<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>This is a very news! What a tribute to an incredible lady. <br><br>Sent from my iPad<div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jun 9, 2013, at 10:20 PM, Joyce Sloan <<a href="mailto:jsloan45@gmail.com">jsloan45@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>That is wonderful news Terry! And what an amazing tribute to an amazing woman!! I know that Marge will carefully weigh how this gift will be designated to best serve our mission. <br><br></div>Joyce Sloan<br>
<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:47 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beretgriffith@charter.net" target="_blank">beretgriffith@charter.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana">How exciting to hear about the generous contribution in honor of Marge's 85th birthday. Marge will be a great steward of the gift.</font></div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana"><br></font><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana">Beret Griffith</font></div></font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<font color="#000000" face="Verdana"><br></font><font color="#000000" face="Verdana"><br></font><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana">On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Terry Bergdall wrote:</font></div><font color="#000000" face="Verdana"><br>
</font><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> <font size="3">Marge's 85th birthday party was held today at 4750 with many people in attendance. A donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent a contribution to ICA-USA for $8,500 (eight thousand five hundred dollars) with some specific instructions. To celebrate her eighty-fifth year, Marge is to designate portions of this $8,500 contribution, in amounts as she sees fit, to the seven major current program areas at ICA-USA. These are: </font></font></div>
<font color="#000000" face="Verdana"><br></font><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana" size="3">- GreenRise Uptown for creating a green culture within the largest nonprofit service center in the Midwest; <font></font></font></div>
<div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana" size="3">- Resilient Communities via the “Accelerate 77” program in Chicago neighborhoods; <font></font></font></div><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="arial" size="3">- <font face="Symbol"> <font face="Verdana">Service Learning for leadership development with university students; </font></font></font></div>
<div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="arial" size="3">- <font face="Symbol"> <font face="Verdana">Learning Basket for early childhood education and family literacy; </font></font></font></div><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana" size="3">- International Initiatives in support of “peer-to-peer” work with other national ICAs; <font face="Symbol"></font></font></div>
<div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="arial" size="3">- <font face="Verdana">Global Archives for preserving and passing-on ICA wisdom to future generations; </font></font></div><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana" size="3">- Technology of Participation (ToP). <font face="arial"></font></font></div>
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