfoundation.org/">https://gothamfoundation.org/</a> </b></font></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>ALL donations received through February 28th will be sent to Direct Relief (<a href="https://www.directrelief.org/">https://www.directrelief.org/</a>).</div></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">Of course we would love for you to donate but, if you can\u2019t or have already donated elsewhere, we ask that you instead, engage with our Social Media Post. Please SHARE, LIKE and COMMENT so that the algorithm can do it\u2019s thing and help spread the word! </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">I will post a few of the links below:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rosalia-ruberto_california-wildfires-activity-7287481538546466816-e_uE?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rosalia-ruberto_california-wildfires-activity-7287481538546466816-e_uE?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/abeshouse_california-wildfires-ugcPost-7287485647110483969-uJp8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/abeshouse_california-wildfires-ugcPost-7287485647110483969-uJp8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7287632152844746752-FVz5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7287632152844746752-FVz5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7287510044412100608?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7287510044412100608?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">Special Thank You to <a href="https://www.gothamnetworking.com/Bruce_Swicker">Bruce Swicker</a>, who spearheaded this initiative and <a href="https://www.gothamnetworking.com/David_Abeshouse">Dave Abeshouse</a> who graciously offered to reimburse all credit card fees to help 100% of these donations make their way to those who have been affected!</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">Also, sending a shout out to Fred Klein & Nancy Schess for doing all the behind the scenes coordinating!</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>